Year of the Frog is something a little different from me. I consider this an anthology, a collection, or a celebration of my music up to this point in my life.

If you'd like to support the album, you can do so below:
Bandcamp: https://jamphibious.bandcamp.com/album/year-of-the-frog
Smart Link (Various Platforms): https://smarturl.it/yearofthefrog

Album artwork by Courteney Rodriguez (TEN), please support her below:
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Year of the Frog

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Mark Of The Traitor

u dont need an invite to show up

visualizer: http://picotune.me/?ZvPzP6PU

lightning bug

quaint town ditty

Track 8 of The Bubby Album
https://youtu.be/oUYSSsAkoA0

gritty angsty lil piano song. A=450Hz. diminished 7th chords. catsobs in chat

The Bubby Album

Asterisk

All composed, arranged, produced, and performed/programmed by me.

traffic jam jam

artwork: @sparklecats2009 & @ezip
music: @damifortune
piano arrangement & performance on "four seasonal offerings" (tracks 1-4): @rewitkin
guitar performance on "the forest is for the trees" (tracks 5-8): @october_stereo
flute performance on "plate tectonics" (tracks 9-11): @ZBWMusic
saxophone performance on "yukimarimo" (tracks 12-13): @dorkus-64
violin performance on "it rained after the fire" (track 14): @retropetet
drumset performance on "blue whirl" (track 15): @cryptovolans

Written with a ROLI Seaboard, soundchips from some very old machines, a piano, a field recorder, and some excellent instrumental recordings from friends.

Elemental Fusion is an album of collaborations with instrumentalists. In most cases, I asked friends to record a few minutes of improv or pseudo-improv to use as a springboard for writing a piece of music. The tracks would then be built around whatever they sent me, often chopped up and manipulated. The result is serendipitous; these works were pushed in unique, unexpected directions by my collaborators' performances. The compositional challenge was thrilling.

This album also interprets the word "fusion" in other senses - it is a spiritual successor to the similarly-named pair of diametrically opposed EPs I released in 2022, Elemental Harmony & Elemental Chaos, combining their respective styles of "melodic chiptune" and "ambient glitch" into one work that lives on a spectrum between them. It is a blend of acoustic warmth and digital processing. It is also a synthesis of many different styles, sounds and techniques that I've come to enjoy employing in my writing.

Elemental Fusion is perhaps my most challenging and varied work to date, and I think about it as a recital of sorts for the classical concert stage, a statement of purpose. To that end, detailed program notes are included with the album!

--HVB

Elemental Fusion

tickets here ☄️⛈️🌊

02 - four seasonal offerings (feat. rewitkin) - II. harvesthome dance

Cairo Drift – Afro Drill Beat | Dark x Energetic x Arabian Vibe 💥
A dark Afro Drill ride through the streets of Cairo — where rhythm meets rage and the desert heat fuels the bounce. 
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Produced by Kareem Shams.
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❌ Unauthorized use of this music is strictly prohibited.
#AfroDrill #ArabianTrap #CairoVibes #KareemShamsBeats

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CAIRO DRIFT

@retrospectuk
@supervisionrecordings
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INFO: After a two-year hiatus, Supervision Records is happy to present its fourth release - and its first-ever solo EP. Crafted by the brilliant Retrospect, this record features five sophisticated, break-infused tracks that blend dreamy atmospheres with irresistible groove. Garage vibe at its finest.

*PREMIERE* Retrospect - Dream Emissions

@DoricDream

EARTH (iv)

"I am God! I am nothing, I'm play, I am freedom, I am life. I am the boundary, I am the peak."

DoricDream - Earth Festivals

Track 2 of "The Ultimate Hum Album" at:  https://ultimatehum.bandcamp.com/album/the-ultimate-hum-ost
Mastered by: pumpuli/thewing https://soundcloud.com/thewing
Album Art by: CastleNes

lightning bug

golgi