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Album art for Fasting Beats designed by Awen Null © 2025 Art of FACELESS Fasting Beats - Tony V Transmission The video introduces Tony V, a figure who appears later within The Hollow Circuit mythos. Once a classical musician devoted to Vivaldi, Tony attempted to fast from sound itself — until his body began to echo what the world refused to play. Music FACELESS Oct 26, 2025 — 1 min read
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Cover for A Stillness in the Grain: poetry and photography by Awen Null. © Awen Null 2025 A Stillness in the Grain A collection of poems and hand-developed black and white photographs—quiet moments taken from beneath the surface of Cardiff. Nothing polished. Nothing curated for likes. Just fragments. Some barely held together. Poetry FACELESS Oct 18, 2025 — 2 min read
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