Cool Down Period is a collection of chill wave music written, produced and recorded between early winter and summer of 2023. All in all, it’s about the need to take some time to cool down, period. This is a work in progress.

Written and produced by

Ryan Lawrence

Some works featuring
Raymond Santos

Drums by
Jake Reed

Photography by
Kristin Eddington

©2023 All rights reserved.

01 La Portal
02 Heart of Gold Rush
03 On the Run
04 Hoy

05 A World That Never Ends
06 No Man’s Land
07 Kiss of Death

Filipino Spaghetti Western is a collection of western psychedelic music written, produced and recorded between summer 2022 and late spring of 2023. The concept is about the cultural influence of spaghetti westerns and classic Americana on the Philippines during the early 1950’s to 1970’s. The album reflects on the Filipino—American experience, wrangling between machismo and tsismis, and growing up in two distinct worlds. This is a work in progress.

Written and produced by

Ryan Lawrence

and Raymond Santos

Photography by
Ryan Lawrence

©2023 All rights reserved.

01 Hello Moon
02 Human Nature
03 Death of a Maiden
04 Ebb and Flow
05 Tethered Dreams

06 The Architect
07 The Sleepwalker
08 Upside Down
09 Marbles in a Glass Bowl
10 Portals

Portals is a collection of ambient music written, produced and recorded between early summer and late winter of 2021. This is a musical journal about the process of parenthood before birth. In the span of 9 months and between breathing exercises and doctor appointments, the majority of this project was made with a laptop and an OP-1. This collection of sound and music is dedicated to Kristin.

Written and produced by

Ryan Lawrence

Photography by
Ryan Lawrence

©2022 All rights reserved.

01 Living in a Dream
02 Cascade
03 Tangerines
04 Dimensions
05 Queen of Hearts

06 Magnetic Tapes
07 We Believe in Magic
08 The Natural
09 Vessels
10 One More Night

11 Dreams in Quarantine
12 A Love Song
13 Excalibur
14 In the Heat of the Night
15 The Manifesting Tree

16 Midnight Soul
17 Miami
18 The Runaway
19 Mellow Drama
20 Deliverance

Dimensions is a collection of electronic music written, produced and recorded between early 2020 to late 2022. This is a musical journal written during the beginning and through the height of the covid pandemic. The sounds reflect early musical memories, an homage to 1980’s synthesizer sounds and magnetic tapes.

Written and produced by

01 Hollywood Disco Club
02 Won’t You Tell Me Your Name
03 Dance with Me
04 Holding On To Something
05 Wonderland

06 Odyssey
07 Stargaze
08 Call On Me
09 Summer Love
10 The Only One

Hollywood Disco Club is a collection of dance music written, produced and recorded between spring of 2019 and late summer of 2021. The album is a dance concept album that takes inspiration from the 1970’s disco and funk era. It chronicles experiences and events of dancing in a “Hollywood Disco Club”. Available on all music-streaming platforms.

Written and produced by

Ryan Lawrence

Index

Cool Down Period is a collection of chill wave music written, produced and recorded between early winter and summer of 2023. All in all, it’s about the need to take some time to cool down, period. This is a work in progress.

©2023

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