All sounds made exclusively from each respective @bsterthegawd kit. Bought the kit bundle and decided to make this short project with it to get more familiar with each kit; highly recommend these!

0:00 - vol 5
1:07 - vol 9
2:09 - vol 6
3:03 - madlove

Art made from the drumkit art yeet

bsterkit beat tape

art by https://soundcloud.com/aabiasaw

buy: https://frij.bandcamp.com/track/orbital

ORBITAL

art by @solquiet

2022 has been a very challenging year for me. I've been dealing with a repetitive strain injury in primarily my right arm since mid-april that has had a large impact on my ability to produce and play instruments. This past summer and fall I've been in a negative feedback loop of my physical and mental health essentially dragging each other down, and I've not treated my body the best I could have during this period. Thankfully, I'm starting to see light at the end of tunnel and lately my arm has been doing a lot better. However, there's still a lot for me to figure out, and I need to hold myself accountable to heal my body and my mind the best I know how to. I just want to say that I'm so grateful to everyone that listens to my music and that I don't take any of you for granted. I haven't been as active as I'd like the past year with this project, and to be honest I'm in a pretty weird spot right now trying to figure out my next steps. But I'll figure it out and when I do I can't wait to share it with you all. Much love 🖤

CANDOR

art by https://soundcloud.com/solquiet

The usual dump of a bunch of drafts I made this year that likely won't be finished. Don't sleep on the entire dubstep track popped right in the middle of this lol

Track list:

0:00 - basementdweller
0:42 - coracao vagabundo flip
1:30 - covid beat
2:35 - kangaroo dnb
3:24 - late nite beat
4:17 - w/ https://soundcloud.com/bonework who did more of this than I did
6:05 - lofiable1
6:55 - great value soundcloud hero (https://soundcloud.com/olswel type ting)
7:21 - funny bounce (example beat on using SFX for lesson with https://soundcloud.com/voartyx-music)
7:40 - chee pack track
8:23 - chopdub
11:44 - delirio de grandeza flip
13:03 - george in the cut (explicit, a song about my cat)
14:18 - super x breezin flip (explicit)
15:30 - fuegowurli
16:05 - detox (main synth is orbital granulized)

2022sketches

to buy and stream elsewhere: https://fanlink.to/frij-endpoint
art by twitter.com/aletiune

endpoint

art by https://www.instagram.com/takada.exe/

Aether Dweller

magenta

art by @knowuhs

first shoegaze/rock song!

Look Inward

full album video: https://youtu.be/cukwIVHp--g?si=NgqikwU7OlfsJuC2

0:00 another loophole
2:48 ii + @hide-kit
5:59 stutterstep
9:01 unfamiliar + @marzy_music
12:36 trencher
15:10 felt not seen
18:02 disdain
21:44 deeplake

art by aletiune

full album video

penchant for avoidance

music video here: https://youtu.be/6arFu4yxM7g

art by https://twitter.com/arisakaox

MUSIC VIDEO

to be Open

soundcloud only, slowly getting better at vocals

hatetheinternet 
but I can't live without it
wanna get out but
im trapped in the cockpit
scrolling away
will i quit yeah i doubt it
yeah i doubt it
yeah i doubt it

im online but i don't mind
but i should mind
online and i dont lie
but to myself 
online but i dont mind
but i should mind
brainrot is setting in
im addicted

forever 
feel like it's never going away
forever
but i can't accept this i wanna change

dopamine hit so i stay online 
dopamine hit and i stay online
another dopamine hit so i stay online
dopamine hit and i waste my time yeah

time is running out and i waste my life
just scrolling online and staying up late 
feels like ive accepted my predetermined fate
ive given up in a new way, a new way

believe that i will never leave
fixed mindset 
but i deny it

x2

chorus x3

hatetheinternet175

art by @mewgumi (https://x.com/mewgumi_)

lyrics:

red cross double doors passed through yeah
no going back gotta stay true yeah
change in the air can't say im not scared but i
find peace, in this moment im aware

im alone, in an empty room i call home
heart cold heart metal like chrome
blinked twice all a sudden im grown
feeling old, and im not really known

at least i got friends by my side
at least i can say that i've tried
things are looking up in my life
learning how take it all in stride

