Hip-Hop Pianist Kazumi Kaneda Outdoes Himself with "Morpheme Tone" LP

When someone drops music that’s far and away his or her best work to date, it makes it much easier to write about. That’s why we thank Kazumi Kaneda for taking his jazz hip-hop to the next level on Morpheme Tone. It’s the fourth full-length release from the Tokyo-based pianist and producer and his third on Inner Ocean Records. Kazumi is one of a handful of artists from the beatmaker milieux who are pushing all the right buttons at the intersection of jazz and hip-hop. He outdoes himself on this brilliant new LP.

Kazumi’s come-up has been almost entirely sponsored by our friends from Calgary, Inner Ocean. They’ve tapped him for tracks on the compilations Homegrown, BLESS Vol. 2, and Futures 6 and released Beats Note and Hard Light in 2016 and 2017, respectively. On the first, the producer finds his groove by laying smooth jazz chords over hip-hop drums. On the second, he experiments and gets to know himself more, but loses a bit of slap value in the process. On Morpheme Tone, he perfectly marries experimentation with slapping groove. He’s writing and playing from a new space where his emotion and feeling seems to flow directly into the notes without obstruction.

Morpheme Tone is hot from the jump, beginning with the most amped and immersive song on the album, “Magnetite”. This one immediately turned up in the A Road Trip to Tokyo Spotify playlist and our Eastern Beats selections. It’s a soaking jazz number with a thwapping drum pocket and running hi-hats. Across 11 more tracks, Kazumi plays in several different styles while maintaining one irresistible swing. There’s disjointed lo-fi on “Red Ant”, thumping boom-bap on “3dimentionz” featuring FLOAT JAM vocalizing in Japanese, and jazz in odd time signatures on “Side Recess” and “Little Wide”. The stand-up bass solo on this last one really takes you down. 

There’s too much heat to single out a favorite tune. The question is rather what are you in the mood for? “Sandstone” pulls the heartstrings with greatest force. Measured in swing-per-second “Zugzwang” has the most groove. A smart mix-down enables the piano and bass to reinforce one other and give weight to the whole movement of the song. It’s kooky and wavy, free and psychedelic. A trumpet enters the mix like a swaggering, joke-cracking detective to investigate what’s going on. As the album winds to a close, “Optimistic Life” hits the highest emotional note. 

Optimistic life: That’s what I like to hear. That’s what we all need to be on. I’m on it. Kazumi’s on it. With this tune (or all on your own without it) you can be on it, too. Morpheme Tone makes you feel good, and it’s got real relistening value. If there’s someone in your life for whom beats are just background music, make sure they get hold of this album and hear all the emotion and feeling that Kazumi Kaneda can generate by speaking through his keys and drums.

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Lo-Fi Sundays 088 - Kazumi Kaneda

Once you’ve heard a handful of licks from the Tokyo-based pianist and producer Kazumi Kaneda, you won’t be able to forget his warm, one-of-a-kind sound and feel. If you're listening to one of Inner Ocean Records’ BLESS compilations or Mecca:83’s seminal Life Sketches album and you hear those minor chords start to jingle around like a set of keys, you know Kazumi is on the track. 

Simply put, he’s a visionary jazz pianist who knows how to work with hip-hop material, too, and blend both worlds effortlessly. His phrasing on the piano is so descriptive. With the keys he’s like a poet with a pen, giving life to ideas and feelings with sound. He has a masterful sense for groove, with his phrases curling around the robust hip-hop drum patterns.

Kazumi has been releasing his work for more than seven years, and we caught wind of him in the last two after Hard Light, his second full-length with Inner Ocean Records. Our friends from Calgary have been his greatest sponsor in the western hemisphere, also releasing Beats Note in 2016. Listen through to the end because we saved the best knock for last this weekend. Then stay tuned because Inner Ocean will release Kazumi’s the next full-length on November 22nd. 

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Lo-Fi Sundays 057 - ideism

Stepping out of low-fidelity hyperspace and onto this planet in just the past year, ideism spins a refreshing take on lo-fi musical moments. With instrumental confidence and an obvious inclination for jazz, ideism blurs the lines between producer and composer, melting and stirring the his own compositional elements into a stew of late-night sonatas and foggy overtures. On December 14th, he released a 13-track cassette, Everblue, through Inner Ocean Records. The audible, soul-charged quality of the record demonstrates a venerable command of aural attitudes and emotional soundscapes.

