In an intimate sanctuary of sound, Rhys Lewis finds a new home. While his poignant songwriting has racked up legions of loyal fans, the Oxfordshire-born artist has pushed his creativity to unforeseen new heights for his bewitching debut album Things I Chose To Remember. Lewis superpower is to distil universal-feeling moments into his music with highly personal precision. The desire to be present is at the root of Things I Chose To Remembers emotional heft. The album is recorded on analogue tape, a rare and expensive process thats barely been used since the early 80s. This process comes with both limitations and joys, for instance, its common to have over 100 individual tracks in a contemporary pop song. Yet with his 24-track tape machine Lewis limited himself to just two-dozen. Everything had to earn its place, he says. We worked the songs and the productions much harder, and I think we questioned things much more because of it.