i’ve been playing with tape loops again recently. there’s something about the analog sound of cassette, the repeated melody and how it grows. or maybe it’s the idea of building something new around something familiar that feels so significant to me right now. whatever the case, yesterday i recorded one of my sessions. i also recorded some video clips from that day, along with footage of the tape actually running to better highlight the interest of this piece.

the gravity of us being here without you is an eight minute improvisational piece performed with a nintendo ds and a broken tape loop. one of the reels came undone and now balances atop the tape beneath it as it continues to spin. no longer supporting the tape, but being supported by it. sometimes weighing it down, sometimes effecting and distorting its tone. and still, though no longer functioning as it did, it’s now complicated role is not burdensome. it adds something special.

your place in my life was only additive. the weight of it all made it beautiful. i love you.

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listen to the gravity of us being here without you in full.