Everblue is a pure gem in a sea of cubic zirconia. Eschewing the typical sample-focused arrangements of his contemporaries, Ideism focuses on note relationships and spacial dynamics. “Voyage” is a journey personified, reaching from the top of the frequency spectrum to the very bottom. It beckons the listener to fall into its cradle of saturated textures and tepid synthesis. “Night crawlers” develops along a gleeful crescendo, resting and slingshotting off of its natural cadence. Foley-laden percussion swirls in an omnidirectional dance throughout the mix, creating a dynamic space in which the track grows and breathes. “Astral Relaxation” is exactly what its name suggests; lush arpeggios and delicate chords ebb and flow into the front of the stereo space, rearranging and falling away with each downbeat. The crystalline patching and processing on the melody synthesis has a particular shine that resonates with just the right amount of vibrato in the ears.

While ideism may have only a handful of tracks in the public sphere so far, his musical aptitude is astoundingly fine-tuned. Breaking the sample-centric mold of his contemporaries, he successfully captures the audio-physical experience of lo-fi’s euphoric textures through entirely original composition. Having the backing of Inner Ocean Records on his second release only reinforces the implication that ideism deserves close attention from casual hip-hop fans and dedicated heads alike.

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Inner Ocean Records - BLESS Vol. 2

(Artwork: Zom Kashwak)

Discovering new producers in the realm of instrumental hip-hop and jazz can be challenging. Songs often go as quickly as they come. Artist names are nondescript and sometimes impossible to find through search engines. The process of music discovery itself can seem elusive in this sub-genre. Sitting down with a new beat tape from a reputable collective can be a fruitful way to overcome this challenge.

The collectives - independent labels from across the world which vary in their sophistication and infrastructure - track and compile the best in beats for their compilations. By doing so they make music more accessible to fans. They offer a harmless shortcut through the process of music discovery, and become a tool that enables the listener to dig deeper.

Few imprints make this process as easy and enriching as Inner Ocean Records, the progressive independent label based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada that today presents the second iteration of their seminal BLESS compilation series. BLESS Vol. 2 is a triumph of curation, offering almost four hours of music from 99 producers. The producers range in notoriety from globally ranking beat legends like Vancouver's bsd.u to individuals like Mojarra - Da Smokefish from Colombia who has 24 Soundcloud followers. 

Bless Vol. 2  gives a nod to the international nature of the beats community. Artists on the compilation represent 25 countries. The cover art was designed across the world from Calgary by Zom Kashwak of the Philippines. With almost 100 contributing producers of varying backgrounds, styles, and sounds, the sonic aesthetic across the compilation is startlingly consistent. That's not to say it's flat or unvaried, rather that certain common threads run throughout it.

The music is not hard or particularly rough-hewn, although STLNDRMS from Atlanta, Georgia has a nice cut on there. Its not exceedingly jazzy despite contributions from artists like ØDYSSEE of Paris, France. The BLESS series curates more specifically towards the spacey, airy, experimental side of beats music. Take for example the string of tracks on Side A from "forgettable" by baechulgi to "[dragon.wave]" by Borealism. These are ethereal, meditative soundscapes as much ambient music as hip-hop. This run includes our favorite track on the compilation, "Somber" by G Mills. With a project so large and diverse, future listening is bound to reveal hidden gems and new favorites, of course. For now the perfected alignment in  "Somber" has us hooked. But find your way to the back of Bless Vol. 2 and you're bouncing disembodied in a raw, stoned, trip hop sound approached from another angle entirely. 

The BLESS series is compiled through submission, then selection. Artists submit three tracks to Inner Ocean, and the label picks one to include. Inner Ocean's Creative Director Mike MacDonald heads up the intake process. Though he's been full-time with Inner Ocean for under a year, Mike and Inner Ocean's founder Cory Giordano have known each other in Calgary for almost a decade. Processing the submissions can be consuming, surely, but Mike appreciates the end result. “When I was young and making beats, if I had the opportunity to get on a compilation from a label that I knew, I would have shit my pants," Mike told me over evening coffees off Union Square in New York City. He's wearing a beanie, a flannel shirt with asymmetrical paneling, and a constant, compelling grin. "It would have pushed me to go further, you know? You need some resistance in everything you do, but you need a cookie every once in a while too. You need a rewards system and a resistance system.” 

