‘L.A. Ex’ is Craig Safan’s love-letter to the Los Angeles he grew up in. He explains "I call this album L.A. Ex, which obviously is a play on the airport, but also because a lot of what I wrote are things that now exist only in my memory," . Through a mix of digital samples and live musicians playing real instruments, Safan creates sonic expressions of sounds, feelings, and images of people, places, and things in Los Angeles and it's environs that have resonated in remembrance for a lifetime. I really enjoyed listening to Craigs tales of LA in this time, its an era that i’m very interested in, in a place I love to visit. On the cover is a photograph of the iconic Theme Building at Los Angeles International airport; Brightly and colourfully lit, I love that ‘populuxe’ architectural style and mid-century modern design oft associated with the West coast. The inside booklet contains further pictures from the period and notes from Craig on the infuential times he has spent there.
