================== ILKAE - 4EP (2009 REDUX) CAT INPUJ99 22 TRACKS | 64:24 ---- This album consists of definitive archival versions of the four 'vexion' EPs released through eerik inpuj sound over an 18 month period stretching from mid 2000 to late 2001: tracks 01-03: slide EP tracks 04-08: vacant vehicle EP tracks 09-14: forkyo EP tracks 15-21: frosty EP --- track 22: unreleased module from canceled fifth EP When viewed together as a whole, this body of work can easily be viewed as my first solo album. Over the past few years I have become increasingly convinced that familiarity with this album remains crucial to understanding the progression traced by my subsequent solo releases. With a fourth album looming in the near future, I feel the need to bring wider attention this music as it introduces some (if not most) of the central harmonic themes and ideas which i have either developed or absolutely destroyed in my subsequent work. It is primarily for this reason that this matrial is being given an official release under the ilkae moniker. (The second reason being that this new render and fresh mastering job sounds unbelieveably good.) Some unusual things to note: All of these module files included date logs and quite often short journal entries, supposedly to keep myself keep track of when i made things and how i was feeling at the time. Apparently when i was 15 stuff like that was important. These datelogs and journal entries effectively establish this album as an audio journal of my 15th year on this fair planet. Listening to these songs 8-9 years later and looking across pictures from the era I am easily overcome with nostalgia and yearning for the simplicity of that era. I am looking forward to a time where simplicity becomes commonplace in my life again, if only in the hope that it will allow me to write music this direct and unambiguous once again. ---- NOTE ON MASTERING AND THE LTD 2008 EDITION In the summer of 2008 approximately twelve copies of a completely different version of 4EP were included along with pre-orders for my third album, Light Industry. These were hastily mastered resulting in a recording that is far inferior to this definitive reissue. This version of 4EP has been disseminated on various bittorrent trackers, sadly proving that everything I send through the post will end up on the internet for eternity. Even sadder yet is that it features the wrong bonus track. Any help I can get in subverting this leak in favour of the correct (and 300% more awesome) version of this album will be greatly appreciated. ---- LINER NOTES FROM THE ORIGINAL MODULES: ...---===///$ SLIDE: sla.it - why my throat hurts 07.24.01 01:15-02:45 too much smoking. for nate. right now i should be finishing up pistachio island, but i'm not. right now i should be sleeping, but i'm not. right now i should be somewhere else, but i'm not. right now i should be frowning, but i'm not. slb.it - lionfish & stars 08.18.01 02:00-03:30 romantic interlude. slc.it - careless wonder 08.28.01 02:00-04:20 will you be my lois lane? a little lack of structure. happy brithday krystian! ...---===///$ VACANT VEHICLE vv1.it - red corduroy armchair nov 25th 3:52 am speaking for itself; though unclear- doing some interior redecorating. vv2.it - xx.xx aug 6th - xx:xx coconut sun % tea dec 17th - xx:xx ice scratch cat bleu vv3.it - ruby thin dec 23rd 1:47 am outwardly conflicted tiny streams of water vegetation with dc 6.5v input "i know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as i go walking along the same river" i'd prefer if you didn't let me know. vv4.it - julia (pollock remix) june 7th june 8th june 9th december 11th vv5.it - ginger laic december 24th 1:50am 2:40pm inaction: "... lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands..." ...---===///$ FORKYO fka.it - no matches aug 19 - 5:34 i was sick today. being sick makes me write good tracks. lets me focus. this one is for headphones only. makes me dizzy. luck. fkb.it - moshi moshi aug 28 - 1:55 been sitting here in this mild depression watching anime and listening to music lately. haven't left the house for 2 weeks. sad really. fkc.it - goldfish and grass sept 29 // oct 31 - 5:21 goldfish, lanterns, and the colour of grass at dusk. [there's an intro hidden in there if you feel like looking] fkd.it - tiny blue elevator nov 28 - xx:xx loop it. ...phantom megaman sound? fke.it - abort! abort! dec 30 // feb 18 - 2:54 nanotechnology/sketch comedy ...because we all like 5/4 hip hop. lack of direction. it was an accident! i swear! fkf.it - elegiac lifestyle feb 20 - xx:xx runtime error. a day late. im not frustrated anymore. ...---===///$ FROSTY frosty1.it - miko charm january 25 2001 bloom. frosty2.it - lime april 19th 2001 idealistic. frosty3.it - persimmon may 17 2001. for nate. frosty4.it - ragnaron may 21 2001 rhinoceros cloud. frosty5.it - seventyseven may 30 2001 remix of "77" tracked at school for proswell. frosty6.it - coelophysis june 3 2001 for nate, again. frosty7.it - corduroy june 8 2001 as seen from a bullet train. ...///$ \ \\\ \\\\\$ - Aaron Munson, December 16th, 2009