On his debut album Music For Video Stores producer and Squama co-founder Martin Brugger hovers through Ambient, (upbeat) Downbeat and unfulfilled build-ups.

Conceptualized as a blank soundtrack, the music was sent to fellow artists who shared their visual and verbal associations which became the source for the artwork and track titles, effectively making the album a collective effort.

Evident in all of his recent projects is Brugger’s passion for working and thriving within closely set limits. The only audio sources in the process of making the album were his record player and a Dave Smith Prophet 08 synthesizer. In an antithesis to most sample-based music, Brugger takes the more ephemeral moments of recorded music and uses pitching tools like a magnifying glass to dive deeper into the sound and bare layers that normally remain unheard.

Written, Produced and Mixed by Martin Brugger
Mastered by Christoph Stickel at CS Mastering
Designed by Maximilian Schachtner

2022 Reissue

Originally conceptualized as a blank soundtrack, the music was sent to fellow artists who shared their visual and verbal associations which became the source for the album’s artwork. For the 2022 reissue all visuals have been replaced by reproductions of ephemera produced for the first edition, emphasizing the idea of an ever evolving canvas.