Escape of Keyumars

About

Escape of Keyumars (EP) was written over the course of 2023. I had over 30 different tracks/demo's/ideas and some merged and some were discarded.

Eventually I decided I wanted a release that had four different genre tracks I made over the year. It was named after the title track as it is my personal favorite due to how eclectic it is. It contains an idea I call a "moment" where I kind of go outside of the regular grid that I am going to continue to refine and implement in songs where it fits.

Nightmares is also a favorite as it is the first track that is released where Jasmijn and I were working together. It was written, recorded in and mixed in two days during a session where we felt uninspired working on another track.

All I Ever Wanted contains a bunch of samples, and recordings of my strat. Dualism is quite accessible, it contains some synth work of me and drum samples.

Cover art

The cover art features a collage of a photo my dad made, a bunch of stars and a psychedelic set of colors and gradients.

Instrumentation

This release features my Japanese Fender P-bass, a Mexican strat and a bunch of samples/VST's. Vocals were recorded with a SM57.

Tracklisting

1. Nightmares
2. All I Ever Wanted
3. Escape of Keyumars
4. Dualism

Credits