The spaced-out lo-fi vibe is less dominant on Vol. 2 than it was on Bless Vol. 1. The first installment in the BLESS series was co-curated by Saikei Collective out of the Philippines and O-nei-ric Tapes out of Syndey, Australia. Both of these imprints are out there in terms of their sound, particularly the latter. They were not directly involved in the curation of Vol. 2. The quasi-psychedelic tone they set carries over, but there's more jazz, more lounge. 

O-nei-ric has since stopped pressing physical tapes citing a lack of sales, and Saikei has dramatically scaled back its releases. In late 2017, Saikei offered a compilation with a title typifing the tongue-in-cheek self-deprecation one sometimes sees in the online lo-fi community, "SAIKEI COLLECTIVE IS DED LMAO". It's no small challenge to remain commercially viable as an independent label while trafficking in content like instrumental hip-hop that has traditionally lacked broad commercial appeal. That Inner Ocean Records remains not only viable but vibrant is a testament to their quality curation and their organizational strength. The label doesn't retain any of the proceeds from the Bless series, though. According to their website;

100% of the proceeds from the sale of BLESS Vol.2 will be donated to a variety of Micro Loan programs for Women, Sustainable Water and Agriculture projects, Refugees, Education, Health Care and the Arts. The funds from the Micro Loans are paid back over time and it’s our promise to the supporters of this album that we will perpetually reinvest those funds back into future Micro Loans. This way the funds can continue to support people who need it for many years ahead.

Inner Ocean releases a ton of LPs and EPs, but Cory favors the inclusivity that compilations afford. "Compilations are perfect, because everyone can be featured," he said in the coffee shop, stirring over a tea. "I'm feeling good about this tea thing," he said to Mike, joking but only slightly. (See track 73 on the compilation, "Coffee Cult" by Ridhorules). Cory wore a black Inner Ocean crew neck with the label's signature swirl logo dominating his torso. He's soft-spoken and more overtly philosophical than Mike. Their demeanors are synchronized only in their mutual affinity for the beanie. "I never want to be that label that says 'we only do this or we only work with these people'. I want anybody who’s doing something cool to be able to say ‘hey I’m going to get in on that’."

Inner Ocean releases always come within at least one physical format. Bless Vol. 2 is available on cassette tape, the lo-fi trademark, but the label has also decided to press a selection of tracks onto a limited double LP crowdfunded through Q-rates. We're eager to find out which tracks are selected. In the interim, we offer our favorites cuts from each tape side of the compilation.

Inner Ocean strives to release music that will still resonate three to five to ten years into the future. By compiling stellar work with a concentrated aesthetic from both the world's best beat makers and unknown bedroom producers, they've hit their mark yet again with Bless Vol. 2. To ensure your own experience with this compilation lasts, pick up a hard copy over on their website. Bless up. 

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C1 - organic_kid - Crises      
C2 - Harris Cole - Glas    
C3 - Stan Forebee - The Calm      
C4 - drkmnd - Loop For Thought      
C5 - Blankanvas - GLOOM      
C6 - biosphere - A Lonely Journey     
C7 - Poik Lounge - Albert Hoffman's Diary    
C8 - Senoy x Joce - Dust House     
C9 - Jake and Bake Beats - Medulla Oblongata       
C10 - elginnnn - Stay Over If U Want     
C11 - Odeeno - Dullforest      
C12 - Smika - Orange      
C13 - ZOD1AC - Khosmos     
C14 - Howiewonder - Black Maybe      
C15 - Mojarra DaSmokefish - Culture     
C16 - IAMSENPAI - Day or Night       
C17 - Don_Solo - Serenade     
C18 - Furozh - Dem Lights      
C19 - Vagabond Maurice & Brad Kemp - String From the Sky       
C20 - Jung Fellaz - Cosmopolitics         
C21 - Drips Zacheer - Earthlike      
C22 - Behind Clouds - We Wander Into The Sky Hoping Never To Be Found        
C23 - bloom - Up In The Clouds     
C24 - linanthem - Gratitude      
C25 - Ridhorules - Coffee Cult        

