Hey everyone! The Thoughts EP is finally here, along with the deleted scenes for a total of 12 tracks. I recommend you check this stuff out as it's the best music I've made yet.

And, for the first time, this EP is now available on Bandcamp: please check it out and support it if its not too much trouble: only £3 for full quality download of all 12 tracks.

You can find the album page here: https://etaoi.bandcamp.com/album/thoughts-ep-deleted-scenes - thanks for supporting!

The EP is also available to stream on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4dQQQx4f48NhCI7s1_gJSHz3dWFTIfDR

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Thoughts EP: deleted scenes

Bad Dreams

Bad Dreams [Thoughts EP: deleted scenes]

yeah so i made this project on logic not FL and our college just shut for the summer and im sure as hell not waiting until september to post this so thats why it might sound a little rough and un mixed - so sorry about that. hope you enjoy it anyway!

original: https://soundcloud.com/muramasamusic/lotus-eater-1

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peace out

mura masa - lotus eater (remix)

original @ https://soundcloud.com/kashmirmusic/slow-thoughts (better than this trash)

slow thoughts (x Kashmir.)

i always love recreating old tracks: especially one thats over 2 and a half years old 

old version: https://soundcloud/etaoi-1/rainy-days-old

rainy days.

orbiter ep should be done in about 2 or 3 weeks so stay tuned for that 
-heres a cover i've been working on in the mean time // hope you enjoy

hazey (glass animals.)

Part of the album "Memento" (buy link above). Thanks for checking it out (and hopefully buying it), as I worked super hard on this project :)

Nostalgia - A heavily sound designed track to start off the album, with a wonky but catchy guitar riff

Lyrics: 
Some illusions stay, to waste the time of day 
Memory resonates, Nostalgia slowly waits

Memento

buy album!

Nostalgia

this beat was made LIVE on stream 10th october

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This one sucks because i was nervous as it was my first time producing on stream. Check ld3-2 for a much better beat

lofidreams3-1

this beat was made LIVE on stream 17th october

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but for real this beat is way too good to just be a lofidreams, i will likely develop this into a full track for my next EP just saying

>see refractor - dichroic (April 2021)

lofidreams3-2

this beat was made live on stream 24th october but it took me until the 10th of november to finish the mix and master because i was  busy okay

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this one is okay, not my best but the drums are a cool different style and its got some vibes going for it

lofidreams3-3

this beat was made LIVE on stream 7th november

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this one is weird and wacky, or maybe its unique and has character. i dont really know

lofidreams3-4

this beat was made LIVE on stream 21st november. It should have been made on the 14th but I was busy and couldnt stream, so at some point I'm gonna do a bonus non-thursday stream to make up for it 

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the last 2 lofidreams were sounding very crunchy and distorted so i decided to make one that was a little bit more clean this time around. plus its got some weird ass chords

lofidreams3-5

this beat was made LIVE on stream 28th november, and it literally took me 15 days to mix/master it because im lazy and stressed. However it's almost the christmas break, so i've gotta edit and upload another lofidreams this day, two in one like ;)

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this ones like alright i guess, the riff is kinda cool but the i had a load of trouble getting the main synth to sound good. ld3-7 is a lot better than this lmao.

lofidreams3-6

this beat was made LIVE on stream 12th december, and that will sadly be the last stream of this year, see everyone in 2020 ;)

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im very happy with this one (especially the section from 0:21-0:42) and will probably work it into a full track for my next album aswell as  ld3-2: i think these are the best of the project so far

lofidreams3-7

this beat was made LIVE on stream 9th January

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this one went down a little different than how most of the streams have been recently, with much more of a focus on synths compared to real life instruments. It's sounding pretty good though, and like some of the other beats before it, will probably get worked into my new album

oh yeah, and the tunes are very much stolen from https://soundcloud.com/etaoi-1/transmission

lofidreams3-8

original @ https://soundcloud.com/xorro-music/a-cloud go check it out

likely to be my last upload in a good while
check https://www.instagram.com/etaoiboiz/ for updates
<3

Xorro - A Cloud (remix)

Hi, my name is James. I started producing all genre bedroom beats on FL studio for fun when I was 14 and got obsessed with it, releasing under the name ETAOI.

Over the next 3/4 years I refined my craft and started adding more guitar to my tracks, still releasing lots of stuff on soundcloud regularly. At some point around my 18th birthday I made the decision to go to university for music tech and pursue music/audio as a career.

The tracks on this page are really only the tip of the iceberg and my most fleshed out tunes from this period (thanks to soundcloud's 3hr upload limit!). I still have literally about 200 other tracks that aren't online sitting on my hard drive, if any one particularly cares for me to make them accessible message me on instagram, but these really are about as good as it gets from this period in my journey.

During my time at uni I expanded my horizons a lot more, taking my craft out of the bedroom and into the studio where I started collaborating, producing and engineering, also learnt to play the drums and bass guitar. During this time I retired the ETAOI account and moved on to releasing as @refractortunes temporarily, however soon after I decided to abandon the project and focus on more collaborative projects and securing work coming out of university. 

I'm 23 now and sometimes release music (mostly for fun) on Spotify as James Stickland, so look there or on my Instagram @ jamessticklandmusic for more recent updates. I frequently play gigs in London and Brighton with several bands (mostly as a bassist) and work as a sound engineer at some local venues in London as well as producing and engineering a lot of my friends and collaborators (mostly live instrument based) tunes, so I've really changed direction since first installing FL studio back in 2015. 

Although, if you like this stuff, I've released and am still working on some new solo electronic stuff which will go on the James Stickland spotify page, so definitely keep an eye out. I also frequently post WIPs, outtakes and all types of random crap on the @mylesmadeofmoneyjohnson and @mylesmadeofmoneyjohnson-2 accounts!

ETAOI

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