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1 VV Overture 2 Strange Visions (ft. AJ Suede) 3 40 Winks (ft. NAHreally) 4 Dreams (ft. Blu & Stik Figa) 5 What It Looks Like (ft. Buck 65) 6 Take a Trip (ft. Dillon, Donwill, NAHreally, Rob Cave & DJ Jus’Me) 7 Acid Test (ft. PENPALS) 8 A Different Reality (ft. Milc) 9 Mind of a Maniac (ft. Duncecap) 10 My Logic 11 Electric Kool-Aid House Band (ft. ShrapKnel) 12 Running (ft. Andrew & Defcee) 13 Comfortable Blue Sofa (ft. Regular Henry) 14 Remember the Summer (ft. Defcee & Jehst) 15 Head in the Trees (ft. Lungs) 16 Carrie (Laugh at You) (ft. Anwar HighSign) 17 In the Style of Bigg Jus (ft. Defcee) 18 Perfect Trip
LINER NOTES BY DYLAN GREEN:
More often than not, the best music paints pictures in my mind’s eye. Drum breaks can conjure rolling waterfalls or the gurgling pop of a bad stomach ache; flutes could bring about images of cherubs and flower petals or a sense of comedic grief straight out of a Todd Solondz movie. Whether it’s happy or sad, horrifying or cutesy, or just colorful bouts of synesthesia, visuals dance through my head when I’m most engaged with those sounds.
What visions come to mind when I hear the music of The Expert? The Irish producer has taken my ears and eyes to all kinds of places over the last few years. Listening to the average Expert album, I’ve been casted to sunny beaches drenched in sticky bass riffs, moonlit cobblestone streets flanked by woodblock pops and vinyl crackle, or smoke-drenched parlors populated by noirish jazz prodigies or choirs singing into the abyss with all their might. The Expert has an ear for the psychedelic and hazy that pulls equally from the works of The Avalanches and Paten Locke—imagine the Beach Boys if Brian Wilson went stomping through the mud like RZA. “Cinematic” is a word that’s thrown around often when describing production, but The Expert’s creations truly feel like worlds in their own right… more
All music produced, arranged, and mixed by The Expert theexpert.bandcamp.com www.instagram.com/itstheexpert
Mastered by Keith Kreuser Art & Design by Matt Littler Layout by Robert Krums Bandcamp liner notes by Dylan Green Released by Rucksack Records rucksackrecords.bandcamp.com www.instagram.com/rucksack_records
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