hello everyone, it's been a while

hope you enjoy :0

healing spell

kind of a throwback-y style for me! hope you like it :>

charms

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something cute we made!! it's been a while since bullet train fantasy but we wanted to make something new :> more to come also hehe

beneath the fireworks (w/ luvbird)

I initially started this song a long time ago and it's finally come to completion now! Something cute with adventure game vibes :>

sippy cups

The world is burning, and I'm not even sure how it started
I heard some person spilled the midnight oil onto the carpet
Of their apartment - others say an arsonist sparked it
Some even swear that it's been there since Adam fell from the garden, but I
Know that's a myth cuz I was in that crowded theater
When somebody shouted "fire" and no one around believed her
We were cave dwellers - sitting comfortably
Till I saw my shadow start to flicker on the seat in front of me

We watched the city being charred, and passed incinerated cars
Power lines alit like C-beams that glitter in the dark
And from above you could witness amber threads cover each district
On the CNN feed like they were written in the stars
They said riot vans were supplied to each fireman
And hired hand who tried and tried again without a fighting chance
So now we're out the frying pan and into the fire
And each day it's like I'm trapped inside a cigarette lighter

Since that night I've changed - I quit romantic interactions
Cuz it felt a little tactless to be having Tinder matches
Runnin' into old flames'd just be a drag if it happened
Kicked the habit - and don't forget the risk of getting gaslit
These days, Steam games I've just been avoiding
My temper is like embers and my blood's always boiling
Wearing flared jeans is sorta fine, blazers might be borderline
Sears in short supply, I hear they're under-employing
Despite the deaths I'm abandoning rituals like candlelit vigils
I've never been less keen to use my Amazon Kindle
Our panicked officials may as well be a man with a fiddle
Who does nothin' but stand in the middle of Rome as it burns

Their plans are all wishful, they say so many words
They're understanding and civil, and then they vote to adjourn
Their only concern that they don't just totally shirk
Is when they open their purses for brokerage firms
I know, that's absurd - and now we're seeing folks selling merch
For purchase with cutesy slogans that you can throw on a shirt
Like how adulting in the midst of an inferno's the worst
I heard a talk show host's selling fire-themed frozen desserts

Meanwhile the radio reports conditions improving
Cuz look, this crematorium owner says business is booming
A former friend's a flame skeptic, he says evidence is weak
Cuz you can't ever just believe the shit on MSNBC
I'm worried for him but I'll be the first to admit
For a disbeliever, he's certainly quick at burnin' a bridge
People's takes have gotten blazing hot - and if you make a blog,
You can say anything and get shared by a Facebook mom
Fake or not - like "fire alarms are government tracking machines"
Or "how to get the perfect smokey eye naturally"
Or "grow sage 'n' rosemary for homemade potpourri
To mask annoying gas leaks while you Postmates groceries"

Okay, so can we just skip to the epilogue?
I'll even leave a nice review of it up on Letterboxd
Forget the plot, forget the scent of scorched pines and oak
Forget the sight of the horizon cloaked in plumes of rising smoke
Pretend we never saw the sky turn the colour of blood and honey
Like a flame spirit drunkenly swallowin' up the country
As hundreds of tongues consume any inquisitive moth
Its voice a hiss when it talks, on trails of igneous rock
I thought fire was a gift till I saw it melt the ice caps
So Prometheus, i 'preciate it but send it right back
And now I'm rambling - shit, I've been lettin' my mind stray
When I got chores to handle and there's still ash in my driveway
They say if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen
But now my kettle's makin' sounds, the fumes are cloudin' my vision
So till the ground is extinguished and we've doused the whole world in rain
I've got no choice but to learn how to live life in eternal flame

the world is burning

hello here is a new song, sorry it's been a while :> me and luvbird have been working on this for literally years and we finally figured it out

hope you like it!

there's a music video too: https://youtu.be/q3zlaI5vaCg

time capsule (w/ luvbird)

one more song before the end of the year! I hope you enjoy the moodier vibe for the winter weather. this is a bit of a throwback to my older style but I think the flute and melodica melodies elevate it a bit.

the art this time is based on a photo I took in Kyoto - I was waiting at a bus stop and thought that this would be a nice reference image, which turned out to be true!

hologram in the alleyway

here's something new! I was inspired by the aesthetics of 2000s menu music but with a twist. my friends said it sounded "curious", like "shopping in the future". hope you like it :>

spotify

future shopping zone

hiii here's a new song before the end of the year :D something more subdued compared to my last song but look out for something more involved in the coming year. 

randomly tryharded the art this time!

in the city of gardens

Drew my own artwork - I'll get better I promise (half-dried-out Crayola markers are really not ideal)

Haunting sample tho, its from some old Japanese movie

edit: damn thanks for the likes and reposts! this is my most liked track nowand I'm so glad y'all like it.

