Definitely a sample from Willy Crooks.. great song friend!

I found this song, then lost a close friend a few days later, it was the first thing I put on after hearing about it, making the title kinda.. Really fitting. Thankfully, the more I listen to the song, the more the little break and rise here reminds me that, things can still get better, even if they seem kinda bleak. <3

Excited for our reunioning in the rising sun. To sunny days outside and in

pictochat one last time with her before she moves away forever

The thing is... I trust the digital, synthetic algorithms to guide me through amazing and organic trips. I don't mean this in a 420 manner, quite the opposite. I go on my bike, get to school or work and sometimes. Sometimes something amazing happens and I get recommended tracks which have this... this special something, that I can't quite put my finger on. I wouldn't want to spoil this magic to be honest. Then I check my history and the track strikes for the secound time - by it's title. Amazing! It's so vaguely romantic. Like... If romanticism was a mainstream song that the DJ on the prom has been blasting for the secound time. But this time you're in the toilet and you hear it muffled beautifully. That's how I feel. I discovered this song a year ago, but never really expressed how much I liked it. Or that it puts a smile on face whenever Soundcloud shuffles it into my playlist. Just thought I'd let you know. Thank you!

This is an entire ocean wave to the face 

mus.hiba - slow snow (meltycanon.edt)

postcards.

After Midnight

Orange Sky

wewinwewinwewin

low flow

it's been overcast here lately, but i like it this way




shoutout to my friend john for letting me borrow his 3DS to sample animal crossing, because my town was all sunny that day and i needed some rainy samples <3

the forecast says rain until i see you again

sayuw x 𝑦𝑢𝑚𝑒 - Sapporo

STREAM (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.):
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Released by @grifotapes. Art by zomkashwak (instagram.com/zomkashwak/)

About
I named the album 'Otaku' to poke fun at myself and my love for anime/Japan. It also falls in line with Lofi Hip Hop's obsession with the anime aesthetic. I always joke with my friends that I'm a step away from getting a body pillow. I also wanted to explore the stigma behind it and question its definition. I don't think people should judge each other so harshly.

The album is inspired by many things: Anime (Mob Psycho 100, Re:zero, Cowboy Bebop, Golden Time, Durarara!!, Seven Deadly Sins, Neon Genesis Evangelion), TV shows (Freaks & Geeks, Stranger Things), certain genres like future (Quickly, Quickly, Lido), lofi hiphop (Knxwledge, sleepy eyes, O.S.L., ohbliv, bsd.u, SwuM, wuntwo, mt. marcy, Josh Hey, Beat Haus, Paxico Records, Stones Throw, dil withers, a.bee,), Funk/soul (Sade, Milton Wright, George Duke, Prince Phillip Mitchell), Jazz (John Klemmer, Shigeo Sekito, Larry Willis, John Coltrane), 80s/90s rap (Eazy E, Ice Cube, Queen Latifah, AZ, De La Soul), 80s acid house (Phil Fearon & the Galaxy), and 90s/2000s R&B (Xscape, Musiq Soulchild, Lalah Hathaway, Alicia Keys, Silk).

Certain rappers (Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Kanye West, Earl Sweatshirt, Max B, Skepta/BBK, Lord Apex), certain albums (Blonde by Frank Ocean, Freetown Sound by Blood Orange, JEFFERY by No My Name Is Jeffery, P3 by PARTYNEXTDOOR), food channels and respective foodies/chefs (Munchies, Matty Matheson, Eddie Huang, Sean Evans, First We Feast's Hot Ones, Gordon Ramsay, Morimoto's 'Momosan' on Lex), and other things like Akai, reel to reel machines (Akai 1720w), cassette culture, Roy Woods, Rihanna, Rick Rubin, Sven Libaek, Zen Buddhism, and a lot of other things that inspired me in one way or another. The album art is done by zomkashwak (instagram.com/zomkashwak) and is inspired by a past muse..


I took the summer off to study beatmaking and this is the culmination of that effort. I would watch videos for seven hours a day every day of the week. I probably watched upwards of 300 hours of video tutorials from legends like Matt Weiss and Echo Soundworks. I also read the Art of Mixing by David Gibson. I dedicate this album to my family who continues to support and love me unconditionally — more than I deserve. Thanks to everyone who helped make this album, especially dylAn for getting the interlude in on time and ISBA for providing dope background vocals. Big thanks to Jux Chemist for the art direction/helping me find the aesthetic of the album. Thanks to the Grifo Tapes family for putting me on, sponsoring my broke ass, and for being patient with me haha. Thanks to Inner Ocean Records for pressing the tapes and big up to zomkashwak for providing the trill album art. Finally, thank you to the fans. You guys telling me you vibe with my songs is the reason I do this <3

Love —

Bee

STREAM

luvsick (intro)

baby we're still miles from the shore

you light an incense as i watch the world through your window

lost tracks
1. i hold your hand as we drift away 
2. under the shade of the willow tree 
3. day dreaming (of you)
4. why are you making this harder than it has to be 
5. keep a place for me

on spotify :  https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dJ1iY51ZgNt93gelvdF3k
on bandcamp : https://vague003.bandcamp.com/album/anime-and-heartbreak-beat-tape

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anime and heartbreak [beat tape]

take off your bunny hood and smell the flowers

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