Absolute Zero

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1.	Orcus 06:11		buy track
2.	Quaoar 02:35		buy track
3.	Eris 02:32		buy track
4.	Varuna 03:38		buy track
5.	Sedna 03:49		buy track
6.	Makemake 04:44		buy track
7.	Ixion 02:32		buy track
8.	Haumea 03:46		buy track
9.	Gonggong 04:41		buy track
10.	Salacia 02:48		buy track
11.	Pluto 03:19		buy track
12.	Varuna (VIP) 01:54		buy track
13.	Varda 02:53	info	buy track

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Taking this out of the 2021 archives!

This was a companion album to Exosphere, my first exploration of ambient-adjacent music. In Absolute Zero, I wanted to tap back into those sparse soundscapes from Exosphere, while still being distinctly electronica. Over the summer of 2021, when Absolute Zero was done and its scheduled September release was right around the corner, I learned a lot more about production, collaborated a lot more with my close friends, and fell out of love with Absolute Zero. By September, all I wanted to do was focus on f(x) so I could finish that by December. In some sense, I don't "stand by" the music from Absolute Zero anymore. Had I made this in the current year, I wouldn't have released it. But this music holds a special place in my heart!

My good friend Nadia is the only person who's been aware of Absolute Zero, I think. I sent it to her long before the planned 2021 release because she liked using Exosphere in video essays. She also later commissioned a rendition of Schubert's Ave Maria, which became track 13, Varda.

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released April 1, 2024

Photography by my twin

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