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Discography

Studio albums

* ''7'' (2015) * ''Birth'' (2016) * ''Slow Is'' (2017) * ''S.A.D. Storm and Drugs'' (2020) * ''Duality'' (2022)

EPs

* ''7 Remixed'' (2015) * ''The New Loud'' (2017) * ''S.A.D. (Piano Solo)'' (2020) * ''001 Coordinate'' (2022) * ''002 Hymns'' (2022) * ''003 Horizons'' (2022) * ''004 Fluidity'' (2022)

Production and writing credits

References

External links

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