Chrysalis
by ABUNAI
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will i still be here in the morning
do we still need all the noise
can we find our life in the mirror
i can't wait to feel your voice
we got sixteen hours of daylight
that's enough to fly away
i've been holding you for a minute
and your soul is on display
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i'm not falling
just like how the floor feels
all this pain
just to get more pills
i'm gone
time machine set to rewind
bringing back the shorty i had on the eastside
loving like my momma did my daddy
i'm blinded by the future shown to past me
holding it,
can't focus
i let go, it's like
i like, i just like
i feel like i'm high when i'm in it
meet me at the peak
don't speak when i feel it
i'ma crush to powder all the power i gave
plant the seed and pray for leaves, then i wait
tryna be more like my eyes and die late
likely not the types of shots that i take
always left low hanging fruit
i brace and cut it at the root
if i need you will you
come bae, my
sheets just don't fit i
try to hide flesh and fluid, but
my skin ain't so thick
i drank too much, but what's
patience when the end feels so near?
plus when i get to the bottom
almost feels like you're here
i wake up too late
it's two am
i think like
it's you or him
my hands freeze
around my phone
you live here
but i'm alone
hold the ones you hold up
fold the blanket grown up
rush this time don't rush it
trust the fall just trust it
it looks softer on the other side
we don't have to on the other side
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mph outro
01:54
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always enough
03:03
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turn and face the world
feel it slowing down
color in your mind
phases of the moon
canvassing the sky
tell me what you find
when you're done
you're always enough on your worst day
we can stand here
say a prayer for you
(here's a light for you)
weaving the nest of your first day
we can exhale
here's a light for you
(say a prayer for you)
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pure heart
03:02
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pure heart coda
00:59
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every time i exhale
feeling for the guard rail
don't let me miss this time no
every time i look now
need another look now
won't let me miss this time no
there's a future and a heartbreak on the line
you could leave it here or take this as a sign
i'm a distance but i'm conjuring your eyes
you know you have always known
we don't feel the falling forwards
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wingspan
00:42
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photon
02:01
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keep coming after me
we can be honest
saturated gray
stare out the portal
as we fade away
cut from the tether
and you're still with me
soothing my atmosphere
with memory
coming back for more
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11. |
soft focus
02:20
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about
Tartelet are proud to introduce the blissful, psychedelic electronic soul sound of ABUNAI on his sophomore album Chrysalis out May 20th.
Across 11 songs the Oakland, CA-based multi-instrumentalist lays down a dreamlike style which should chime with fans of Tame Impala, Khruangbin and James Blake alike. As well as the sun-soaked surrounding of his Californian home, ABUNAI’s family connection to Hawaii casts its influence over an album which has all the makings of a crossover success. Early support for Chrysalis comes from Gilles Peterson, Don Letts, and Wayne Snow.
“My sound is definitely influenced by the live music I grew up with in the Bay Area,” says ABUNAI. “There's plenty of musical legacy here, including the '60s psychedelic and counterculture movements, the '90s rave scene, and the hyphy movement. I'm always trying to connect the dots and blend all of my influences."
ABUNAI has been playing music most of his life, starting out with piano and moving onto sax before falling for the sultry tones of bass guitar, which you can hear slinking under most tracks on Chrysalis. From a five-year stint through his teens playing every weekend in a jazz-funk outfit to exploring music production (in the band Paper Void) and embracing his own singing voice, the sound ABUNAI has reached is the natural product of a life spent honing and refining his skills across a full spectrum of sounds, styles and tools. His time is also divided with his work as a neuroscientist – a career path that emerged from his fascination with the effect music has on the brain.
Chrysalis was, like so many recent albums, a project made largely in isolation during the pandemic, although ABUNAI did reach out to close collaborators kissingpractice and Raquel Marie to contribute some guest vocals, Kevin Farzad from Sure Sure for the acoustic drum parts and a few additional production touches from Tartelet regulars Glenn Astro and Max Graef. He bills the songs as an exercise in therapeutic self-care through lockdown as much as a balm for others. “It's music for healing,” ABUNAI explains, “for the listener to be able to marinate in the slow tempos, the dreamy textures, the swirling vocals, and the lush synthesizers. It’s very much about growth, re-emergence, and dreaming of a better future.”
As well as dealing in ear-catching pop melodies and sweet vocals, there’s an underlying theme of the ocean, which stems from his coastal surroundings and his family roots in the Pacific.
