Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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named for the genre of hyperart thomasson, "pure staircase" is an anxiously positive, slightly downtrodden exploration of happiness leading nowhere and imminent mortality. on this record, the "DOWNLOAD" alias undergoes a contemplative transformation, incorporating tape loops and analog synthesis into the usual setup of guitar pedal feedback.

0:00 establishing shot
1:24 late to pillow
3:35 staying in
11:07 starboarding
14:44 no vacations, please
20:56 pathway
27:13 rain curtain
30:06 in it
36:23 esteem
42:18 all hands
48:23 hopeful romantic
57:17 clair de lune

• Illustration by @kureihii
• T12 composed by Claude Debussy, partially sequenced in OpenMPT with Ichiro Toda's Synth1
• All other music improvised and arranged by Deuteronomy

• Hardware:
ammoon VITOOS ISO4PLUS, Arturia MicroBrute, Behringer EQ700 Graphic Equalizer, Behringer UBB1002 mixer, Behringer US600 Ultra Shifter, Behringer UT300 Ultra Tremolo, Biyang RV-10 Tri Reverb, Boredbrain Patchulator 8000, Caline CP-17 Time Space Echo, Catalinbread Teaser Stallion, Chase Bliss MOOD, Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer, Earthquaker Devices Rainbow Machine, Earthquaker Devices Organizer, Electro-Harmonix Blurst, Electro-Harmonix Freeze, Ibanez GIO Series GRX40-CA, KORG monotron DELAY, KORG volca bass, KORG volca keys, KORG volca kick, KORG volca sample, Little Bear MC5 passive mixer, Neewer NW-700, Rucci Ring Modulator, Ruccia Maximal Drone, Suzuki Omnichord 200M, TC Electronic Ditto, Yamaha MT400 Multitrack Cassette Recorder, Zoom H2n

• Software:
GoldWave v6.41, Kazrog KClip 2, Sony ACID Pro 7.0b, ToneBoosters Barricade v3

lots of love ♥

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