D1 - Jack Dean - Porch     
D2 - GoldenChild - Fallin In’     
D3 - Phoenix Manson - Portsea     
D4 - jus. - On It         
D5 - One t.w.o - Mpcissle      
D6 - Skullkid - Rift       
D7 - Slumgod - p o w e r g l i d e         
D8 - Dayzero - Central Airport        
D9 - Yume - b r o o k l y n s u m m e r       
D10 - Urban Shaman - Kings     
D11 - pjzero - The Rainy    
D12 - Mora - falling.      
D13 - Wise One - Aye     
D14 - Limbo - Bumpy Ride    
D15 - Joe Nora - Hope I'm Never Like That      
D16 - Sohee x Adalei's - Stiffyready      
D17 - Aair - Night      
D18 - Grumpysnorlax - Float     
D19 - Cocoamilo - Limonada      
D20 - BIDO - exp.      
D21 - ChasBeats - Smoke Under The Stars      
D22 - Bretsil and Mirrorish - Dreaming  
D23 - Type Raw - Kankickz     
D24 - JFilt - Sunny Georgia      
D25 - Druid - Cold Water     
D26 - Soul Choppa- Sunsets       

TRACKLIST:

A1 - TiMT - Bury the Past (feat.Haruki Ishida)      
A2 - Nymano - Summer Bump     
A3 - Bunko Stew - Surmount      
A4 - Kazumi Kaneda - Laser        
A5 - Funkonami - Rolling Through      
A6 - Telemakus - Relax       
A7 - STLNDRMS - Coolin       
A8 - bsd.u - 4 [bump]       
A9 - Oatmello - Piazza      
A10 - fantompower - The Universe Inside You      
A11 - baechulgi - Forgettable       
A12 - G Mills - Somber        
A13 - Idealism - Walk        
A14 - Arbour (x _houseplants) - Fresh Air       
A15 - Borealism - [dragon.wave]         
A16 - Defla - Warcry
A17 - EMERLD - Special K       
A18 - Dominic Pierce - Dark Coconut      
A19 - Goosetaf - Waterfalls        
A20 - BROCKBEATS - Scenery         
A21 - Mecca:83 -Preach! (feat brothermartino)     
A22 - ØDYSSEE - Amaranth       
A23 - RoY. - SynTaX (Prod.Alzeus)      
A24 - Kawfee - Almost Home   

B1 - Rhakim Ali - The Lounge           
B2 - shogonodo - Some Clouds In My Head     
B3 - Knowmadic - Flow   
B4 - Radicule. - Rose og++     
B5 - BryZone_ybp - Forgive Me    
B6 - Arvo To Me - hshshs     
B7 - tkdwn. - (you can) get thru    
B8 - Seneca B - Moons       
B9 - plcmnt - Circular          
B10 - Smeyeul. - Bless Up    
B11 - mingi pak - Clouds.    
B12 - PRGMAT - Ignoresation      
B13 - Kreaem - L'apre midi       
B14 - lucky.s - Cathartic    
B15 - RudeManners - In Da Hood     
B16 - Sadiva - Learning       
B17 - SHHP - Cosmic Love     
B18 - Dominic J. Marshall - Sardonyx          
B19 - Funk.Shu - GROOVE SUHMOE         
B20 - Ciasco - Spring Water
B21 - MentPlus - D Freak Flip    
B22 - NELAC - Trippin’         
B23 - mellowmnd - Futura Session    
B24 - Rikinish - Lemonade         

STZZZY & Inner Ocean Records - Homegrown

Homegrown is a collaborative compilation between Inner Ocean Records and STZZZY (aka Steezyasfuck) created to honor the home producer. Released by Inner Ocean and pressed onto delicious cotton candy-colored vinyl, Homegrown features a dream team of artists from the broad universe of beats music. With heavyweights like Axian, Eevee, and Borealism, and newer names like Kazumi Kaneda, RudeManners and Senoy, this tape will dazzle fans of STZZZY and Inner Ocean, as well as anyone not yet familiar with these two juggernauts of chill.

