Project: alphabets
Period: Winter 2007
Format: M4A
Status: Archive-only — EARLIEST KNOWN alphabets RECORDINGS
Tracklist (from archive filenames)
- (get in the dirt)
- (missing — only 5 files present)
- (missing)
- (missing)
- (rainbow elvis)
- (old and boring days, made on a snowy day)
- (headaches, headaches)
- (teenage earth)
5 files confirmed. The numbering suggests there are likely more tracks in a full release; what’s archived may be a subset. File modification dates in the archive timestamp as March 2009 (backup date), but folder title confirms winter 2007 as the recording period.
Context
This is the earliest known alphabets material in the archive. Colin would have been 16–17 years old in winter 2007. The title “freak medicine” — likely drug-culture slang — combined with track titles like “(headaches, headaches),” “(teenage earth),” and “(old and boring days, made on a snowy day)” suggests a moody, introspective recording made during winter of his junior year of high school.
The adjacent 2007-2008 archive folder (07_08 [_]) contains a mix of M4A and early MP3 files with titles like “They Must Be Invisible,” “Glitter Village,” “Lego Skeletal,” “baby mountain you need time,” and “totems totems” — expanding the early alphabets catalog into high school. The “08092K10” folder also likely contains 2008-2009-2010 archival material.
Significance
The existence of winter 2007 recordings pushes the known start of Colin’s recorded output back from 2008 (previously the earliest referenced) to at least 2007. This means his discography spans approximately 11 years: 2007–2018.
Sources
- Archive folder:
_Documentation/Music/alphabets/freak medicine winter 07/(5 M4A files) - File modification metadata: 2009-03-16 (backup/transfer date, not recording date)
Archive: _Documentation/Music/alphabets/freak medicine winter 07