Whilst memory and identity are inextricably linked to, and shaped by, ‘event’, there are many other intangible elements. Memory and identity are fluid, and cannot be boxed by just time and date. We decided that using black and white film and photography would go some way to removing a dateline and thus adhering to something more ‘timeless’ and ‘eventless’. The aesthetics of colour can often demarcate time, date and era by it’s technological qualities — exactly like when we look at the archival home video footage of Rikuto, we know that was most likely shot in the 90s. We decided to juxtapose archival home video footage of Rikuto as a child learning to play piano, and at play with his family—tangible memories which undoubtedly has shaped Rikuto’s sense of identity—with imagery of Rikuto, self-styled in a mix of contemporary and traditional Japanese attire, in contemplative moments surrounded by his natural and ancestral environment. Adding to a sense of tactility, and furthermore alluding to the idea of memory being somewhat imperfect and unreliable, we decided to use a pen-plotter machine to scribe the typography and Rikuto’s handwritten sleeve notes on the limited edition version of the LP—the pen plotter machine being something, like memory recall, that reproduces the same thing over and over but changes slightly different each time. The limited edition version features an analogue film photograph glued to the hand-cut and assembled housing and the vinyl is lathe-cut by hand.