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Barely Exist (instrumental)

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I get my vitamins through the guitar strings. Fuck injections. Also, when someone forces you to make a slick recording, go in the other room with a cheap microphone and record your own version behind the blood-sucker’s back.

I get my vitamins through the guitar strings. Fuck…

0054, acoustic, hike, life, confused, self help, irish jig, folk, fast, catchy, upbeat, hammer on, hammer off, singer, songwriter, cinematic, pop, instrumental, video, performance, live, black and white, bandaid, guitar

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…injections. Also, when someone forces you to make a slick recording, go in the other room with a cheap microphone and record your own version behind the blood-sucker’s back.

Goodbye Home (instrumental)

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Cracks and holes in Victorian walls
Pink noises coming from above and all around
The scent of stale chips and old spinach
Don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m keeping my head down

Cracks and holes in Victorian walls…

0042, electronic, experimental landscapes, acoustic, instrumental, raw, room, alone, family, lost, money, distorted, guitar, synth, feedback, mic, noises, glitch, organ, ethereal, reverb, spacey, dark, slow tempo, adolescence

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Cracks and holes in Victorian walls. Pink noises coming from above and all around. The scent of stale chips and old spinach. Don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m keeping my head down.

Songs My Mother Taught Me (instrumental)

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Charles Ives believed in the power of interpretation. There are countless perspectives to look at a single melody line from. One might be smooth and gentle, while the other rigid and chaotic. How a melody line is interpreted is also entirely subjective. This piece is our tribute to Charles Ives’ philosophy on music and what he did with it. Original lyrics by Antonín Dvořák, interpreted by Ives, then interpreted by MYCST.

Charles Ives believed in the power of interpretation. There are countless perspectives…

0074,electronic, experimental landscapes, nostalgic, instrumental, poetry, orchestral, classical, piano, strings, violin, cello, art, peaceful music, lake michigan, charles ives, antonin dvorak, acoustic, old, victorian era, period, modern music

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…to look at a single melody line from. One might be smooth and gentle, while the other rigid and chaotic. How a melody line is interpreted is also entirely subjective. This piece is our tribute to Charles Ives’ philosophy on music and what he did with it. Original lyrics by Antonín Dvořák, interpreted by Ives, then interpreted by MYCST.

Healing In Pink (instrumental)

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Do you remember a specific moment in your life when knew you broke a personal barrier? Some people call them revelations.

I just remember being mind blown from the recent trip out west. The perspectives I had on life changed drastically as I slowly tried growing out of my little box. I had a mic and laptop, guitar and a 200 year-old house. The room was bright pink. Whoever modeled it had a strong affinity for the color, but it reached me strangely and awkwardly where I needed it most. So I set up my equipment, recorded stomps on the old wooden floor planks, wrapped a rubber band around my guitar strings, let the dog inside, and started. Was it the color? The company? The age?

Do you remember a specific moment in your life when knew you broke a personal barrier? Some people call them revelations…

0029,electronic, experimental landscapes, acoustic, folk, single, best, important, featured, greatest hits, songwriter, healing, room, recording, production, antique, old, nostalgic, elders, vintage, retro, guitar, violin

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I just remember being mind blown from the recent trip out west. The perspectives I had on life changed drastically as I slowly tried growing out of my little box. I had a mic and laptop, guitar and a 200 year-old house. The room was bright pink. Whoever modeled it had a strong affinity for the color, but it reached me strangely and awkwardly where I needed it most. So I set up my equipment, recorded stomps on the old wooden floor planks, wrapped a rubber band around my guitar strings, let the dog inside, and started. Was it the color? The company? The age?

Theravada (instrumental)

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“Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light but making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung

 

The most beautiful thing about sharing a musical canvas is the insight into a different world of thought. A great collaboration is like having a stimulating conversation, where both parties are always enthralled by what they have to say. In this exchange, Ichion had a track of ambient, glitchy sounds in which he specializes. We used that energy – the swells of glass-textured sound waves, the prickling static – and wrote a melody and lyrics that were appropriate for both the music and song title.

“Theravada” is a devout school of Buddhism drawing its teachings from the earliest record of such knowledge. When first listening to Ichion’s initial track, we couldn’t help but recognize the constant droning of a low frequency. Our guess was that it was Ichion’s intent to reference Buddhist chanting, such as the OM mantra. The first who used this kind of meditation must have been aware of its physiological effects on the body. According to Ajay Anil Gurjar and Siddharth A. Ladhake’s journal on “Time-Frequency Analysis of Chanting Sanskrit Divine Sound “OM” Mantra”, they state that “Mantra is intrinsically related to sound and sound is reverberating in everything in this universe. A Mantra is a sound repeated over and over until it integrates into our consciousness – frees the mind from its constant doing, and elevates us to an altered state of awareness.” In other words, frequency is the catalyst of our world, so how could it not affect our body?

“Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light but making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung

0130,electronic, experimental landscapes, glitchy, glitch, experiment, vocal, mysterious, ambient, collaboration, abstract, weird, minimal, minimalism, electric, sound design, creepy, sad, songwriting

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The most beautiful thing about sharing a musical canvas is the insight into a different world of thought. A great collaboration is like having a stimulating conversation, where both parties are always enthralled by what they have to say. In this exchange, Ichion had a track of ambient, glitchy sounds in which he specializes. We used that energy – the swells of glass-textured sound waves, the prickling static – and wrote a melody and lyrics that were appropriate for both the music and song title.

“Theravada” is a devout school of Buddhism drawing its teachings from the earliest record of such knowledge. When first listening to Ichion’s initial track, we couldn’t help but recognize the constant droning of a low frequency. Our guess was that it was Ichion’s intent to reference Buddhist chanting, such as the OM mantra. The first who used this kind of meditation must have been aware of its physiological effects on the body. According to Ajay Anil Gurjar and Siddharth A. Ladhake’s journal on “Time-Frequency Analysis of Chanting Sanskrit Divine Sound “OM” Mantra”, they state that “Mantra is intrinsically related to sound and sound is reverberating in everything in this universe. A Mantra is a sound repeated over and over until it integrates into our consciousness – frees the mind from its constant doing, and elevates us to an altered state of awareness.” In other words, frequency is the catalyst of our world, so how could it not affect our body?

Breathing Underwater (instrumental)

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When people collaborate, a beautiful clashing of perspectives creates something beautiful. When two siblings collaborate, I believe it becomes stronger. A chord progression that speaks love. A melody line without an emotional shell. As the inspiration grows, the arrangement grows. My sister and I have been making music together for a large portion of our lives. Over the years we came to grow within each other through the creative process. This song started with just her, me, and the acoustic. I wanted to twist the line between happy and sad. After recording most of the arrangement, I realized the song was truly influenced by the original spirit of the idea caught in the acoustic guitar. It’s amazing how powerful simplicity can be when it’s backed by the encouraging essence of siblinghood. Words come out in a way they wouldn’t otherwise. More ideas are manifested. More ideas are explored. This is a good example.

When people collaborate, a beautiful clashing of perspectives creates something beautiful. When two siblings collaborate, I believe it becomes stronger…

0025,acoustic, electronic, experimental landscapes, alternative pop, siblings, collaboration, guitar, keyboard, radiohead, nickel creek, tycho, hybrid, sister, songwriter, INSTRUMENTAL

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A chord progression that speaks love. A melody line without an emotional shell. As the inspiration grows, the arrangement grows. My sister and I have been making music together for a large portion of our lives. Over the years we came to grow within each other through the creative process. This song started with just her, me, and the acoustic. I wanted to twist the line between happy and sad. After recording most of the arrangement, I realized the song was truly influenced by the original spirit of the idea caught in the acoustic guitar. It’s amazing how powerful simplicity can be when it’s backed by the encouraging essence of siblinghood. Words come out in a way they wouldn’t otherwise. More ideas a manifested. More ideas are explored. This is a good example.

To Help You Stop Smoking (instrumental)

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A rad collaboration with our friend, Josh Tabbia at Already Dead Tapes.

0046,electronic, acoustic, experimental landscapes, experiment, weird, raw, spacey, driving, intimate, hybrid, interesting, unique, guitar, instrumental, electric, cool, bass, distorted, fx, sound design

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I See You All the Time (instrumental)

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In our everyday lives, we hardly take into account the specific details of our surroundings; when we wake up, where we drink our coffee, our routine drive to work. When we lose someone, those details suddenly reveal themselves as if they had been waving at us the whole time.

In our everyday lives, we hardly take into account the specific details of our surroundings…

0068,electronic, experimental landscapes, acoustic, folk, single, best, important, featured, greatest hits, samples, sampled, sound design, guitar, ukulele, songwriter, instrumental, love song, storytelling, broken heart, breakup, divorce, break up

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In our everyday lives, we hardly take into account the specific details of our surroundings; when we wake up, where we drink our coffee, our routine drive to work. When we lose someone, those details suddenly reveal themselves as if they had been waving at us the whole time.

Dove Tailing (instrumental)

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0040, acoustic, video, experimental landscapes, raw, crazy, weird, abstract, lonely, piano, ambient, collaboration, doves, dissonant, modern music, ad lib, improvise, impromptu, improvisational, upright piano, reverb, roomy, vocal, cinematic, sincere, genuine, real

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  1. Creature Moments No. 7 1:43
  2. Creature Moments No. 6 1:06
  3. Creature Moments No. 5 6:47
  4. Creature Moments No. 4 4:16
  5. Creature Moments No. 3 13:19
  6. Creature Moments No. 2 2:42
  7. Creature Moments No. 1 12:49