Vanaprastha (The Man Who Went Into The Woods To Find Himself)

by Alex Smalley

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1.	Ineffable Origin 11:58	buy track
2.	Sensory Existence 11:20	buy track
3.	Implicit Memory 09:04	buy track
4.	Optimal Care 07:19	buy track
5.	Edit Yourself Holy 06:02	buy track

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Alex has released a collection of immersive works with Past Inside the Present and we are honored to release his first official solo album.

Alex has worked under the well-known aliases Olan Mill and llm, which PITP released previously unreleased tracks for our Healing Sounds I Compilation (bit.ly/2VJpHfm). His track, ‘Gaia’ still is our highest streamed track from our catalogue.

Less than a year later, PITP released a long player by Alex and Simon’s drone project known as Pausal. 'Melatonia' was the seventh album by the duo and encompassed six expansive pieces, sequenced into an uninterrupted hour long album designed for prolonged and deep listening.

A year later from Melatonia, we are pleased to offer Alex’s newest endeavor titled, ‘Vanaprastha’. According to Alex, ‘Vanaprastha was inspired by so many different events, changes and progressions it's hard to pin down anything specific, though relocating from the UK to Germany was impactful, along with starting a family’.

He further states, ‘learning more about plant medicine, Veganism, meditation and yoga on the Island of Koh Phangan in Thailand was really progressive for my creative process.’

The title Vanaprastha literally means "retiring to the... more

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released August 8, 2021

Written and performed by Alex Smalley
Mastered by Porya Hatami
Artwork by Bruce Riley
Layout and assemblage by zakè

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Alex Smalley Weimar, Germany

Alex Smalley creates music that exists simultaneously in the abstract and the serene. His compositions lend themselves to deeper listening states and convey a gradual expanding progression.

Smalleys cross influenced sound takes inspiration from new age, experimental electronic, Japanese ambient and World music. ... more

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