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I had a great weekend last month in State College, PA, hearing my latest concert piece “groundwater” performed by my friend Kevin Sims’ group Open Music @openmusicpa Written for voice, percussion, harp, yangqin, Yamaha DX-7 & contrabass, “groundwater” took inspiration from the photographs of environmental blight, and ultimately led me to the story of Love Canal - a Niagara Falls neighborhood built on top of an industrial waste dump that eventually experienced severe health impacts and a scandal in the late 1970s. The emboldened residents and community brought it to national attention and ultimately helped bring forth the 1980 Superfund Act as the first site. The text is sourced from interviews with residents at the time and morecently, as well as legal documents & company statements. The piece was informed by the @acidhorizonpod Vintagia card deck - a retro-inspired reimagining of the I Ching. Similar to Eno’s Oblique Strategies, VIntagia is a deck of cards with the I Ching hexagrams, creative prompts, and beautiful archival photos from the 1970s U.S. EPA-funded collection “Documerica.” (Also a fascinating story in itself) Thank you to Kevin, Open Music and Acid Horizon - it was a great hang!

Our latest film collab is at Sundance for its world premiere! So proud to be a part of this amazing talented team! Team YouTooCanWoo: Supervising Sound Editor, Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Design, Additional Music, Dialogue Edit : @davidpm Sound Design and Additional Music: @austinandtheguitars , @derekwavebreakr Music Supervision: @deidremusic Sound Executive Producer: @l_peregrine Audio/Music Post Services by @youtoocanwoo The illustrious film TEAM! @hp.la  , @_florence.co  & Long Holiday present A FILM BY: @pasqualgutierrez  & @benmullinkosson SERIOUS PEOPLE CREATED BY: Pasqual Gutierrez STARRING: Pasqual Gutierrez, @christineyuan  , @rj_sanchez  , @miguelangelhue3 MUSIC BY: @eyywaju EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: @_jeradanderson , @natoosh82 PRODUCED BY: @laurelkthomson  & Teddy Lee PRODUCED BY: @ryan.hahn WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: Pasqual Gutierrez & Ben Mullinkosson CO-STARRING: @discojennifer  , @spencercreigh  , @mkornai  , Pasqual Gutierrez Sr., J, Parker, @larochefilms  , Myn Mei, Jeison Perez ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: @janellejlee Dennis Waju Broderick CINEMATOGRAPHER: @ncbupp @thenamesneema EDITOR: @nickrondeau 2nd Unit DP: @cory.burmester Additional Photography: @dp.tanishamoreno Luke Orlando Ben Mullinkosson Colorists: @raremedium.tv @mikolour  TJ Seiler Managing Partner @salt.fat.acid.heath Head Of Production @evbauer SEE YOU AT @sundanceorg

🎵new track 🎶 from my band DON HUR — “Frontin” with @j57music + @derekwavebreakr . . . link in bio OR stream at tr.ee/s7wIRGoqgC

🎵new track 🎶 from my band DON HUR — “i’m no scientist” with @j57music + @derekwavebreakr 👨‍🔬 . . . link in bio OR at https://tr.ee/wlkg6KA4R-

My band DON HUR — that’s right 🔥 my BAND, wow!!! 🔥 — just released our first single! It’s called “Got Your Number,” and was featured on Apple Music’s Soul Revival playlist alongside Kehlani, Erykah Badu and Leon Thomas, which is just STUPID!!! Stream or buy DON HUR anywhere you get your music! More to come… 🎶 @j57music + @derekwavebreakr 🎵

2025 (not 2016)

@playlynked early access is live!  It's been a blast writing additional music on an extremely fun and engaging score by my best bud & musical comrade @zachabramson . Hats off to all our @youtoocanwoo team, and congrats to @ronnymraz and the lovely folks at @fuzzybotgames ! #mediacomposer #filmcomposer #composerlife #composer #videogamemusic #vgm #soundtrack #lynked

