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K. Edward Smith is many things: heavy metal drummer, alt-Americana songwriter and experimental music composer are three of them. Based in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, he performs with the band Assimilator and his own Thrift Store Orchestra. He’s been steadily releasing original music since 2018. Smith’s rare ability to leap between musical realms helps explain the ambitious project behind his first RBR release: a soundtrack for a nearly forgotten 1950s noir horror film, Dementia.