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Juba consists of the material I created for my graduate thesis project. It centers on an exploration of emotion, particularly related to my past and the past lives of my ancestors.

I was inspired by a lot of music while making Juba, the most crucial being Popol Vuh.

Dedicated to my late grandmother.

Written, performed, produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Thomas Valerio.

Songwriting and Lyrics on Juba and The Burning by Maria Zakharycheva.

Songwriting on Juba by Henry Hoagland.

Lyrics on Juba by Kaestin Hsiao.

Artwork by Thomas Valerio, based on a photograph taken of my grandparents by Henry Valerio.

Recorded at Dandelion Archive Studios and at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.

Special thanks to Kaestin Hsiao, Pierre Plantevin, David Grubbs, David Nuss, Quentin Long, and Chloe Carter-Daves.

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