zakè and dotlights met in early 2023, although both artists found that they shared affinities towards each other's works for years. Through conversations, there was one album that both artists equally cherished, ‘Stay With Me’ released in the summer of 2022 with zakè’s good friend T.R. Jordan. The album also featured a special appearance by the lovely marine eyes.

Deeply drawn by the sounds and story behind the album, dotlights commenced working with the original stems to create a very special collection of reimagined tracks with his unique lofi beatmaking and beautifully composed guitar aesthetics he’s become known for. With the assistance and this newly collaborative approach, zakè worked with both old and new stems, in addition to adding new synth production, field recordings, and tape manipulations to these remixed tracks.

Release July 12, 2024
Artwork By: Lela Amparo

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dotlights is a guitarist / beatmaker from the Netherlands and a frequent contributor to Chillhop Records and Memoir Music. Working from a small home studio in a quiet town near the German border, he blends his guitar aesthetics with downtempo electronica vibes and lofi beats.

zakè (aka Zach Frizzell) is the founder and head of Indianapolis-based Past Inside the Present, which has become a standard bearer for modern ambient and experimental artistry since its creation in 2018. In addition to PITP, he runs the collaboration-focused Zakè Drone Recordings, and has released for Azure Vista Records, Dunk!Records, Polar Seas Recordings and others.

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Stay With Me [remixes], 2024

Remixed and produced using the original stems from 'Stay With Me, ZD-020 (2022) by zakè & dotlights
Mastered at Statinski Mastering by Ivo Statinski.

Guitars, synths, piano, and beat programming by dotlights
Synths, field recordings, and tape manipulation by zakè

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Stay With Me, 2022

Originally written, recorded and produced by zakè & T.R. Jordan
Vocal accompaniment on 'Stay With Me' by marine eyes
Field recordings and cover photo captured off the coast of Lake Erie, 41°25'25.9"N 82°36'27.4"W

Photography and design by zakè

Stay With Me [Remixes]

Pleasures / Shallow Water

Serein

This track is the first single off my debut LP, releasing August 6 on Memoir. "Have Doughnut" is the start of a long journey. Through desert and through daydream.

'Have Doughnut' oozes with melancholic yet hopeful guitars, supplemented by minimalistic synth accents on a foundation of deep bass and a relaxed beat. It has a mellow, nostalgic kind of vibe that makes you want to wind down and take a bit of time for yourself.

Look out for the next single in two weeks!

🎧 Download / Stream "Have Doughnut"
・memoir.ffm.to/havedoughnut

🎶 Listen to Memoir on Spotify
・ spoti.fi/2posGcB

🙌 Follow Memoir Music
・ www.instagram.com/memoir.music/
・ memoirmusic.com
・ @memoirmusic

🎥 footage shot by Danil Rudenko & edited by [neonpajamas]
・ www.neonpajamas.com/

🎶 Mastered by Alex Saltz of APS Mastering
・www.apsmastering.com/

🌿 Memoir Music 24/7 Live Stream
・ youtu.be/KVandc164qE

Have Doughnut

The second single off Dotlights’ debut LP 'A Journey Home' releasing August 6 on Memoir. Nostalgic and melancholic as well as optimistic and alive, it continues our atmospheric journey through desert and through daydream. 

🎧 Download / Stream "The World We Were Born In No Longer Exists" 
・https://chffm.to/theworldwewereborn

🎶 Listen to Memoir on Spotify
・ https://spoti.fi/2posGcB

🙌 Follow Memoir Music
・ https://www.instagram.com/memoir.music/
・ https://memoirmusic.com
・ https://soundcloud.com/memoirmusic

🎶 Mastered by Alex Saltz of APS Mastering
・https://www.apsmastering.com/

🌿 Memoir Music 24/7 Live Stream
・ https://youtu.be/KVandc164qE

The World We Were Born In No Longer Exists

Objects With Intent

Grim Canaria

All The Tired Ways

All The Tired Ways (Philanthrope Remix)

Have Doughnut (Shigeto Remix)

This track is the first single off my upcoming EP, releasing on the 26th of May 2022. 

Gin O'Clock is a soothing track with the calming, atmospheric guitar sound that you may know from my previous releases and some vibey Omnichord hits on a crisp but relaxed beat. 

Make sure to pre-save the 5-track EP: https://ffm.to/dotlights-unfolding
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4n2oDL6olMQMi4VsokDuJ7

🎨 Artwork by Maarten Van Aken
🎛 Mastered by Ivo Statinski at Statinski Mastering

Gin O'Clock

Lost But Loving It

Entropy

When The Sun Explodes

zakè, Dotlights - Longing Memories [Dotlights Remix]

zakè, Dotlights - Shoreline [Dotlights Remix]

zakè, Dotlights - Need You Close

zakè, Dotlights - Stay With Me [Dotlights Remix]

zakè, Dotlights - Infinite Sand [Dotlights Remix]

zakè, Dotlights - Return To The Shore

Dotlights - Clandestine Knowledge

Dotlights - Pleasures

Dotlights - Shallow Water

Entropy (Drumless)

Boris Is Massive

Boris Is Massive (Drumless)

Pleasures

Pleasures (Drumless)

Because It Is Bitter

Because It Is Bitter (Drumless)

Grey Bodywarmer

Overslept pt.2

Lowballing at the palm auction

Caught in the rain

Nice marmot

🎧 Download / Stream / Buy Vinyl
・ chillhop.ffm.to/fall2020.pbt

🍁 Chillhop Music has been releasing seasonal Essentials compilations since the Spring of 2016, making the newest collection, Essentials Fall 2020, the 19th run in this ongoing series. With immersive and autumnal artwork from Rafael Araújo, this 25-song instrumental release sets the mood for the changing of the seasons, for the end of summer and the beginning of fall. 

🎶 Listen to Chillhop on Spotify & Apple Music
・ chillhop.lnk.to/sptfySi (Spotify)
・ chillhop.lnk.to/applemusic (Apple Music)

🎨 Artwork by Rafael de Araújo
・ www.instagram.com/rafaeldeara

Anywhere But Here ft. Philanthrope

Anywhere But Here - ft. Philanthrope (Chillhop Essentials Fall 2020)

One of those dudes doing beats with a sampler, guitar and some synths. Probably out gardening or chilling with cats.

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