I see Tangents as the logical next step from my previous album, Maxima/Minima. Where Maxima/Minima was a reassessment of how we imagine the future when we are young, Tangents is a reflection on how we remember the past when we are older. 

The stories we tell ourselves. 
The lessons we teach ourselves. 
The narratives we form. 

Musically, with Tangents, I intended to make a guitar-based atmospheric electronic album, and that's what I think I have achieved. Tangents was written, composed, and performed on the rusty old guitar that formed the inspiration for my first album - my first guitar. 

This album is first and foremost an acknowledgement that 2006's future didn't make the guitar obsolete, it made it more versatile. 

But it's primary conflict is this: If I was wrong to be circumspect of the future then, are the narratives I have of my past today also just as likely to be off the mark? 

Tangents is an exploration of these narratives. 

In that way, it is a 'blowing up' of the themes of my previous album.

Album Art: Subhadip Biswas (insta: @subhadip_biswas)

Benji M - Tangents - 10 Kanye North East, S - Ward - Indian Music In An Indian Accent

Benji M - Tangents - 09 It Gets Wetter

Benji M - Tangents - 08 Rahman

Benji M - Tangents - 07 The Ship Sails West

Benji M - Tangents - 06 On Widening The Canvas I Found Andy's Sister

Benji M - Tangents - 05 Forest Fire Blues

Benji M - Tangents - 04 The Room Is Empty, Spinning

Benji M - Tangents - 03 Threesome Tuesdays

Benji M - Tangents - 02 Disintegration - The Morning After

Benji M - Tangents - 01 Back In The MH 03 Pt. 2 - Am I Cool Now-

This is not my primary channel! Please check out benjim.bandcamp.com. I'm Akhil Srivatsan,  a travelling electronic music producer.

Benji M

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