Hush Hush is honored to help present ‘A Desolate Hue’ (HH164), the latest EP and Hush Hush debut from Beijing-based American musician Brad M. Seippel aka thruoutin.Born and raised in Louisiana before relocating to China in 2009, Brad balances his versatile talents as an electronic producer, multi-instrumentalist, and DJ to explore a wide range of genres, welcoming everything from the adventurous rhythms of footwork and gqom to the blissful vibrations of evocative ambient music into his expansive sonic world.‘A Desolate Hue’ taps into a mesmerizing, introspective zone to reveal a transportive instrumental vision that blends hypnotic beats, atmospheric field records, post-rock excursions, Fourth World flourishes, and traditional Chinese instrumentation.Each of the EP’s four songs began in December 2019 when Brad was invited to a 5-day residency in Hebei province, China, at the Aranya seaside resort which serves as a popular tourist destination throughout the spring and summer seasons. With Brad’s residency taking place during the dead of winter, a vast emptiness pervaded his experience and creeped into his creative process in surprisingly beneficial ways.Equipped with only three changes of clothes, his laptop, an e-pipa, delay pedal, and field recorder upon his arrival, Brad was given access to the residency’s recording studio, two practice rooms, a mixing console, and clearance to use some of the studio’s more expensive gear. While this setup allowed him to unlock new sonic possibilities, the sobering solitude that defined his stay also ushered new tones into his music.Brad shares: “I had vast amounts of time to think, especially while on freezing walks in the evening post-recording. These walks had a significant impact on the music I was producing. Everything from that space had a desolate air and nocturnal hue. After five days, I returned to Beijing with a hard drive full of files. I put the project aside and would only work on it in the ensuing years when that feeling of nothingness surfaced again. The result is these four pieces of music.”
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released June 20, 2025Recorded by Brad M. Seippel at Aranya DDC (December 2019)Edited & Mixed by Brevity of Motion Sounds (Beijing, China 2020-2024)Assistant Technician: Chuan'rAdditional Engineering: abing at Sleeping Dogs Studio, BeijingMastering: Nathan Moody (Obsidian Sound, California, USA)Photography: Jeff YiuArtwork + Design: Grant Carroll at Studio UmbraA&R: Tom Arnstein
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