According to its Soundcloud description, STZZZY is a collective that aims “to showcase the unique core sound and artistic values from producers such as J-Dilla, Nujabes, Ta-Ku, MF Doom, Uyama Hiroto, and many more.” This is what we talk about when we talk about beats music. These two collectives have been elevating this sound for years; STZZZY with more than 370,000 Youtube subscribers, and Inner Ocean whose founder claims to have hand-pressed “at least 10,000” cassette tapes in his life. Much of the best work on their channels comes from home producers or “bedroom producers”; the often unsigned, sometimes unknown but always unrelenting creators who put forth exceptional music from their own homes with modest technological means.  

“Home producers aren’t anything new, but I think that in many ways their prominence in modern music scenes is really strong,” says Cory Giordano, the founder of Inner Ocean Records whom we introduced you to on Cassette Store Day. This phenomenon is buoyed both by easy access to compositional technology (SP-404, Ableton), and the plethora of platforms where producers can self-release (Soundcloud, Spotify). “Really great music can come from anywhere in any living situation with just a few tools on hand,” Cory continues. Beat music thrives online, as STZZZY’s substantial following attests to. Yet even the greatest new sounds can often dissolve into the ether of the internet. Inner Ocean is particularly proud of this vinyl press because it takes those sounds and “stamps them into history”.

Homegrown includes producers from at least six countries and three continents, but the vibe across the compilation is consistent. It’s a blend of two sub-genera of beat music; jazzy, soulful grooves and more spacey, ambient sounds. The latter is typified by Eevee of the Netherlands. With “Wonderland”, she continues to expand a dense discography containing over eight full-length beat tapes, and a raft of singles and EPs. “Wonderland” begins exactly how it ends. The rhythm is ubiquitous for the duration of the 4½ minute track, and can only be described as hypnotic. Chords slowly change note and scale as they are stretched and pitched with a laissez-faire intent, adding to the intoxicating dance of melody and percussion.

Finding his home in New York City and standing atop an impressive discography that includes close to two dozen LPs, EPs, and singles, RudeManners offers an irresistible jazz flair with his song “Flow”. The producer lets his samples shine through the mix with an organic timbre. The saxophone carries the track effortlessly and keeps the ears chasing after it like the warmth in the throat that chases a sip of whiskey. Groovy keys, classic snares and steady closed hi-hats follow the lush brass melody and bring the track together with a particularly musical cohesion.

On the tape’s tail end Senoy caught our ear. Hailing from Berlin, his debut record Shine was released through Inner Ocean. He previously produced and performed as part of a duo called Parra for Cuva that features a stronger electronic undercurrent than Senoy’s latest musical endeavors, though his contribution “Tibet” is still more akin to electronica than any other song on Homegrown. True to its name, assorted samples of Tibetan chants breathe life into the track. The chord structures fall over each other with an aqueous attitude tailing right behind bright foley samples on the 2s and 4s of each measure. The beat is constant, save for a few well-placed rhythmic turnarounds, and helps solidify the song into a lullaby.

Pervading this project is the niche sound and aesthetic that has endeared STZZZY and Inner Ocean to so many faceless but feeling online listeners through the years. This project finds both curating entities at their best. Instead of being chosen from a pool of track submissions, each artist was hand-selected for the tape, creating an embarrassment of riches to the benefit of you, the audience. An extremely timely tribute to the home producer, Homegrown is as well a testament to the unbound potential for collaboration and curation in the expanding world of beats, sweet beats.

Limited vinyl copies of Homegrown are available for pre-order on Inner Ocean's website. 

TRACKLIST:

Side A

1. Keem the Cipher - (The I in We)

2. Eevee - Wonderland

3. Seneca B - Ethic

4. RudeManners - Flow

5. Soho - Cenario

6. Kazumi Kaneda - Steep Cliff

Side B

1. Axian - Daydream

2. Idealism - Evenings

3. Arbour - Bump This

4. Knowmadic - Roam

5. Oatmello - Juice

6. Dominic Pierce - Energy Stream

7. Borealism - HXMEGRXWN

8. Kawfee - Satin

9. Senoy - Tibet

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Co-Written by Pasquale Zina & Mark McNulty

Inner Ocean Records Drops Futures Vol. 4 Compilation on Cassette Store Day

There may not be a more appropriate way to celebrate Cassette Store Day, October 14th, than pressing play on FUTURES Vol. 4, a two-plus hour tape of scratchy, stoic lo-fi and ambient beats from premiere independent label Inner Ocean Records. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Inner Ocean’s name reflects both the expanse of mountain, sky and plains which surrounds Calgary, and the well of creativity within ourselves that stirs with the experience of music. 62 tracks by 62 artists, most of them exclusive to the tape, spill across the stereo spread on FUTURES Vol. 4, the latest installment in a running compilation series which continues to look ahead, promoting new sounds and new artists through an old but timeless format. 

