LNR_[03] is the third installment in my “Late Night Ramen” beat tape series. The title is a nod to bsd.u’s ‘Late Night Bumps’ series. This album means a lot to me because it is dedicated to my grandfather Jorge who passed away last November. It’s been almost a year now and I wanted to release it on the day he died – 11/7. The number seven has always been important to me because I’m actually the 7th. I wanted to release the album on the day he died so he could be reincarnated in a sense as something eternal – music. If I make a classic, he’ll live in our memories forever since he’s on the cover of the album. So I decided to make this a full fledged album unlike the other LNRs by drawing up liner notes and sample information because I wanted to do something special in his memory, as well as the significance that the number 3 has in my life.

After he passed, I became fascinated with the impermanence of being. I researched things like destiny and astrology, tarot cards, and numerology. I re-read “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” by Kundera. I tried to investigate the meaning of death in different contexts, including Zen Buddhism, and find a way to incorporate it into the music. I ended up typing in my information online and found out that my life path number is 3, and the number has become very important to me as of late. I also found out that my zodiac sign Scorpio is affiliated with the death card in a tarot deck. I’m still trying to find out what this all means, if it even means anything.