Nascent is about becoming.

The desire to become a better human being, longing to actively participate in the world around you, striving to actualize your potential, and finding meaning in this process. Over the past 4 years, these have all been things I've struggled to bring to fruition due to my own shortcomings. Nascent is the embodiment of all the emotions which emerged from this struggle.

Writing this album eventually became a source of this conflict. As I created the music which was supposed to help me find peace, I watched the rest of my life begin to atrophy. In many ways, Nascent is also about the writing process and its consequences. Despite this, I would like to believe I've come out the other end having grown because of it.

I am changing. I am learning to be willing, learning to take the shackles off. Who I am and who I want to be are starting to feel like the same person. It's been an insane journey and I am so grateful for it. Thank you everyone for your enduring support and patience. I hope this music finds a place in your life.

Nascent

//
always breaking, always healing
all I tried to find was meaning
fill my heart and learn to let go
sacrificing all my being 

always healing, always breaking
I’ve lost track of what my age is
in this little lifeless meadow
I thought I could bring salvation
//

Thank you everyone for your patience and support while I pour the totality of my heart and soul into creating my album; it means the world to me.

always breaking, always healing

//

fetterless, be multitude
settle this and start anew
"bloom where you were planted"
can't you understand it?

written in sessility
come confess your life to me
untangle this becoming
won't you turn the right way?

//

Nascent is about becoming:

The desire to become a better human being, longing to actively participate in the world around you, striving to actualize your potential, and finding meaning in this process.

re:Turning

//

oh how I miss it all

//

Nascent is about becoming:

The desire to become a better human being, longing to actively participate in the world around you, striving to actualize your potential, and finding meaning in this process.

catch it

//

bare granite
softly framed in seafoam
steeping in twilight

the rarity of weightless overcast
receding into previous day

I am pulled between the edges of then and now
complacently losing the battle

and I place a bowl on that granite
with water seeping through its pores
half-washed
porcelain in defeat

pray I go back down and think a way out
but the waking hours escape me
for once turn the right way,
you flake, you human life

thank the paper blinds for sparing you the shame
of months and months gone by

//

Nascent is about becoming:

The desire to become a better human being, longing to actively participate in the world around you, striving to actualize your potential, and finding meaning in this process.

Equinox

Nascent is about becoming:

The desire to become a better human being, longing to actively participate in the world around you, striving to actualize your potential, and finding meaning in this process.

Equinox (Prelude)

//

ˈUθ'θalaɪ & 𝒮𝒫𝐸
to be, my own self

//

Nascent is about becoming:

The desire to become a better human being, longing to actively participate in the world around you, striving to actualize your potential, and finding meaning in this process.

Dream Extinction

//

I want
more than a moment
I want a future

I want more than a moment
I am all that I’ve been
I want a future
living in the present, I’ve
let it all go passing by

// 

A note about "reasonsnotto": the synthesized voice is reciting text which has been randomly generated. This generation is governed only by a few simple phonetic rules; any likeness to any word in any language is purely coincidental.

Nascent is about becoming:

The desire to become a better human being, longing to actively participate in the world around you, striving to actualize your potential, and finding meaning in this process.

reasonsnotto

//

who am I
a year gone by

//

Nascent is about becoming:

The desire to become a better human being, longing to actively participate in the world around you, striving to actualize your potential, and finding meaning in this process.

36523_red/blue

Sutter

Nascent is about becoming:

The desire to become a better human being, longing to actively participate in the world around you, striving to actualize your potential, and finding meaning in this process. Over the past 4 years, these have all been things I've struggled to bring to fruition due to my own shortcomings. Nascent is the embodiment of all the emotions which emerged from this struggle.

Writing this album eventually became a source of this conflict. As I created the music which was supposed to help me find peace, I watched the rest of my life begin to atrophy. In many ways, Nascent is also about the writing process and its consequences. Despite this, I would like to believe I've come out the other end having grown because of it.

I am changing. I am learning to be willing, learning to take the shackles off. Who I am and who I want to be are starting to feel like the same person. It's been an insane journey and I am so grateful for it. Thank you everyone for your enduring support and patience. I hope this music finds a place in your life.

Q Windswept

Originally aired April 10th, 2020 on Twitch via @upscale-recordings
Watch the full audio-visual mix on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1qNiFSAlwgE

0:00 - Alexander Panos - ¨࿐༒ [LIGHT MODE] // unreleased
1:33 - Alexander Panos - nape × Alexander Panos - DEREALIZE  // unreleased
3:33 - Alexander Panos - Day Circle  // unreleased
4:55 - Alexander Panos - ki  // unreleased
5:55 - @oyeme-thomas & Alexander Panos - Alexander's Theme  // unreleased
7:38 - Alexander Panos - Sutter
8:40 - Alexander Panos - Dream Extinction
10:37 - ASA-CHANG＆巡礼 - 魔法 (Alexander Panos Remix) // unreleased
12:49 - Alexander Panos - re:Turning (original 2020 demo)
14:19 - Alexander Panos - april one  // unreleased
15:08 - Alexander Panos - Cycles

➤ Stay connected: https://linktr.ee/alexanderpanos

//
A year ago today, I released my debut album, “Nascent.” Born from the most challenging period of my life thus far, it currently stands as the most important thing I’ve ever created. I’m so grateful for everyone who has let this album into their life.

