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by Brett Marshall Lefferts

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Sunrise 03:34
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Color 02:40
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3.
Farewells 03:05
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4.
In-Between 04:42
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Schema 02:34
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Grind 04:26
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Megalopolis 02:33
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Impulse 02:46
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Vacillation 03:35
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Torment 04:22
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Nostalgia 02:15
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Inhuman 03:16
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13.
Home 04:04
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about

In 2013 I packed up my studio in order to turn the room into a nursery. It was a paradigm shift: routines changed, chapters ended, and a world that had seemed in black and white suddenly sprang into color. Music was firmly in the back seat in order to make room for our growing family, move across the world, and build a life in a new country.

I consolidated my favorite studio gear into a portable rig I set up in each of the places we lived. It was liberating to have easy access to all of my instruments and focus on having fun with them rather than trying to produce something of value. I would turn on the system late at night, lit by the glow of blinking LEDs, and lose myself recording looping soundscapes. I collaged with the material, making sense of events or feelings in my life through my homemade loop library.

Originally I had no intention to make an album out of it. Over the years I have tried unsuccessfully to get things through music, seeking approval, validation, money, or to escape the tyranny of dead-end jobs and a normal life. In the end my responsibilities and neuroses always caught up and robbed me of what I thought I so desperately needed.

However, then as now, no matter how many times I put my instruments down, I inevitably feel compelled to pick them back up again. The baggage I have around music is pervasive, but it is not the full picture. When I feel inspired to play, none of that stuff matters. Music doesn't require a reason to be or have any goals to fulfill, it is enough in itself. I need music in my life because it is one of the few healthy coping mechanisms I have.

The older I get the more I appreciate the things that connect us rather than the things that set us apart. Playing music, hearing music, dancing to music, and living one's life to music are magical and powerful things. Music can unlock imagination, communicate experience, stimulate emotion, and cultivate empathy in ways that are profound. With that in mind I offer these songs as a background for your life by sharing moments from mine.

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released March 22, 2022

All songs written and performed by BML

Mastered by Nicky Howard at The Fat Mastering

Art by David Fuller

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Brett Marshall Lefferts Prague, Czechia

Brett Marshall Lefferts is an American electronic musician currently based in Prague. He began musical study as a classical flutist, later picked up guitar, and eventually found solace in gritty synths and low-fi beats.

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