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Near Death Experience

by The Occupant

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1.
Near 13:49
Time after time spent reflecting. On even these very moments. Slipping into nothingness. And the flickering street lights. And the still life memoranda. And the photographs. And with no tomorrow. And with you. Near.
2.
Death 08:30
Breeze sifting through the panes on dim streaks of dawn with murder in mind. My hopes were never to avail. Dead and gone. Still and blue. Eve of nothingness. Within the dim of you.
3.
Experience 09:26
Waning in the distance. Momentary forgiveness. The times we shared together slipping through cracks in the ocean floor with my life's stream.

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Video for Near: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXEq9lzYHg

NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE: 
The third improvisation album written and arranged a total of 8 hours in February 2022, Mixed and Mastered by Greg Chandler of the doom metal band Esoteric. 
This album is slow burn, it is meant to be for introspection and dreaming. It is heavy in some areas but peaceful throughout.
However, as established and what appears to be a theme in the THE OCCUPANT effort, there is always a false sense of security and something lying in wait.

It’s a special album to me as it serves a testament of growth for both Jason and I individually and of our friendship. We first discussed this album nearly 20 years ago. At the time we were both severely depressed and we set out to capture our depression sonically and with minimalism. He performed the electronic noise functions and synth arrangements, I played the guitar.
We weren’t the seasoned musicians we’ve become, although we both played in The Conquering, we both had minimal gear and minimal recording knowledge.

We recorded some early abstract songs of which only one melody survived, it is the main piano melody at the beginning of ‘NEAR’; the following music was written and arranged by myself. The words of this album were written in that time period.

I sought out the feelings of those days and reflected, and since this was occurring around the time of my daughters early years she is featured on the video of ‘Near’ and also lends background vocals on ‘Experience’. 

I dedicate this improvisation to my daughter who was a driving factor for this music.

Stay Tuned for the video of NEAR!

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released October 10, 2022

Instrumentation, Words, Concept: Lloyd Martin
Vocals on Near: Jason Hufford
Vocals on Experience: Lloyd Martin and Raelin Martin
Drums by: Danyal Ince

Mixed and Mastered by: Greg Chandler (Esoteric) @prioryrecordingstudios

© 2021 Lloyd Martin for Protocol None Media

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The Occupant Columbus, Ohio

Collaborative improvisation project between Jason Hufford (Uknown Entity/The Conquering) and Lloyd Martin (Mairin).

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