Life Together: I asked my parents to share memories of each other and used their responses as inspiration for this song. It has been amazing to watch their relationship grow as we grow in life and I am so thankful for the loving, hard working role models they are.
Crystal Caves
This is a collection of songs I wrote somewhere between 2017 and 2019, that I've been sitting on and was too critical about to release. It is a ragtag under-polished bunch but that's cute and music deserves to be listened to even if it's not perfect, so enjoy.
The message that is vaguely conveyed through cryptic, fragmented statements and shifting metamorphic timbres in precious skin is one of existential anxiety brought upon my younger self by predatory beauty standards, and the sense of relief that was felt when I learned to accept myself the way I was.
Incidentally but not Intentionally (Harmful to Marine Animals) (2019) Toothed whales and dolphins have been honing the remarkable sensory ability of echolocation since before human existence. The frequencies emitted reflect off objects to give mammals a 3D view of the ocean, communicate and stun prey. This electronic piece represents a pseudo-natural ocean soundscape attacked by pollution and seismic airgun blasting. In December of 2018 offshore oil drilling companies were granted government clearance to use seismic airgun locators across 200,000 miles of the Atlantic coast. This practice has been proven to disturb and harass the intricate balance of marine life, as well as decimate bodies of microorganisms up to 50 miles within the blast zone. Many different high pitched synth tones shift frequency, resonance, LFO rate and delay time to mimic an ocean teeming with diversity. Later in the piece and explosion of samples, a modeling synth that produces life-like material sounds, and white noise drown out the lead voices and leave the environment baren in its wake.