Conceived by a handful of record labels in 2013, Cassette Store Day is a growing celebration. It lacks the pull or popularity of Record Store Day, but its intention is different. “CSD is focused on celebrating cassettes rather than supporting shops,” according to cassettestoreday.com. While for many labels today is an occasion to reach into the past and re-release classic albums on tape, for Inner Ocean it’s another opportunity to slide into the future, and the future is chill. 

Almost four years ago, FUTURES Vol. 1 was Inner Ocean’s first compilation. “There was always an element of looking ahead when compiling them,”, says Inner Ocean Records founder Cory Giordano, “whether it be new directions in sound, working with new artists or simply a soundtrack for moving forward in life.” Then, the compilation was a vehicle for Inner Ocean to promote its own artists (the label currently has approximately 25 producers on its roster). Now, the compilation is open to submissions, allowing Inner Ocean to work with more artists and connect with more people in the community.  We counted only three cuts from Inner Ocean artists on FUTURES Vol. 4. This is a testament to Inner Ocean’s reputation, and its ability to help foster the lo-fi community. 

FUTURES Vol. 4 naturally embraces more than just lo-fi. The scratchy, stripped down, instrumental style pioneered by the likes J Dilla and Nujabes is a starting point to expand upon. Jazz tropes, ambient textures and experimental tones saturate the compilation and help to refresh or redirect its movement as it rolls along. Experimentation and boundary busting within the lo-fi lexicon has been the calling card of the FUTURES tapes. Yet regardless of how far a song stretches from familiarity, it is the ambience, the chill, delicately put forth with pads, drum machines and cozy cut samples, that serves as the compilation’s common denominator.

A lo-fi compilation is ideal for Cassette Store Day because as Cory tells us tape cassettes are inherently low fidelity and do not present the full frequency range. “You can get the cassettes loaded with a few different types of tape, each offering their own sound characteristics,” he says. “Though they all have hiss and have that subtle, tape-saturated tone.” Since its inception in 2012, little music leaves Inner Ocean Records unless packaged in at least one physical format. With the cassette format naturally lending itself to lo-fi soundscapes, Inner Ocean’s embrace of the genre has been a fateful marriage of music to material. 

“If listening to vinyl is likened to watching movies shot and projected on gorgeously rich film stock, listening to tapes is like watching 90’s movies on VHS, a little gritty but nostalgic and satisfying,” says Cory. When you can cram 1,000 tunes on one memory stick, there’s great pride and intention to the selection of physical formats. There’s also great expense and labor involved, but for Inner Ocean it’s a labor of love. 

“As nice as it is to be able to stream any song you want at any moment, Cory rhapsodizes, “that immediate access somehow takes away from the magic of music. There’s nothing like throwing down your vinyl collection on some turntables and hanging out with your friends, or tossing a tape into your car and cruising to some chill beats.” 

With such a large compilation, its best to breeze through the entire thing side by side and get totally lost in the lo-fi. But for reference we’ll offer our favorite cut from each side. On tape no. 1, it’s got to be the love song of love songs “Propose To My Drum Machine”  by PRGMAT on Side A, and the oriental and experimental sound of “Breathingfire” by Yunnan on Side B. For tape no. 2 we favor the R&B noire vibe of Jake and Bake’s “Got Myself a Present” on Side A and the wobbly “Flip Da Scrip” by Korey Wade on Side B. 

You can purchase the tape at Inner Ocean's website. If you don’t have a cassette player, you can still scoop up FUTURES Vol. 4 on mp3 to explore this massive compilation. If you like what you hear, stay chooned. We’ll likely feature more extraordinarily chill music from Inner Ocean Records in our new LoFi Sundays column. 

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