"Quartz Circle" Cassette Tape

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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.

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.

To You, a Listener:

The heart of this album was fueled by our own reckoning with regret, grief, abandonment, neglect, and insecurity. This work reflects our personal journey of integrating younger versions of ourselves that were once abandoned, deemed unworthy, and rejected somewhere along the path of wholeness and love.

Welcome to our reckoning with bringing a painful past into the loving present.

We hope this sound can offer an inspiring experience that helps you see more of yourself 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 opportunities for you to expand awareness about any potentially unrecognized emotional wounds.

We understand how this can sound ambiguous, intimidating, confusing, or even a bit unexpected for an ambient album. 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. Healing does not require pressure.

This album encapsulates nostalgia and unfettered innocence, while offering a space to explore your own internal world. We hope you are able to experience peace, hope, and inspiration on your journey.

We’re honored to share this expression with you! <3

CREDITS:

Produced by

What Happened and Backyard Castles

Ezra Bram | piano, guitar, percussion, keys, doodles, poem

Miles Jenkins | piano, guitar, percussion, keys

Recorded and Mixed by

Miles Jenkins

Mastered by

Tobijah Rogers

Art Direction

Ezra Bram

Design and Layout by

Clay Conder

Photos by

Pearl and Ezra Bram

Recorded in

Bailey, Colorado

Thank you to my family — past, present, and future.

Special thanks to Jack, Jadon, and all of you that fanned this flame.