Digging up long-lost archives uncovers a selection of hidden gems never before released.

Featuring a selection of 13 Demos & B-Sides written and recorded between 2006 - 2014, quite a few years before the eventual inception of Lava Suit as the primary vehicle for songwriter Gideon Kretschmer's more acoustic pop/folk (i.e. chilled) creations.

All the songs are super rough demos recorded and mixed in Gideon's original home studio back in Cape Town (with the exception of a 2 songs ("You Alone" and "You and I") recorded and mixed at South Africa's legendary Sunset Studios) and the recording and song-writing quality varies quite a bit (Disclaimer!)

The songs reflect the humble start and origin story of Lava Suit's journey as solo recording artist, engineer and producer. All the pre-2009 songs were recorded and mixed on the original PC-version of Logic Pro, with the drums for these still being rudimentary midi tracks through an early version of Reason (so definitely a long-way from current standards).

But production quality aside - the songs themselves hide a number of magic moments, and captures an important creative period for the artist. Therefore it's worth sharing rather than hiding them away in the archives forever.