Track from my upcoming self-titled album DJAO, which comes out October 28th. 

Premiered on XLR8R: http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2014/09/dropping-gems-preps-debut-lp-dja

"Serving as our first taste of DJAO is "Depressing Jog Ends Well," a jazz-flecked cut which places choppy piano chords and sparse melodies over an uneasy shuffle. A stream of the track and the full details of the Northwest artist's upcoming debut LP can be found below before the record drops (in digital and cassette form) on October 28."


More about the LP:

Dropping Gems is proud to present DJAO’s self-titled debut album. Three years in the making, producer/vocalist DJAO (a.k.a Alex Osuch) has created an auditory narrative in a similar manner to a collection of linked stories, stylistically diverse but based within the same world, told by a single narrator.

Composed during times of personal growth and inner reflection, the material presented on DJAO takes the listener on a serene, often ethereal journey. As a testament to navigating life’s challenges and successes, the arc of the album explores the pattern of introduction, engagement, and struggle, as told through Osuch’s raw emotional looking-glass. 

From the literal emergence of “Good Morning” to the concluding paroxysm of “Can’t Make Music Forever,” the album describes a path towards clarity and understanding where there are almost as many steps backwards as forwards. Appropriately, DJAO is the first release to directly showcase Osuch’s vocal talents, with sung lyrics shifting from back to foreground (and back again), enveloped in delay-soaked reverb.

In assembling this album Osuch drew upon a wide range of sounds, letting electric piano, synthesizers, and deep bass tones handle most of the melodic duty. Guitar played by Zuri Birginger adds to the palette towards the end of the album. The pace of the tracks is defined by intricate & texture-heavy drum programming, which rhythmically shift from downtempo to juke/footwork-influenced sensibilities. Behind it all, a certain fuzzy haze persists throughout the collection.

DJAO will be released October 28th 2014 via digital retailers and Bandcamp where limited edition cassette tapes will also be available. 

Track-list:
1. Good Morning
2. Woodgrain
3. Heavy Fog
4. Tan Jacket
5. Wet Bark
6. Laura
7. Depressing Jog Ends Well
8. Kitchen
9. Basement
10. The Last Time
11. Foreign Heart
12. Can’t Make Music Forever (Juke Blues)

07. Depressing Jog Ends Well

Track 9 from DJAO's self titled debut LP 

Premiered by @Abeano - http://www.abeano.com/djao-basement/

DJAO - Basement

screwmixes II out now on Hush Hush

https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/screwmixes-ii

Tevin Campbell - Shhh (Break It Down) (DJAO Screwmix)

Opening track from the EP "Zones," forthcoming on Dropping Gems 7/8/2016

Zones

Warm Scan

All tracks written, produced, & mixed by Alexander Osuch a.k.a. DJAO. 

Mastered by Calvin Erdal. 

Cover Art by Alex Boeschenstein. 

DJAO.

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