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    :    Artist......: Kiefer
    :    Album.......: Happysad                                           :
    :    Label.......: Stones Throw Records                           .. .:.. .
         Genre.......: Electronic                                         :
         Catnr.......: STH2398                                            .
    '    Source......: CD                                                 ,
    ;    Rip.date....: 2018-06-06
         Str.date....: 2018-06-08
         Quality.....: 236kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo                     . :..
   .:.   Url.........: http://stonesthrow.com                             '
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         1.    Dope Nerd                                         2:10
         2.    What a Day                                        2:37
         3.    Highway 46                                        3:01
         4.    Highway 41                                        3:34
         5.    Magnetic                                          3:54
         6.    Socially Awkward                                  2:22
         7.    Memories of U                                     4:02
         8.    Thinkin of                                        2:33
         9.    Agoraphobia                                       1:20
         10.   FOMO                                              3:53
         11.   Temper                                            4:31
         12.   Upwards                                           1:31
         13.   AAAAA                                             3:34


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    ,:   Kiefer is a constant in Mndsgn’s live trio, has shared the stage  :,
     :   with Moses Sumney and Terrace Martin, and has lent production     :
     :'  talents to the likes of Kaytranada and Anderson .Paak. He began  ':
    ,:   playing piano as a child and producing beats at around age        :,
     :   twelve, moving from San Diego to L.A. to study under renowned     :
     :'  jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell at UCLA’s Jazz Studies program.     ':
    ,:   There, he started thinking about the synergy between the jazz     :,
     :   piano he studied and the beats he created outside of school.      :
     :'  While his peers were performing over live instrumentation,       ':
    ,:   Kiefer produced electronic beats free from sampled melodies or    :,
     :   drum breaks. He released his debut album Kickinit Alone on        :
     :'  Leaving Records last year, earning a Best Jazz Album nomination  ':
    ,:   from A2IM.                                                        :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  Whereas Kiefer describes Kickinit Alone as “90% focused on all   ':
    ,:   types of sadness”, Happysad is more complex. He says it’s “my     :,
     :   emotional journal of the last year. I struggle emotionally a      :
     :'  lot, and yet I feel pretty damn good much of the time. This      ':
    ,:   album is focused on both joy and sadness, and how they are        :,
     :   always intertwined.” The track titles are deliberately left open  :
     :'  to interpretation; opening on a confident, blissful note, then   ':
    ,:   segueing into a more dynamic mood before entering a deeper,       :,
     :   darker and more ethereal place.                                   :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   Inspirations for Happysad and Kiefer’s music in general include   :,
     :   jazz titans Herbie Hancock and Bill Evans, as well as label       :
     :'  mates Karriem Riggins and Knxwledge. “I've loved the sense of    ':
    ,:   responsibility that comes with being a jazz musician,” he says,   :,
     :   “The responsibility to study and understand its history, to       :
     :'  respect the discipline of an instrument, and to dedicate your    ':
    ,:   career to positively changing the direction of the music.”        :,
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