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Filmmaker – Dehumanization (Self-Released)

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Label Description: This EP is about the overwhelming exponential data, corruption fatigue, blatant govt cover-ups, the ongoing wars, the struggle as an artist dealing with shadowban, bots in platforms, AI content creators, biased algorithms in social media, being undervalued locally, and all that off-sensations in the dystopian times we’re living.

Editor’s Note: For those interested, there is also an instrumental version of this EP as well.

Aftergloom – Don’t Wake The Dreamer Part III (Self-Released)

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Don’t Wake the Dreamer Pt. III is the final installation of the series that tells the story of a young woman escaping the grieving process by reliving memories within her lucid dreams. The adventure follows a young woman who is mourning the loss of a parent. Instead of moving on, she manifests her deceased parent in her dreams, unwittingly bringing to life a brand new being who realizes it needs the dreamer even more than she needs her dream. This dream-parent tries to keep her sleeping for extended periods of time. What follows is a series dreams that ultimately changes the course of the young woman’s life forever.

Where we left off and where we’re going:
The dream-parent has just convinced Marsha to stay within the dream and run away from the Memory Wiper. They jump from dream to dream, exploring old memories and slowly forgetting the waking world as they desperately try to keep the dream alive.

All songs written by Michael A. Brunacini

Aquino – Be Late. (Self-Released)

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In 2020, I, along with many folks around the world, stopped playing live shows. I also stopped writing songs with lyrics. It was something about my voice. I didn’t want to hear it.* During this moment, time was on all of our minds. We had a lot of it. Pre-pandemic, we seemed to be in a rush. And for some, post-pandemic, that pace came back with a vengeance.

I never wanted to be late. I feared late. But then someone issued me the challenge – be late. Challenge accepted.

This EP is the culmination of that meditation. I wrote these songs between 2020 and 2025. The song titles may be ridiculous, but so is always being on time.

Be late. (Unless it’s an emergency, of course. Or dinner’s ready.)

*I am writing songs with lyrics again. Yay.


All songs composed, performed, mixed, and mastered by Michael Aquino