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Lockdown Loops

by Cruel Buddhist

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    Two releases on one cassette
    A side - 'Sonder' EP
    B side - 'Lockdown Loops' beattape
    Comes in a clear case to showcase the cover art on each side of the yellow cassette
    23 tracks / 3 stickers / 2 tracklist cards / 2 download cards
    60 minute run time

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1.
Copacetic 02:18
2.
Honeydew 01:55
3.
Cabbage 04:12
4.
Oatmeal Rich 02:35
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Bok Choy 03:32
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Call Now 01:48
9.
Hwi Noree 04:08
10.
Big Radish 03:31
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12.
Hidden Rice 00:54
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Deja View 03:29

about

Lockdown Loops is a collection of my daily improvisations while confined to my apartment in Shanghai during the Spring of 2022. These raw one take live recordings are a mix of music I made to sooth myself with peaceful vibes, to voice a sense of creeping doom, and to send my mind away as I stared into middle space.

I put this mix together just to listen to my practice but, as empty days stretch on, it gave me a needed sense of purpose to organize them into a release and to hope I could spread some calming vibes.

Endeavoring to improve my sound while working on my forthcoming EP ‘Sonder’, I have fallen into a frustrating bout of perfectionism that feels like it betrays the foundational ethos of my Cruel Buddhist concept.

Lockdown Loops is a gesture rejecting that perfectionism and embodies my philosophy better than anything else so far. I made these wabisabi recordings with no intention in mind whatsoever and only in retrospect decided to compile them.

I believe that spontaneous unselfconscious aimlessness, in all of life just as in these recordings, is where true magic lives. Planning, preparation, analysis, and intention are helpful to achieving goals, but real harmony with life lives in the moment with the empty mind.

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released May 8, 2022

Henry Robinson - everything

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Cruel Buddhist Shanghai, China

Shanghai based musician/producer of Lofi, R&B, and Funk with a unique live set.

“Cruel Buddhist’s sound lands somewhere between (Brian) Eno’s ambient tinkles and the experimental, instrumental trip-hop of Flying Lotus, Quantic, and Bonobo.” - Tim Pritchard in ‘Discovery’ Magazine ... more

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