The setting is Richmond, Va. The time is the summer of 2004, and I found myself falling to sleep while writing lyrics. Initially, the album started as just two songs I thought would be a nice birthday gift for someone I was at seeing at the time, who will go unnamed. However, after three months of writing and recording, I completed what would become my first album, Khardiology, an autobiographical work of intoxicated romantic tragedies, where I would find myself in the aftermath,  staggering piss and punch-drunk off poetry to make sense of it. Though sometimes wordy because I'm worried, the nuances and imperfections act as the perfect symbolism for my emotional injuries bleeding out through the beat-breaks and band-aids. And the truth is, I never wanted to put the record out.

Over the past ten years, my releases have been through projects from the bands I'm in, The MEM, and PhotoSynthesizers. However, as I release new music, I think it's essential to provide a timeline and contextualize my journey as an artist. Therefore, after 16 years, I've decided to make Khardiology available for a digital download.

Originally, Khardiology was released on July 24, 2004, with only 13 songs and in a short run of about 300 copies. Khardiology: Open Heart Surgery Redux contains three additional bonus tracks recorded a few months after the album's release fitting the familiar themes of headaches, heartbreaks, and beat-break-ups.

So, here it is, my first album, Khardiology: Open Heart Surgery Redux, with additional bonus tracks Faded. Nevus Reactions Live Studio Session and Stranded.

Written by: Barzencodez
Mix and Mastered by Joe Davenport
Producers: Chad of Divine Profitz R.I.P, Murder, Dr. Data, Kjell Anderson
Will Miles, Khalid Thompson, Maat Free, and Joshua Bryant

Khardiology: Open Heart Surgery Redux

Stranded Bonus Track

Faded featuring Alexis Lea Bonus Track

Khardiology

Y Am I The X ?

Nervus Reactions

Unknown Album

Nervus Reactions Live Bonus

I used this titled " Smash The Picture" because it comes from one of my favorite Prince songs, "The Beautiful Ones." and I couldn't name it that, right? Ultimately, this song is a nostalgic glimpse of my Wonder Years in High School revolving around the silent crushes I had. I wrote this song somewhere around the late 90s/early 2000s, and I've always struggled to put this out because I never wanted to make anyone uncomfortable.
 
Please note that I still move from this same intention in releasing it now.
Thanks for inspiring me to create art, and I hope you get a kick out of it.

Forever in Good Fun

Smash The Picture

Maurice Leoni-Osion, aka Barzencode, is a Black Hip-Hop Artist. He is passionate about using the music, art, films and programs as portals to open spaces to cultivate conversations and communities that aim to preserve stolen and forgotten legacies of our youth and ancestral histories.

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