Life Insular

I live on an island.
I make dreamy, vaguely nautical pop in my room.

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Can't believe I neglected to announce it here, but my newest album, A Gilded Age, is out on Bandcamp and Soundcloud (and soon to be on Spotify)! It is inspired mainly by Cold War-era spaceflight, among other things. https://t.co/ytoJu2El9T

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Hallo! I'm still alive.
I have a new track out - a short instrumental inspired by the phenomenon known as "ostalgie," or nostalgia for some aspects of life in the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, or East Germany.
https://t.co/MxFVcFjmjq

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For my guiding light in a twilight sky.
お誕生日おめでとう！
#多田李衣菜
#多田李衣菜誕生祭
#多田李衣菜生誕祭2023
https://t.co/B4dpKRFpaT

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My newest album, A Gilded Age, is now available for streaming on Spotify!
https://t.co/hVgzJwn9Eo

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I have a new (mini-)album ready to be released very soon. Here is a demo of one of the instrumental tracks, inspired by Polaris, the North Star. Thank you, and stay tuned! https://t.co/sMxGFLWEAM

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New year, new material. Here is a demo of a song inspired by nuclear rocket engines and experimental aircraft development. https://t.co/gHDnSx4Ol8

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Here ends my series of writeups on Proving Grounds: Track 6, "Able-Baker Crossroads," named after the nuclear tests that inspired this whole endeavour. Once again, I hope my music and thoughts will be of some substance in any way.
https://t.co/CQ73jVqelK

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Track 5 of Proving Grounds, "Corners Of The World," is a reminder of the swords hanging over all of our heads. Short background on my FB page:
https://t.co/vVnUlnwT91

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Track 4 of Proving Grounds, "The Bombardier," is written from the perspective of a bomber crewman - the song's namesake, specifically. I've more thoughts re: aerial bombing on FB, but it isn't required reading.
(image: "B-17 Bombardier" by Mark Bondurant)
https://t.co/e5si1sSMmr

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Track 3 of Proving Grounds, "Channel Dash," is inspired by Operation Cerberus, a daring dash through the heavily-defended English Channel in broad daylight, to bring a squadron of ships back home. Read a bit more on my FB page. (image: WW2DB)
https://t.co/sdRRMdFfQW

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Guten Tag! Track 2 of Proving Grounds, "Lucky Girl," is inspired by the long and storied career of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, a beautiful work of engineering with a fascinating life story. Read a little more here:
https://t.co/kx3ZcOgn8o

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Track 1 of Proving Grounds, "Matilda On The Beach," is essentially a reference/homage to the novel "On The Beach" by Nevil Shute (and its movie adaptation), which are excellent and remain profound to this day. Read a little more about it here:
https://t.co/r4SAqSBfSa

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I will be posting short writeups about each track on Proving Grounds over the next few days on my new Facebook page. For now, here is one on the namesake of the release.
https://t.co/rvkPA9dYQF

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My newest EP, Proving Grounds, is out now on Spotify, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp. I hope some meaning is found in the ideas and sounds rendered in these songs.
https://t.co/xmp80fpZ15

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Good news: I will have a new EP out on the 21st of October. In the meantime, here is a short teaser-ish track to showcase a bit of what to expect. It is named after an atoll in the Marshall Islands, a place with a long, storied, and turbulent history.
https://t.co/t51odYzS8H

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@makyamko Yes, new release! Within the month! And not like the usual "just a demo/one-off," like a proper release, fully made, just waiting for it to be cleared for streaming since it takes a while, and other stuff😅

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I'm alive! I made a Facebook page because it never occurred to me to create one until very recently. Please like it and tell all your buddies who remember me and my little musical project, esp. since I have some news to report sometime soon. https://t.co/4qWXGNXxdg

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@makyamko I'll try not to keep you waiting any longer😅I've some written, trust me, if my arranging/recording/mixing skills would just cooperate like they used to

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I somehow ended up spending my time off this musical project listening to bluegrass and old American folk, and got inspired to record a quick take on this old gospel standard that I quite like. Barely mixed and a bit noisy, my mics are getting old.

https://t.co/WxqmhtxZRc

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While I'm here, good opportunity to say: 1) country music gets a bad rap, give the older stuff a try, 2) this is your chance to unfollow if you're forgotten why you followed in the first place, my creative drought is still dragging on.