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THE DESERT

by koaaok

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ONE 03:09
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2.
TWO 05:12
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3.
THREE 05:03
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4.
FOUR 06:22
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5.
FIVE 05:58
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6.
SIX 05:42
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SEVEN 08:39
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EIGHT 03:21
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NINE 05:36
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TEN 06:24
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11.
ELEVEN 03:32
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I believe that within all of us there is a place where all the agony, the rejection and the other miscellaneous pain exists. For our own survival, we group all of these experiences together and cordon them off from the rest of our minds. Only turning our view towards them once in a while.

In my dreams I exist in a "combination city". A place which is a mish-mash of all the places I have lived. On the edge of this city
there is a black desert. The matte sand and glossy sky are both deep, crude oil black. The palm trees keep their green leaves, their trunks though match the sand and sky. There is no moon, yet light exists. This is where I keep all of my painful memories.

I can walk through the cold night and visit my memories with full hindsight. I can kneel down to talk to my seven year old self and give him the hug he needed all those years ago. I can sit with myself from but two years ago and coach myself about the warning signs of my own enabling. On the surface a place built from one's hardest memories sounds awful, but in wanting to move forward, there is no better place to begin.

One of the best things I have ever done, was to revisit my past with present-self hindsight. I found that I could evolve my memories and reframe them. Not to remove the negativity, that's naive. But rather, deepen my understanding of what happened, why it needed to happen, and what to do now.

We have found that memories are not based on recall, but are actually reconstructed - every time a memory is recalled, it is slightly different. Which leads me to the question for you.....What would you like to do with your memories? Are you willing to go your own desert and revisit your past?

I hope this album acts as a stimulant towards progression and as a catalyst for your development - however that may manifest.

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released August 10, 2021

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KOAAOK is an electronic music composer and sound artist. His work centers upon the concepts and narratives of people and place. His current home base is Seattle
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