Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Another demotape track, yeah turns out it's DUMB and not good. The third verse is so fun to sing along to! SHRED, ARI!!!
Another demotape track, yeah turns out it's DUMB and not good. The third verse is so fun to sing along to! SHRED, ARI!!!
![Gny - Present [5th anniversary] (vinyl rip, 2023)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k-MHQfBQLSU/mqdefault.jpg "Gny - Present [5th anniversary] (vinyl rip, 2023)
In 2019, I found myself at a crossroads in life. College was just beginning, and as eager as I was to leave the awfulness of High School behind (and I really was excited), man, uncertainty is never fun. It was also during this time, this summer of hang time between adolescence and adulthood (allegedly) that Lo-Fi Beats channels really blew up. It might sound silly, but at the ends of these days of trepidation and excitement, I loved to unwind with the sounds of distant trains passing and Lo-Fi Beat streams. Yes, really.
One of my favorite artists on these mixes was a fantastic Filipino producer named Gny. Hed just put out his third tape and I was enamored!! Some digging led me to this one, 2018s Present. It felt so groovy and soulful. Every song was so raw, so honest, so full of heart. Usually without even lyrics. Moreso, I really appreciated the anonymity, it truly is about the music and nothing more with artists like him!
So, here I am, four years later and Ive just graduated college. I find myself still living in the same town I spent four years exploring. No, I didnt have the anime-style blossoming of adulthood I was hoping for, but thats okay. Who has time to worry about self-issues when my man Gny is putting out an expanded vinyl pressing of Present! Through that awesome site Qrates no less! Id always heard good things, but never got a chance to try them out. Not a fan of Vulfpeck, sorry.
Maybe if you know of Qrates, you know how this turned out. May turned to June. Then to July. Before I knew it, the projected shipping date had come and gone. As had Presents fifth anniversary. The Qrates name had been rightfully smeared all across the net, people screaming for their backordered Gizz records. I remember threatening chargebacks to customer service, and even that did nothing. In truth, I didnt want my money back, I wanted my record! I had totally given up hope, but man it sure would be cool.
Well, closing in on the SIXTH anniversary, what else should show up at my door with little fanfare! And DUDE, not to suddenly excuse Qrates for their disappearing act, but WOW this record rules! Sometimes, good things can happen against all odds. Even small things like a record.
Everything will be okay.
0:00 Just Take it Easy and Smile
3:00 Reality Check
5:23 I Hope Youll Be Okay
7:05 Everything Will Be Okay (w/ Liana)
9:25 Stories of Home
12:10 You Know Where to Find Me
14:36 Thank You
15:48 One Step Away (bonus track)
17:08 Here For You (bonus track)
For more amazing music: https://gnymakeshiphop.bandcamp.com/")
![Ariel Pink - The House of Yesterday (inner sanctum cover) [snippet]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lkGpFZPP6Ds/mqdefault.jpg "Ariel Pink - The House of Yesterday (inner sanctum cover) [snippet]
UPDATE: Special thanks to my friend Eddie Barrera for discovering that this is a cover! The house of yesterday written 1967 by Inner Sanctum!
Played back in Summer 2016 by Ariel on a WFMU radio show (then subsequently bootlegged by me as A Heap of Rotting Tapes), this is the one mystery that never got solved in the remasters. I havent forgotten.
I remember when SLUGBUG first told me there was a song called House of Yesterday on Ods 2, I got super excited, because it sounds like the refrain to this song says ...in the house of yesterday, but alas it was some post punk thing.
Can we summon Ollux Patemax again? He knew Nile Pan was one of the songs before that even got found!")
