Backyard Castles presents “Quartz Circle”
Come celebrate the release of our new ambient music album with us at our party!
YOU’RE INVITED:
EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS 9/18
Friday, September 20, 2024
7pm - 9pm
Archipelago Denver
2345 7th St
Denver, CO 80211
*** if cost is a barrier, see event page for discount codes
Can’t make it?
This cassette includes an exclusive poetic overview of the album, where each song title creates a line within a greater story. This poem is only found inside these sleeves! Every tape is numbered. Four color variations are available, all inspired by the eccentric paint of Ezra’s childhood home.
Backyard Castles, an ambient music group created by Ezra Bram and Miles Jenkins, is stoked to release their first album together. As a master’s student in the process of becoming a Licensed Professional Counselor, Ezra honed in on the emotional foundation of the project. As a well seasoned, professional musician steeped in jazz, Miles crafted each musical expression to feel authentic, vulnerable, and meaningful.
Quartz Circle is meant to commemorate the piano in the basement of Ezra's childhood home. The music extends beyond personal memories and welcomes each lister to explore their own ambiguous experiences, dynamics, and relationships from childhood. We encourage listeners to dedicate 45 minutes to uninterrupted listening with a journal, as this is meant to be a seamless experience that helps you process your own past.
Tell your story. Make your sound.
What is ambient music?
What to Expect:
You can think of it like an atmospheric expressions of certain moods and moments. This album utilizes a piano, guitars, synthesizers, and more with samples of conversations, storms, and radio segments.
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7pm-7:15pm Drinks (with non-alcoholic options) & light food are included. We're allowing time to ease into this experience. Given the nature of ambient music, we want to create a space that is conducive for sensing and introspection. You will be invited to participate in a few deep breathes as a grounding exercise before we begin, but of course there's no pressure.
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7:15-7:30pm Once we've settled into the space together, Ezra will share a poetic introduction of what inspired the album and what he's learned about healing on his journey of creating it.
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7:30-8:00pm
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8:00pm-8:15pm
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8:15pm-8:30pm
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8:30-9:00pm
We would love to dialogue with you about your experience, questions you might have about the music, what may have come up for you, and how you might be inspired moving forward.
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9:00pm
Each Listener will receive a gift bag of goodies to remember the experience, most notably a limited edition recording of the album on cassette tape!
About Quartz Circle:
Backyard Castles, an ambient music project created by Ezra Bram and Miles Jenkins, are preparing to share their first album. As a master’s student in the process of becoming a Licensed Professional Counselor, Ezra honed in on the emotional foundation of the project. As a well seasoned musician steeped in jazz, Miles crafted each musical expression to feel authentic, vulnerable, and meaningful.
Quartz Circle is meant to commemorate the piano the basement of Ezra’s childhood home. The music extends beyond these personal memories and welcomes each lister to explore their own ambiguous experiences, dynamics, and relationships from childhood.
The heart of this album was fueled by our own reckoning with regret, grief, abandonment, neglect, and insecurity. This work reflects Ezra’s personal journey of integrating younger versions of himself that he abandoned, deemed unworthy, and rejected somewhere along the path of leaving home.
Welcome to our reckoning with bringing a painful past into a loving present.
To You, a Listener:
We are curating this event to be an inspiring experience that helps you see more of you with love, hope, and clarity. Our desire is to welcome you into a reflective space that allows you to process your own experiences and create opportunties for you to expand awareness about any potentially unmet emotional wounds.
We understand how this can sound a bit overwhelming or intimidating, or even a bit unexpected for an album release party. If this happens to be the case for you, remember that you are welcome to come as you are and be as present as you’re able.
This album encapsulates nostalgia and unfettered innocence, while offering a space to explore your own internal world. Come and join us for a beautiful evening of peace, reflection, inspiration, and loving company.
We can’t wait to share this experience with you! <3
