water music

by Gian

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datura777 "let the warm salt water brighten you. your tears. sleep. and when you dream of working, sleep again. sleep until you dream of floating. dream until your edges soft. dream until you birth yourself in water singing with the bones of all your lost." - a. p. gumbs.

I remember staring out into the Gulf of Mexico as a kid. the immensity made me dizzy. I swallowed tears. fell asleep into vanilla ice cream on the drive home. This tape took me there all over again. Thank you for driving, sweet Gian.

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Cassette + Digital Album
60 min of low-fi emotional jazz and soul music created by rachael smith, mixed and mastered by idhaz with ambient noise qualities. limited quantity.

side a: other people’s hearts, water music, light, reasons, at it again. side b: telepathic, wash my hands, exhausted mango.

my hope is that this tape will bring you to a reflective, dreamlike state where you can experience emotion safely and find cleansing.

oakland, ca

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	1.	side a 24:53
	2.	side b 27:38

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60 min of low-fi emotional jazz and soul music created by rachael smith, mixed and mastered by idhaz with ambient noise qualities.

side a: other people’s hearts, water music, light, reasons, at it again.
side b: telepathic, wash my hands, exhausted mango.

my hope is that this tape will bring you to a reflective, dreamlike state where you can experience emotion safely and find cleansing.

oakland, ca

credits

released April 27, 2020

thank you idhaz for ambient noise gameboy additions, mixing, and mastering. thank you demaree miller of {ego} for recording of "telepathic" as well as voice feature, mastering of final mix, and ongoing encouragement. thank you quantitiess for your watery font on the cover, and your inspiration and support. thank you peter hurley for helping me make the master tape. thank you DJ three6sashia for helping me with duplicating the tapes. thank you julius smack and alex paez for the bonus track at the end of "exhausted mango" from a collaboration in 2009 in san jose. thank you fiza jihan of sama collective for continuous support and access. thank you to whoever decides to buy this, for your patience and love.

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