Auto Grow System

by Lonetapes

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1.
Wax Wing 02:11
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First Peace 05:57
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Tricyclic 03:38
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Second Peace 03:11
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6.
';iodf 01:49

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Blod very proudly presents Lonetapes' breathtaking new release.
These are his words to accompanion you:
Auto Grow System is an EP comprised of 3 sets of tracks made at different times in my life between 2020 and 2024. Tricyclic and Amitriptyline were made in the early stages of
lockdown when I developed a strange illness (not covid), and in taking the prescribed drugs from the doctor led to some late night guitar, synth and tape loop experiments  which resulted in two tracks I named Tricyclic and Amitriptyline. 

Two new tracks called First Peace and Second Peace  followed at the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Like many, I was watching the news and witnessing the atrocities unfold.  I guess I was subconsciously writing music that was influenced by the horrors I was witnessing daily on television and social media about this war. 

My two latest tracks, Wax Wing and ‘,Iodf, take a more positive approach in their sound. They came about just after I got a rescue kitten and I think the joy he was bringing helped create a sense of hope and a lighter tone to the the two tracks, plus ‘,Iodf was named as my kitten walked across my keyboard just as I was about to name the file…so l left it to him to name it with his paws! 

The six tracks do not appear in chronological order on the EP as I like to think they represent a range of ever changing human emotions that we all go through. 

All tracks were recorded to tape on my Tascam 246 using various analog and digital gear. The EP is named by my wife who did a painting for me of an old cassette/radio boom box inherited from a relative. She painted vines / leaves growing around the machine and the EP title is a take on the words “Auto Stop System” that are printed on the front of the unit.

Lonetapes x

credits

released August 23, 2024

Music: Steve DaCosta.
Mastering: John Reidar Holmes.
Artwork: Alien Ink.
Catalogue #: BLOD#22

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