“I think the album is aquatic,” he reflects, “and it feels like a voyage to me, or like a long shower, being reborn in the water. I played the album for my grandpa, who's a veteran sailor and pilot from Hawaii, and he said it was the perfect music to play when you're sailing on the open ocean at sunset.”
Cast in nostalgic, soft-focus tones and endlessly soothing for the soul, Chrysalis is your new favourite record for tender moments, hazy days and starry-eyed reveries alike.
Across 11 songs the Oakland, CA-based multi-instrumentalist lays down a dreamlike style which should chime with fans of Tame Impala, Khruangbin and James Blake alike. As well as the sun-soaked surrounding of his Californian home, ABUNAI’s family connection to Hawaii casts its influence over an album which has all the makings of a crossover success. Early support for Chrysalis comes from Gilles Peterson, Don Letts, and Wayne Snow.
“My sound is definitely influenced by the live music I grew up with in the Bay Area,” says ABUNAI. “There's plenty of musical legacy here, including the '60s psychedelic and counterculture movements, the '90s rave scene, and the hyphy movement. I'm always trying to connect the dots and blend all of my influences."
ABUNAI has been playing music most of his life, starting out with piano and moving onto sax before falling for the sultry tones of bass guitar, which you can hear slinking under most tracks on Chrysalis. From a five-year stint through his teens playing every weekend in a jazz-funk outfit to exploring music production (in the band Paper Void) and embracing his own singing voice, the sound ABUNAI has reached is the natural product of a life spent honing and refining his skills across a full spectrum of sounds, styles and tools. His time is also divided with his work as a neuroscientist – a career path that emerged from his fascination with the effect music has on the brain.
Chrysalis was, like so many recent albums, a project made largely in isolation during the pandemic, although ABUNAI did reach out to close collaborators kissingpractice and Raquel Marie to contribute some guest vocals, Kevin Farzad from Sure Sure for the acoustic drum parts and a few additional production touches from Tartelet regulars Glenn Astro and Max Graef. He bills the songs as an exercise in therapeutic self-care through lockdown as much as a balm for others. “It's music for healing,” ABUNAI explains, “for the listener to be able to marinate in the slow tempos, the dreamy textures, the swirling vocals, and the lush synthesizers. It’s very much about growth, re-emergence, and dreaming of a better future.”
As well as dealing in ear-catching pop melodies and sweet vocals, there’s an underlying theme of the ocean, which stems from his coastal surroundings and his family roots in the Pacific.
“I think the album is aquatic,” he reflects, “and it feels like a voyage to me, or like a long shower, being reborn in the water. I played the album for my grandpa, who's a veteran sailor and pilot from Hawaii, and he said it was the perfect music to play when you're sailing on the open ocean at sunset.”
Cast in nostalgic, soft-focus tones and endlessly soothing for the soul, Chrysalis is your new favourite record for tender moments, hazy days and starry-eyed reveries alike.
credits
released May 20, 2022
Composed by Evan Gitterman
Produced by Evan Gitterman
Mixed by Evan Gitterman
Executive producer Emil Margetli Nyholm
Mastered by Hari Shankar Kishore
Guest contributors:
Gravity Almanzar - vocals (2)
Raquel Marie - vocals (10)
Shawn Barry - backing vocals (1)
Kevin Farzad - drums & percussion (1,3,4,5,9,10)
Glenn Astro - additional production (7)
Max Graef - additional production (2)
Isaac Ghansah - trumpet (9,11)
Matt Segall - tenor saxophone (9,11)
Cover photo by Dianne Weinthal
Costume courtesy of Peter Lai
Graphic design by Krashkid
Composed by Evan Gitterman
Produced by Evan Gitterman
Mixed by Evan Gitterman
Executive producer Emil Margetli Nyholm
Mastered by Hari Shankar Kishore
Guest contributors:
Gravity Almanzar - vocals (2)
Raquel Marie - vocals (10)
Shawn Barry - backing vocals (1)
Kevin Farzad - drums & percussion (1,3,4,5,9,10)
Glenn Astro - additional production (7)
Max Graef - additional production (2)
Isaac Ghansah - trumpet (9,11)
Matt Segall - tenor saxophone (9,11)
Cover photo by Dianne Weinthal
Costume courtesy of Peter Lai
Graphic design by Krashkid
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ABUNAI Los Angeles, California
Chrysalis is out now on Tartelet Records!
discography
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Oct 2022 -
May 2022 -
May 2020