LISTEN HERE TOO https://open.spotify.com/album/2jsav4Y9NapnF9uWFHcYV0

spotify <3

lamplight

patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ibrbeats

thank you guys so much for the support lately! here's something you can put on while you study or something. art by me!

message me if you wanna lease one! you can listen to the tracks individually here https://i-b-r.bandcamp.com/album/cinnamon

tracklist:

1. enchant (0:00)
2. hot chocolate (1:06)
3. white forest walk (2:20)
4. at the bridge (4:20)
5. kids (5:26)
6. black ice (6:40)
7. february (7:39)
8. firewood (8:59)
9. snowfall (10:03)

Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/6HrCCp1rWYLPuFy5fi34j9

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cinnamon/id1207578383?app=music&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Ibrahim_Cinnamon?id=Bhhgdvaltirvgd4ej3jlkz5fqey

listen individually

cinnamon [beat tape]

BUY: https://i-b-r.bandcamp.com/album/lanterns-and-fireworks-beat-tape

patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ibrbeats

Did some piano playing for this one and I thought those high notes sounded like chimes :)

I'm leaving for a trip tomorrow so I thought I'd put this out before that

evening chimes

BUY: https://i-b-r.bandcamp.com/album/lanterns-and-fireworks-beat-tape

total solar eclipse-type beat :>

may the shadow of the moon fall on a world at peace

(art by me)

(vocal chops sampled from Karen McCants)

a world at peace

BUY: https://i-b-r.bandcamp.com/album/lanterns-and-fireworks-beat-tape

here's a dancey track for y'all - my last few releases were more on the peaceful side so I thought I'd do something more upbeat, like a spiritual successor to neon romance! back to the chill stuff next week tho

the whistling was done by my good friend Cam Pita :)

art by me!

dancing in the scintillation

BUY: https://i-b-r.bandcamp.com/album/lanterns-and-fireworks-beat-tape

patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ibrbeats

dedicated to samsa

if you followed us you know what the title means

we always talked about having our characters meet somehow but it looks like this is the extent of what's gonna happen. if you see this, thanks for the good times and late night skype calls man, it was a really amazing ride to work together and i wouldn't have done a lot of the stuff i've done if it weren't for you <3 love you buddy

for those of you who are out of the loop, samsa has announced he is retiring from making music, read more here: https://www.offthejvmp.com/news/2017/12/17/saying-goodbye-to-a-friend

quiet dreams of crowns and metamorphosis

bandcamp: https://i-b-r.bandcamp.com/album/afterimage-beat-tape

it's been snowy af around here and i got inspired by the weather and listening to some dj okawari 

art by me :)

stay tuned for a Jan 28th EP from Ryce!

snow sparkle

Listen to Sisyphus I here: https://soundcloud.com/headhaunter/sisyphus-i-prod-ibrahim

There was gonna be a Sisyphus III with samsa until he retired - but we still wanted to put I and II out. Each track tells a different story.

Hook written by: @iamsamsa, art by me!

Lyrics:

I've been warpin through the fourth dimension, with no more to explore left
Toured each wormhole and vortex on my quest to just thwart death
A thousand ways to die, be it cardiac or cancer,
I travel time in hopes that some forgotten god will have the answer

I've traversed the valley of death's shadow searchin for Baphomet
In caverns where Apollo slept, I'm trackin down Nyarlathotep
Read some chapters next to blasphemous statues from magic texts,
Only two things are certain and I ain't paid my taxes yet

I've planned to see a glimpse of Panacea to bewitch her,
Intoxicatin mixtures of Rolling Rock and youth elixir
Each time I might've died, I rewind the time five days
Tryna skirt my demise and escape my divine fate

Encased in ancient Cenozoic ice - twice - but I melted.
The helmet of Hades I sheltered myself in's just a relic
Stopped by Mephistopheles - got lost in his home
Called up Yamaraja's phone and made philosopher's stones

On a first name basis with Chernabog, I've turned the clock
And urged Pandora to burn the box but it didn't work so hot
Got an ankh in my pocket, an ouroboros tattoo
Hoarded horcruxes, and I've sipped primordial soup

Implored the Four Horsemen to not be the mortal I was prior 
Sought out Orpheus but unfortunately just found a lyre
Did business with shinigami, and still continue clueless
Though I've interviewed Methuselah, listened to Anubis,
And been to every festival of death collecting talismans.
I've bribed Azrael to forget me and questioned Lazarus 
Got sacrilegious amulets and bracelets next to
Chained up phoenixes I ensared and experiment on in my basement

And at this rate I fear I've tried to find a cure in vain
Every year I age will disappear in time like tears in rain
But I've been here and there and I'll endure until my quest's complete
And desperately resist destiny as long as there's breath in me

Sisyphus 
Steady rolling boulders up the summit 
Sunday sundown watch em settle, monday sunup, watch em plummet
Yes I’m sisyphus
Static balance pebbles on the brink
Sunday sundown watch em settle, monday sunup, watch em sink

