{"id":24608,"date":"2018-12-01T13:16:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T21:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9n2.ac0.myftpupload.com\/?p=7595"},"modified":"2018-12-01T13:16:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T21:16:42","slug":"santa-monica-sessions-no-3-cassette-loops-electro-acoustics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24608","title":{"rendered":"Santa Monica Sessions No. 3: Cassette Loops + Electro-Acoustics&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Chris Randall ( <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Cranda11\/videos\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Cranda11&#8230;<\/a> ) and I spent a whole day recording live improvisational ambient and downtempo. 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