CD's done died. And you can only fit 77 minutes of music on 'em anyways.
This here is a badass custom-made Mr. Kite USB - with ALL 80 MINUTES of the album on it.
After many hilarious failed attempts working with factory designers, I learnt 3D modelling myself literally specifically to create this object. And I have not used the software since.
It took an absurd amount of effort and back-and-forths with production to bring this magical item into reality.
It's quite embarrassing, but 'concept' - to - 'physical product in my hand' was an 18 month process.
Do I regret it? Hell'naw, I really love these dudes.
Could I have used my time as a human being on earth more efficiently? Mmmmyes, probably.
Now it's up to you to make it worthwhile!
Go ahead and get one before USBs done die too.
~
The USB includes:
-Ultra HQ versions of the songs. (So you can listen to the exact same full quality files that I heard the first time I heard it!)
-MP3s
-Lyric PDFs with hyperlinked explainer notes that take you on a learning journey through all the things I was putting in my mind for the 7 years that I was working on the recordings.
-A secret folder with a secret message (The full $25AUD is worth it just for this).
+ An immediate download of the pre-release tracks,
& a digital download of the album when it drops.
Now I'm 30 feet in the air.
Gravity plays its tricks again.
A new path is walked before time.
To the grasslands - draw lines.
I couldn't help but fall to my knees
Keep you from the fall to the floor.
Gravity tease me. Why won't my body
Get up and walk?
“Can. You. Feel. It. Too?”
I said, “If I want to.”
You said, “Will this pass by soon?”
Journey follows my feet follow She
Wonders, 'What is going on?'
Audience tease me. Let me focus, please..
The fall is all your fault.
Goodness and mercy please follow She
Wonders, 'What have I known?'
Universe tease me. Why won't She let me
Give Her my love?
When I forget that I can't, then I can.
Forgot where I am that ayam this I am.
Now. It. Takes. Me.
One half's enough to cut you down.
Silence fills the applause.
Life in my eyes and the Collective smile,
I wonder what broke my fall.
credits
from A Collection of Mr. Kite's Open Mind,
released May 20, 2019
Backup vocals: Holly Martin, Tim Ferson.
Instruments, production: Tim Ferson.
Mixing: Nat Love
Mastering: Greg Calbi
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