In the spirit of its anniversary, I’ve decided to release my 2020 and 2021 Upscale artist showcase mixes. These audio-visual mixes are comprised entirely of original music, almost all of which is currently unreleased. The songs they feature were critical in developing my sound and hold as much of a place in my heart as the music on the album. They are further expressions of the emotional space I was navigating at the time. This is the 2020 mix, you can check out the next one here: https://soundcloud.com/alexanderpanos/upscale-fest-mix-2021

Infinite love to @upscale-recordings for always offering me a platform to share my sound. Thank you all for a wonderful year 🤍
//

All unreleased music subject to change. Please respect this music in its unfinished state.

Alexander Panos - Upscale Showcase Mix | 2020

Originally aired July 30th, 2021 on Twitch via  @upscale-recordings   
Watch the full audio-visual mix on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZUWtdPg2NV0

0:00 - Alexander Panos - traveled in a blanket  //  unreleased
1:30 - Alexander Panos - trip toe  //  unreleased
2:33 - Alexander Panos - holding it  //  unreleased
3:30 - Alexander Panos - phoneme blossoms  //  unreleased
5:46 - Alexander Panos - Equinox (Prelude) 
8:10 - @dobimusic - peace treaty (Alexander Panos Edit)  //  unreleased
10:02 - Alexander Panos - sheridan  //  unreleased
13:13 - Alexander Panos - Dream Extinction
16:26 - Alexander Panos - confession  //  unreleased
17:26 - Alexander Panos - always breaking, always healing

➤ Stay connected: https://linktr.ee/alexanderpanos
➤ Listen to Nascent: https://fanlink.tv/nascent

//
In the spirit of the 1-year anniversary of Nascent, I’ve decided to release my 2020 and 2021 Upscale artist showcase mixes. These audio-visual mixes are comprised entirely of original music, almost all of which is currently unreleased. The songs they feature were critical in developing my sound and hold as much of a place in my heart as the music on the album. They are further expressions of the emotional space I was navigating at the time. This is the 2021 mix, you can check out the previous one here: https://soundcloud.com/alexanderpanos/upscale-showcase-mix-2020
//

All unreleased music subject to change. Please respect this music in its unfinished state.

Alexander Panos - Upscale Fest Mix | 2021

I started writing this song in the spring of ’22. This time was spent listening to the music of Yuki Kaneko and Manuella Blackburn while immersing myself in the flowering local grasslands. I was struck by the delicate, secluded intimacy of Yuki’s album “rut”, the jaw-dropping detail of Manuella’s “Formes audibles”, and how this music accentuated the surrounding landscape. I tried to capture this feeling and the sense of renewal it inspired while honoring these wonderful artists.

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art in collaboration with Zachary Schwadel
instagram.com/zschwadel/

includes a sample of the title track from "rut" (and/OAR, 2008) by Yuki Kaneko
instagram.com/yuki_kaneko_bd/
https://www.and-oar.org/moar_2.html
many thanks to Yuki for generously allowing its inclusion

aperture, for meadow

A song I wrote using my sample pack “Lakeshore Afterimage”, available on Splice: https://splice.com/sounds/packs/moment/lakeshore-afterimage-an-alexander-panos-moment/samples

All these sounds you hear (and many more) are yours to explore. This includes highly sought-after material custom-made in Max/MSP, with an entire category dedicated to my unique style of vocal processing. For me, sound design is self-expression, and is meant to echo my life. I hope these sounds help strengthen your own creative voice.

Those with keen ears might notice some sounds sourced from my early uploads to @e-veryday

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Lakeshore Afterimage

All We Are

Going Down

"It's quiet when I speak,
the night left me alone

I lust for moments where 
the leaves don’t fall so slow"


Vocal performance by Maxime: @maximemakesmusic
"Send" sampled from Alex: @alexpetti

Moments

DEREALIZE

The release of this piece is also an announcement that I am in the process of creating my debut album, which includes and is represented by Cycles. It’s a long road ahead, but I want to thank everyone who has shown their support thus far. I can promise you the end result will be honest, captivating, and sincerely unlike anything you’ve heard before — this is just the beginning.

Cycles

//

I’m gonna drive my car into the lake
I live my life in all the wrong ways
foot on the gas and I’ll lock myself inside
and maybe then, I can get some peace of mind

I’d say I tried but I know that isn’t true
not up to par and the water’s flowing through
thought I could handle a little more than this
seems I was wrong; that I’ll readily admit

I guess my mom thought that I could make it big
or at least move out by 26
I guess my dad thought that I could be a star
but here I am drowning in his shiny car

Looks like I drove this car into the lake
I lived my life in all the wrong ways
there’s no one here, it’s the middle of the night
I’m out of time and I should’ve said goodbye

//

car in the lake

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