Lo-Fi Ambient from a Dark Basement: 2015-2016

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World of Echo Even after completing my MLIS, I could't get a full-time library gig for a couple years (late 2016 is when it finally happened). So these recordings are from when I was working part-time in the evenings, and I'd get home to my parents' basement. Favorite track: No. 4 (digital remaster).

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Chemo Sessions, vol. 2, Lo-Fi Ambient from a Dark Basement: 2015-2016, The Chemo Sessions, Quirked Up Jazztronica for Tacky Bisexuals, Salad Days: 2016-2019, Electronic Music for Gentle Dads, Angular and Pretty Sounds from Queens, Fine. How Are You?, and 2 more. , and , .

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1.	Part I (digital remaster) 02:37	buy track
2.	Part II (digital remaster) 01:54	buy track
3.	Part III (digital remaster) 04:51	buy track
4.	Part IV (digital remaster) 04:51	buy track
5.	Part V (digital remaster) 03:41	buy track
6.	Part VI (digital remaster) 04:32	buy track
7.	Part VII (digital remaster) 06:44	buy track
8.	Part VIII (digital remaster) 06:11	buy track
9.	No. 1 (digital remaster) 02:41	buy track
10.	No. 2 (digital remaster) 06:32	buy track
11.	No. 3 (digital remaster) 03:39	buy track
12.	No. 4 (digital remaster) 02:21	buy track
13.	No. 5 (digital remaster) 05:26	buy track
14.	No. 6 (digital remaster) 06:24	buy track
15.	No. 7 (digital remaster) 06:18	buy track
16.	No. 8 (digital remaster) 05:09	buy track
17.	No. 9 (digital remaster) 04:14	buy track
18.	No. 10 (digital remaster) 03:48	buy track
19.	No. 11 (digital remaster) 06:09	buy track
20.	No. 12 (digital remaster) 05:07	buy track
21.	No. 13 (digital remaster) 03:19	buy track
22.	No. 14 (digital remaster) 05:02	buy track
23.	No. 15 (digital remaster) 05:41	buy track
24.	#1 (digital remaster) 02:30	buy track
25.	#2 (digital remaster) 05:14	buy track
26.	#3 (digital remaster) 04:45	buy track
27.	#4 (digital remaster) 08:11	buy track
28.	#5 (digital remaster) 05:33	buy track
29.	#6 (digital remaster) 05:25	buy track
30.	Part I (original mix) 02:37	buy track
31.	Part II (original mix) 01:54	buy track
32.	Part III (original mix) 05:03	buy track
33.	Part IV (original mix) 04:51	buy track
34.	Part V (original mix) 03:41	buy track
35.	Part VI (original mix) 04:32	buy track
36.	Part VII (original mix) 06:44	buy track
37.	Part VIII (original mix) 06:11	buy track
38.	No. 1 (original mix) 02:41	buy track
39.	No. 2 (original mix) 06:32	buy track
40.	No. 3 (original mix) 03:39	buy track
41.	No. 4 (original mix) 02:21	buy track
42.	No. 5 (original mix) 05:26	buy track
43.	No. 6 (original mix) 06:24	buy track
44.	No. 7 (original mix) 06:18	buy track
45.	No. 8 (original mix) 05:09	buy track
46.	No. 9 (original mix) 04:14	buy track
47.	No. 10 (original mix) 03:48	buy track
48.	No. 11 (original mix) 06:09	buy track
49.	No. 12 (original mix) 05:07	buy track
50.	No. 13 (original mix) 03:19	buy track
51.	No. 14 (original mix) 05:02	buy track
52.	No. 15 (original mix) 05:41	buy track
53.	#1 (original mix) 02:30	buy track
54.	#2 (original mix) 05:14	buy track
55.	#3 (original mix) 04:45	buy track
56.	#4 (original mix) 08:11	buy track
57.	#5 (original mix) 05:33	buy track
58.	#6 (original mix) 05:25	buy track

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I found a lot more of my pre-Fewer Notes music, so it's time for another archival release (likely the only one left that I'll do, because I see at least some value in these lo-fi ambient recordings, but I don't care for the other stuff I found). These are all DAWless, and that's primarily why they're so extra lo-fi, bass-heavy, and muddy sounding (just direct to tape improvisations). Obvi, these were all released under a previous moniker; the album titles were This Old Heart of Mine (tracks 1-8), Hot Knife (tracks 9-23), and Oil Spot (tracks 24-29). Anyhoo, please enjoy this music that was influenced by the following: A.R. Kane, Beyoncé's self-titled album, Jim Black & AlasNoAxis, Bowery Electric, Bows, Broadcast, Marion Brown, Don Cherry, Alice Coltrane, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Julius Eastman, Brian Eno, Morton Feldman, Gaussian Curve, Jimmy Giuffre, Jon Hassell, Suzanne Kraft, DJ Krush, Archy Marshall’s A New Place 2 Drown, Gigi Masin, Massive Attack, Minamo, Jason Moran, Mount Kimbie, Move D, Milton Nascimento, Jonny Nash, Meshell Ndegeocello, Nosaj Thing’s second and third albums, Frank Ocean, Pauline Oliveros, Augustus Pablo, Portishead, Steve Reich, Arthur Russell, Scientist, DJ Screw, Seefeel, Matthew Shipp, Wayne Shorter, Sigur Rós, Sly and Robbie, DJ Spooky, Craig Taborn’s Chants album, Tortoise, and the Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions box-set.

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released March 10, 2024

I played / used across this archival release: Upright bass, Japanese Fender Jazz Bass and fretless American Jazz Bass, Mexican Fender Jazzmaster Guitar, semi-broken RMI Electra Piano and Harpsichord, chromatic kalimba and G major kalimba, Korg Volca Sample and Beats, Yamaha Reface CP, Boss RC-20 Loop Station, Electro-Harmonix pedals (Bass Big Muff, Freeze, and Pitch Fork), MXR pedals (bass octave and bass chorus), TC Electronic pedals (Corona, Flashback, and Hall of Fame), royalty-free samples from the defunct Converse Rubber Tracks Sample Library, and field recordings.

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I make music that I want to listen to myself, and that helps me mentally stay afloat. Some people that are not me have been known to like it too. If you turn out to be one of them, then that's cool beans. ♡

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