harris cole

03.20.2023 - cxy came over and we connected over the music that we enjoy. i figured it'd be fun to work on a song with him acting as my sounding board based on his personal tastes: he mentioned a past love for nu-disco, and that was the catalyst for the birth of this track

first completed track using my UDO Super 6, Echo Fix EF-X2, and Otari MX5050BII-2

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one of two songs off my 2020 "hey, september" ep 

i've never gone fishing but this is what i would hope it feels like

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hey, september

gone fishing

pause: the album that i put my life on hold to finish. all ten tracks in one mix.

the reason i titled the album "pause" is because at the time of its conception, my life was seemingly on hold: i had just failed out of college and moved back into my mom's house, my first and last relationship came to an end after my anxiety prevented me from being the partner i needed to be, and i was unsure where things were headed for me in about every way. 

when the project finally released in november of 2016 i was met with an outpouring of support which i had never expected: beyond the incredible response on soundcloud from listeners worldwide, i was featured as the first ever instrumental artist on the cover of spotify's "fresh finds" playlist, the project amassed nearly 30M streams across platforms, doja cat released her demo "eyes on u" using "one day" as the instrumental, milo (fka r.a.p. ferreira) released his album "who told you to think​?​?​!​!​?​!​?​!​?​!" using "chapsitkc" as the instrumental for the intro track, and amber mark sampled the very same instrumental for her song "out of this world". 

almost seven years later, "pause" is the album that my long-term listeners associate with my signature sound and consider my flagship project. 

with its release i had 50 limited edition black and white cassettes made for the album, and the very last one in existence will be included in the primary sale (hand-numbered 1 of 50).

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pause LP

my track from hedsTAPE 02. original sample by oshi

hedsDAO is a decentralized audiovisual community of musicians and visual artists. learn more @ heds.io

included with the primary sale is the project file and stems for the track

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harris cole (from hedsTAPE 02)

the sixth track to my debut album "pause".

at almost 5M streams across platforms, "girls" is the 2nd most streamed song off the album

featured is the alternate artwork that i originally had made for the album, which i ended up using as single artwork for the song instead

included in the sale are four never before seen drafts of the pause cover art. [no rights granted, for viewing purposes only] 

*originally minted "girls" a few months back and was including the last existing black+white pause cassette in the sale, which i've since decided against. this version will not come with the cassette*

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pause

girls

the last song in the pause series, and the instrumental from doja cat's 2015 demo "eyes on u". 

"one day" was made during the last semester before i dropped out of college: i started working on it amidst an extremely debilitating anxiety attack that marked the beginning of the end of my first (and last) real relationship. i've dealt with anxiety most of my life, but it became especially problematic when in a relationship that i couldn't healthily contribute to, as my anxiety was overshadowing every part of my life.

i originally titled the track "one day we'll have to face ourselves", which i later shortened to "one day" (the original title was corny as fuck). while the original name was very corny, the message still resonates with me: to this day i have many deeply rooted issues that i failed to address over the years, and as a result i'm not in the place i could be. i've fucked up friendships, "relationships", and sunk into a weird pit that has been hard to climb back out of, and i know that at some point i'm going to have to address it all. the catch is that the longer we wait to address our issues, the harder it becomes to manage them and regain control; that's what "one day" is about.

50% of the primary sale to be donated to a mental health outreach organization of the winner's choosing: to make it more straight forward, i've selected three organizations to choose from:

1. The National Alliance on Mental Illness
2. Mental Health America
3. The Giving Block

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one day

my most iconic song. 

this is what really kickstarted my career as a music producer: upon its release in 2016, it peaked at #5 on spotify's US viral 50, and #7 on the global viral 50. now closing in on 25 million streams on spotify, "game over!" continues to be the pinnacle of my catalog.

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game over!

the second to last remaining track off my 2016 debut album "pause"

my goal with this beat was to try to mimic what it might sound like if a song from the 80's was put in a time machine. not sure if i succeeded, but i love the way it ended up

reserve set at .01

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nite

with the release of "sirens" in october, somni and i decided to put slow edits of each song on the b-side of the cassette. before now, the only way to hear these songs was to buy a cassette

included in the auction is a cassette for "sirens" signed by me and somni

this is somni + friends of friends' first music NFT

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sirens ep cassette slow edits (w/ somni)

my track from hedsTAPE 01. incredibly honored to have been apart of the genesis tape alongside so many other legends

included w/ purchase is the ableton session for my beat

[to learn more about hedsDAO, visit heds.io]

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harris cole (hedsTAPE 01)

at over 11M streams on spotify, "safe, now" is my 4th most streamed song. 

made w/ aso for our 2018 "colors" ep

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colors

safe, now (w/ aso)

the fourth track to my debut album "pause".

i remember distinctly the night i made this, i had just got the j.robb kit & the sounds were giving me instant inspiration. shoutout to 2016 soundcloud

bonus points if you know where the name comes from

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dark... whatever

the sixth track to my debut album "pause". 

included is the last remaining black and white cassette of "pause" (hand-numbered edition 1 of 50). 

two alternate covers were made for the album, with the above being used only for the rollout of "girls"

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the ninth track to my debut album "pause". 

rest in peace to my best friend
8/15/06 - 2/17/17

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louie's lullaby

the eighth track from my 2016 debut album "pause".

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rain, pt. 2

the title track from my 2016 debut album "pause".

included is the last of fifteen ultra-rare turquoise cassettes in existence, which were never sold to the public. 

this is the album that changed everything for me. as part of the release, i was put on the cover of spotify's "fresh finds" playlist, which made me the first instrumental artist to be featured on the playlist. this marked a pivotal moment in music: an instrumental artist being given a platform with direct access to mainstream listeners. 

in the years that followed, we've seen instrumental music change the landscape of the music industry: artists with catalogs comprised entirely of instrumental music now reaching the masses. "pause" marks one of the first tangible moments we saw this happening.

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january already?

art generated by VQGAN+CLIP

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oh, january

the third track to my debut album "pause".included is one of three remaining black and white cassettes of "pause" (hand-numbered edition 26 of 50).

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that miserable man milligan

the outro to my debut album "pause".  

included is one of the two remaining turquoise cassettes of "pause", which were never sold publicly.

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Pause

Goodbye

initially releasing almost seven years ago on my debut album "pause", chapsitkc is a staple of my sound.

[chapsitkc was also used by milo, fka r.a.p. ferreira, as the intro track of his 2017 album "who told you to think​?​?​!​!​?​!​?​!​?​!"]

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chapsitkc

been saving this piece for upwards of four years. one of my favorites that ive made so far

created it the day after playing playdead's "inside" as an unsolicited audition to work for them

artwork by andrew tricaso

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