a collab that turned out to be both hilarious and a goddamn bop

Every once in a while I just gotta put out something that makes me wanna move.

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I recorded this during a collab session with an influencer a few years back. It's the only track I've posted that has vocals from yours truly. It was meant to simply be a "here's an example of what we could do with this section of the song", but looking back on it, I like it as a standalone.

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As the tags indicate, there is 100% some influence here from growing up listening to ATB, BT, and a dozen other similarly abbreviated producers. I've always had a soft spot for vibes like this.

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I made this while I was bored on business in an Atlanta hotel, and I liked it too much to throw it in the trash. Name refers to the rhythm, which you may recognize as nycut.

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Once again, dove to the depths of the mysterious production disk that keeps its iron claws firmly grasped around the tracks of the past decade, pulled out one of the many swimmers. I promised to send more boats soon (but tbh their chances aren't great).

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Another revived track resuscitated from the depths of my production hard drive. I'm positive this had some Amon Tobin inspiration when I was creating it.

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This is a raw track that's been sitting unfinished for ages. It's pure synth and drum work, reminds me of working in ableton back in the day. I'm wrapping it up in a nice little bow and submitting for the contest.

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This one snuck into my brain smooth like leo d and jgl.

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I worked on this one for a stupidly long time trying to make it perfect. It never was, it still isn't, but I love it too much to let it go.

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