Briana Marela - My Inner Rest - Cassette Tape

My Inner Rest is a collection of 12 electroacoustic songs performed live by Briana Marela in the Mills College concert hall. With her emotional vocal performance as the focal point, she carves out a minimal yet lush space for swirling and skittering synths, vocal sampling, and live processing to caress and accompany her journey of reconnecting with her creative spirit. Combating self-doubt while redefining her relationship to her artistic practice, My Inner Rest is a vital document in learning how to love and have compassion for oneself.

01 - Selfless
02 - Vibrant Sheen
03 - Value
04 - My Inner Rest
05 - Wash Away
06 - Abandon
07 - Willful or Self-willed
08 - Golden Sun
09 - Grasshopper
10 - Brightest Star
11 - Suspended
12 - Violent Impulse

All songs composed and performed live by Briana Marela Lizárraga
except Wash Away, co-composed and performed live with Joel Skavdahl.
Brendan Glasson plays synth, organ, and rhodes as overdubs on the album.

Recorded by Brendan Glasson at Littlefield Concert Hall at Mills College in Oakland, CA.
Additional vocals, vibraphone, hardware fx, and reamping recorded at The Unknown by Nicholas Wilbur. Brendan Glasson’s overdubs recorded at his studio in Berkeley, CA.

Mixed by Nicholas Wilbur and Briana Marela at The Unknown in Anacortes, WA
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge
Album artwork by Asenath Lizárraga
Artwork scanned by Giclee Kings in Sacramento, CA
Design and Layout by Francie Chang
Photo of Briana by Nathan Kosta