When I was working on my first album as キラヨシ, Reincarnated Resurrection, I knew I wanted some short interludes that would aid in the overall album flow.  This was an answer as to whether I could do something "short".  I knew for one of them would be this, which was based on a chord sequence I knew and wanted to see if I could do something of my own with it.

In order to create an interlude, I wanted it to be an excerpt of a longer work, which itself was inspired by Moby and specifically "Down slow" (the full-length version is almost six minutes; it's a minute and a half on Play).  I ended up creating three different versions, which are just double augmentations of each other.  They are called Small Size, Medium Size and Large Size (or in Chinese: 小号, 中号, 大号).  The Small Size appears as a cassette and (pending) vinyl exclusive while the Medium Size appears in the Virtual Rebirth compilation.  The excerpt used for the DL/MD versions came from the Large Size and it is now presented here in its entirety.

秋令 (大号)

Even before I listened to the vw scene (let alone joined it), I knew of Nmesh peripherally because of The Needle Drop (Anthony Fantano).  When I did get the chance to listen to his three "vaporwave albums" - Nu.wav Hallucinations, Dream Sequins, Pharma - I was impressed with his sonic imagination, pop-culture savvy and his particular sense of humour.

When the opportunity presented itself to do a remix of "Mall Full of Drugs" (from Pharma), I took the opportunity to make what I hoped would be my own tribute to him.  The concept is in the name, which is Esperanto abbreviation for ADHD.  Thus, this is someone who has an attention drift from one thing to the next.  In hindsight, it also does sound like someone who has taken a lot of *different* drugs and happens to do something involving music.

While this did not make the cut for the final track-list, it was still appreciated for what it is.  In the end, I'm glad I was able to make this little tribute and that it was acknowledged.

Pharma

Nmesh - Mall Full Of Drugs (キラヨシ AHP Remix)

The title is Dutch for "Another moment lost in time".  This was an idea I have had for a long time.  After playing around with this particular sound (from the Roland Fantom X8, which I named "Lyra"), I had this image of a street musician in the rain-drenched streets of Los Angeles in an imaginary November 2019.  I did an earlier recording-sketch back in 2008 or so with the title "Street Performer, Sector Nine, Los Angeles, February 2019".  I refined on this a bit in my head and in performances and was looking for a way to make it happen into something presentable.

This was recorded in one take on November 20, 2019, which was the first date in Blade Runner.  The language chosen as well as its title was a nod to Rutger Hauer.