Ibrahim

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]

a cyborg named exe wakes up a laboratory with no memories except their name

buy <3

what am i.

exe wanders through debris in an urban wasteland. they wonder if there's anyone around.

is anyone here.

exe finds a tiny robot among the debris!

ukulele played by @mxmtoon :) go follow her

can you understand me. (w/ mxmtoon)

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

something new! tried to do something synthy and cute

art by me

unfamiliar and wonderful

made something kinda soundtrack-like, hope you guys like it! art by me :)

bass guitar by @basedjuanempire, check him out

anoraks and fog

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

did a collab with @waifuavenue. the most classic lo-fi i've done in a long time

art by me! brought back the girl from "cinnamon"

check out jazz hop cafe soon for an exclusive beat/art by me on there

lovely whisper (w/ Waifu Avenue)

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

spotify

quiet dreams of crowns and metamorphosis

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

merry christmas everyone! i wanted to put something out for y'all

piano played by me! i tried to make it sound like it was sampled. art by me also

check out the OTJ page tomorrow for something cool

sugar cubes

First track of 2018 let's go! Hope everyone is doing well, I thought I'd put something upbeat out, something more like my older style

Guitar/bass was done by @basedjuanempire, check him out :)

Art by me - if you recognize the girl in the drawing she's the same as the one from "as the stars tremble"!

wool sweaters and early mornings (w/ Wet Day Timetable)

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

Mono no aware (物の哀れ), literally "the pathos of things"

The awareness of impermanence (無常 mujō), or transience of things, and a gentle sadness or wistfulness at their passing

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

guitar by @man_huh, art by me!

mono no aware

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

it's been a while but here's a new track! it's in triple meter which is kinda different from usual but hope you guys like it

the track is named after kahwa, a type of Pakistani green tea

art by me as always ^_^ written and performed by me

saffron and green tea

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

a banjo beat :)

banjo played by @boyfromberlin

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

art by me! sorry it's so late in the day

Ibrahim

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