Sisyphus II

bandcamp: https://i-b-r.bandcamp.com/album/afterimage-beat-tape

i didn't get to go to houston for the otj show but it looked crazy 

i used to do tracks on the otj page called stuff like "manhattan", "baltimore", etc and I always planned on doing a houston one so here it is :>

it's kind of a weird beat but i hope you guys like it! i'll put out some regular chill stuff soon lol  

art by me, as always

space city

patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ibrbeats

Hey, it's been a while, sorry for the lack of music! I was on a really fun trip to Japan - and, of course, now that I'm back I thought I'd write some music about it. Here's a song I wrote on the plane there, hope you like it! The strings in particular took a lot of time to do

bandcamp: https://i-b-r.bandcamp.com/album/afterimage-beat-tape

Art by me :)

spotify :0

sleeping in the postmeridian sky

PLEASE FOLLOW LUVBIRD: @luvbirdbeats

bandcamp: https://i-b-r.bandcamp.com/track/bullet-train-fantasy-w-luvbird

patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ibrbeats

Ho boy I've been wanting to do this collab for a while. So glad we got this  done, me and luvbird worked really hard on this. Hope you like it! I wonder if you can guess what things were my idea and what things were his :)

As always, all art by me

Title is inspired by riding the shinkansen from tokyo to osaka

spotify :>

bullet train fantasy (w/ luvbird)

patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ibrbeats

here's a fun and cute new track for you guys, hope you like it!

i made this as a kind of end-of-summer track, and named it for the peculiar way my dad cuts watermelons 

art as always by me :) next track is gonna be a collab with RYCE in two weeks :0

spotify!

watermelon slices

patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ibrbeats

what's up, I'm back from NY, got to go to the Nice Colors show, and I got to meet Ryce in person for the first time :) here's a new beat for you guys, it's more upbeat - and shout out to @noeldac for the guitar!

art by me as always :)

citrus sunset (w/ RYCE)

I met Limes through samsa a while back and it turns out he lives only about an hour away from me so we've met up a few times :> Super nice guy and it was real easy to work with him! I did the piano and he flipped it

We thought this one would convey a feeling of fondness and family - hope you like it

Follow him: https://soundcloud.com/limes-3

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/28med3R1oJqSiYjDYWitTp?si=27eEj1nSSMWbZHhzIXssOw

Also art by me! I tried to include a bunch of Limes motifs in here - the cup with straw, the "Z", the hat, the face when sleeping :0

spotify!!

enamored (w/ Limes)

the rocketship jumps to a higher speed and lands on sin's home planet. the protagonists are immediately greeted by the sight of falling petals.

listen to the full album: https://soundcloud.com/ibr/sets/recharge

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7zvZTkXMDZYY1EMbxEVCSg?si=9RTVHgv6SjyBFvJAnV9Dsg

land of petals

sin grabs aadams and drags him onto the rocketship. he yells to exe for her to bring one of the defeated robots on board. once back in space, sin repairs aadams using parts of the defeated robot, and expresses his gratitude to exe for saving his life. both parties' suspicion of each other is alleviated. sin decides to take the group to his original destination - the planet where he grew up.

tinkering

exe defeats the mech patrol unit but aadams is caught in the fighting by an explosion courtesy of an enemy robot. most of his limbs are destroyed along with his face and side.

broken robot

when exe and company land on the neighboring planet, sin remarks that something seems off. upon disembarking the group notices broken windows in the nearby buildings and snow on the ground. sin says that as far as he knows, this planet never gets cold enough to snow. soon after, they are accosted by a group of robots bearing a similar "I" insignia to aadams. one of the robots says something very quickly in a language none of the protagonists can understand. before anyone can respond, the robots attack the protagonists. exe punches a robot and it proves effective, so she tells aadams and sin to head back to the rocket ship while she holds off the robots.

encounter with a mech patrol unit

exe the cyborg and aadams the robot decide to look around the urban wasteland they have found themselves in for clues on exe's past

patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ibrbeats

in search of splintered memories

Hey, sorry about the long wait in between tracks! Here's a new one :>

Its about the time I've been spending lately in cities, walking around and seeing the different flavours they have to offer. Hope you like it! It'll be out on Spotify the day after tomorrow :0

city street rhapsody

a little piano improvisation that leads into a beat! hope you like my messing around on the keys lol

star prelude

something kinda upbeat that I made! gonna have some more chill stuff soon but have this for now :>

all nighter

Hello everyone, here's my last track of the year! Trying out some new things with this one, and I have a lot of ideas for next year :> Hope you like it

everyday magical girl

did a flip of an UMI song - check out the original here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrEsf6sP4s&feature=youtu.be

silent moon

soundtracks for cyborgs!

all art by me

FAQ: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c8CJ6uck-cdz1em6bgALqbJtsqNxmAqOypjUCpKmkSk/edit?usp=sharing

alt account for random stuff: @i-b-r

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