im alone, in an empty room i call home
heart cold heart metal like chrome
blinked twice all a sudden im grown
feeling old, and im not really known

im alone in a room i call home
heart cold heart metal like chrome
blinked twice all a sudden im grown
feeling old, and im not really known

i blinked twice and now it's been 4 years
a 4 years where life hit hard and i found it hard to get up
i found it hard to make it through the times where it never seemed to let up
my personal raincloud makes me wanna give up

but i gained perspective through it all i know
i know that im finding my way out though it's slow
slowing it down so that i can catch a flow
patience in improvement is the way i want to go

and i can't say i have it all figured out
don't want my decisions to be shaped by clout
focused on emotion in art is my route
wish my path forward wasn't so roundabout

i dont need the internet to validate my art
i just want my music to be coming from the heart
maybe that's why i've been struggling so hard
the emptiness necessitates i find a new start

im alone, in an empty room i call home
heart cold heart metal like chrome
blinked twice all a sudden im grown
and i need to stop wishing i was known

at least i got friends by my side
at least i can say that i've tried
things are looking up in my life
learning how take it all in stride

blinked twice

RESISTOR ft. Noah Before & Adrim

was a pleasure making this with 7dB, i think our styles melded together here nicely 

art by me

mirror image

triple remix interpolation for fun of these 3 @noahbefore songs: 

SECRET - https://youtu.be/vtvtRlFI04I?si=NpQwJDg9CFMLsflg
Status Symbol - https://youtu.be/dP9lj8l2Z1A?si=1pPBNewZfP3b7Tli
Castle Interest - https://youtu.be/rb3TCbOxQxQ?si=eKNKGt0neWhTrU_5

mainly the first two, and then outro melody is the castle interest vocal melody in a spot

art made from screencaptures of all 3 music videos

INTEREST IN SECRET SYMBOLS

A short, 10 min EP with two future bass/jazz tracks and two trap tracks.

To download full album/if follow gates are against your religion, click here: https://datfrij.bandcamp.com/album/murmur-ep

Took the EP photo last summer in San Simeon, CA

Single Track Download

devolve

vocals & lyrics done by the amazing emily austin. expect more collaborations in winter 2017 when we're back in school, or even a song or two over break :)

Free Download

frij x emily austin - whitewash

art creds: www.deviantart.com/art/Time-of-Renewal-601643912

i'll never forget you

https://soundcloud.com/ford really wanted me to put this one out. made this over spring break
~
art creds to facebook page BON (don't know original artist)

nostalgia

streamline

It's been a minute, school has had me busy the past few months so I haven't been able to finish much of anything. Here's a thing inspired by https://soundcloud.com/prrrrrrr-records artists Scientific and Persian Empire. 

Art creds to Lei Xue

Buy/Stream

porcelain

This track would never have happened without the inspiration I got from Jon Hopkins, even though most of the track does not sound like his work.

Amazing artwork by https://soundcloud.com/itstinyghost

Download Full Album

Amulet

Absolutely loved the original as soon as I heard it, and once I figured it out on piano it became really fun to play around with. https://soundcloud.com/quicklyquickly 's entire EP is inspiring and I suggest checking it out

swingtheory flip

Second time I've ever done juke/footwork and first time in ableton, I've been meaning to try it for a while. Definitely a cool genre that's worth exploring.

art creds to Terry Beales

corrosive

went and designed a pretty distorted saw sound, thought it sounded cool so I decided to make a track with it

polarity

art creds: https://unsplash.com/photos/O-mujjYSBRY

aerial

something a lil different, inspired by chee and moody good 

art creds: https://unsplash.com/@priash7

lantern

pc: https://unsplash.com/photos/7IIJ6nFwsJY

MANNEQUIN

This track is dedicated to all my friends that graduated yesterday. Love y'all

This is also the first time I've played trumpet on one of my tracks :)

art creds: unsplash.com/@ihor_malytskyi

transitory

Thanks so much to the homie https://soundcloud.com/lizdek for the awesome art. Hit him up, he does quality work quickly at a good price and also makes great music

AMBIVALENCE

had a lot of fun with this and proud of how it turned out, s/o to @cannamusic for critique and help on mixing dubstep

art by https://www.instagram.com/ekkogfx/

follow me https://www.instagram.com/frijmusic/

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