I had the absolute pleasure of scoring Douglas Lennox-Salinas’ hilarious comedy short “B.E.C.”, and happy to share that it’ll be screening at this year’s San Diego Film Festival on October 18 and 20. If you’re in the SoCal area please come out and see the “perfect” heist! Written & directed by: @_dougie_d Produced by: @chingonahoops & @crashwnash EP for @youtoocanwoo : @l_peregrine @sdfilmfestival 10/18 & 10/20 . . . . . . . . . . #filmmusic #experimentalmusic #newclassicalmusic #AmbientMusic #electronicmusic #electronicmusician #electronicmusicproduction #mediacomposer #filmcomposer #electronica #composerlife #modularsynth #newmusic #albumrelease #composer #electronica #filmscore #shortfilm #sdff #sandiegofilmfestival

My new EP “home” is available now These pieces have been a journey of wondering what “home” means - physically, culturally, personally, spiritually - as the world changes and time passes, connecting with forgotten parts of oneself that are always there. My hope is that they’re a little more direct and emotionally expressive. The tracks draw from a similar beat-driven electronica-meets-classical palette of my previous work but in a more distilled form. Seeking a space in between the dancefloor and bedroom headphones, the EP embraces custom software with uptempo fluttering glitch percussion & weathered atmospheric electronics, all beneath lushly notated string and horn orchestrations performed by live musicians, emphasizing emotional melodies and nostalgia. The EP was created with the hope that we can all find a home when we need one. Also be sure to check out the Atmos / Spatial Audio mixes on Apple Music and TIDAL. Big, big thank you to everyone involved: ᴠɪᴏʟɪɴ / ᴠɪᴏʟᴀ @jasminfire ᴠᴏᴄᴀʟ @jessicanhill ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ @alexdeturk / @blackknoll ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏꜱ @petersiesennop / @bealspeter ᴀʀᴛᴡᴏʀᴋ @brianlevibowman @toucansounds / 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 / @busyasitgets Special thanks to @jessicanhill , @clintchoi & @robertpermo for all the support. • • • • • #filmmusic #experimentalmusic #newclassicalmusic #AmbientMusic #electronicmusic #electronicmusician #electronicmusicproduction #mediacomposer #filmcomposer #electronica #composerlife #modularsynth #newmusic #albumrelease #composer #electronica

⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ｈｏｍｅ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⇢ ⇢ ⇢ ｏｕｔ ｎｏｗ ⇠ ⇠ ⇠ ᴠɪᴏʟɪɴ / ᴠɪᴏʟᴀ @jasminfire ᴠᴏᴄᴀʟ @jessicanhill ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ @alexdeturk ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏꜱ @petersiesennop / @bealspeter ᴀʀᴛᴡᴏʀᴋ @brianlevibowman @toucansounds / 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 / @busyasitgets #filmmusic #experimentalmusic #newclassicalmusic #AmbientMusic #electronicmusic #electronicmusician #electronicmusicproduction #mediacomposer #filmcomposer #electronica #composerlife #modularsynth #newmusic #albumrelease #composer #electronica

⌂ 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 ⌂ 𝚝𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢 ⌂ 𝟸 𝚓𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺 ⌂ ⌂ “𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎” ⌂ ⌂ ⇢ ⇢ ⇢ 𝚙𝚛𝚎-𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘 ⇠ ⇠ ⇠ @toucansounds / 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 / @busyasitgets 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: @brianlevibowman • • • • • #filmmusic #experimentalmusic #newclassicalmusic #AmbientMusic #electronicmusic #electronicmusician #electronicmusicproduction #mediacomposer #filmcomposer #electronica #composerlife #modularsynth #newmusic #albumrelease #composer #electronica

Thanks to @emaelcloud for hosting another great Loft Music Night and inviting me to play. It was a blast sharing the space with such an awesome community. 🌓 📹: @jessicanhill • • • • • #filmmusic #experimentalmusic #newclassicalmusic #AmbientMusic #electronicmusic #electronicmusician #electronicmusicproduction #mediacomposer #filmcomposer #electronica #composerlife #modularsynth #newmusic #albumrelease #composer