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).