DIZAZTA AREA MUSIC was built around a direct connection between the music and the people who support it. Rather than making streaming the center of the experience, DIZAZTA gives listeners a way to purchase complete albums directly and explore the stories, visuals, interviews, publications, and other creative material surrounding the music.

A direct purchase supports the continued creation of independent DIZAZTA music while giving listeners a deeper way to experience each release.

Before the Flags Flew

Before the colors, before the flags, before the world saw him as just another statistic, there was a boy with a dream and a battered Raiders cap. His world was small—a few cracked sidewalks, a mother working herself to the bone, and a father who was just a ghost in old photos. The block was both playground and battlefield, and every lesson was written in sweat, fear, and the echo of sirens.

He learned early that you had to stand tall, even when you felt small. The older heads on the corner became his teachers, showing him how to talk tough, how to never let anyone see you fold, how to carry yourself like you belonged—even when you felt like you didn’t.

The first time he saw someone get checked for colors, he didn’t even understand what it meant. But he saw the fear, the pride, and the pain in every set of eyes. He saw how quickly a kid could become a target, how fast a heart could turn cold.

More Than an Album

DIZAZTA brings music, storytelling, publishing, and visual media together to create experiences that extend beyond the songs themselves. Before the Flags Flew connects the album with stories, visuals, interviews, and other creative material that can take listeners deeper into its world.

The Story Before the Story

Before the Flags Flew reaches backward to explore the experiences that existed before everything that came later. It gives listeners another perspective on the journey by focusing on the environment, choices, pressures, and early moments that helped shape the larger story.

A Growing Catalog of Original Music

DIZAZTA AREA MUSIC is built around complete original releases with their own stories, sounds, and creative identities. Before the Flags Flew is one part of a growing catalog created for listeners who enjoy discovering full projects and the ideas surrounding them.

Follow the Story Beyond the Music

The album is only one part of the experience. Videos, interviews, visual storytelling, publications, and other connected DIZAZTA media can reveal additional layers surrounding the music and the world that inspired it.

Take your time with the material. Each piece offers another way into the story.

One Album Can Lead to Another

Every DIZAZTA release offers another doorway into the catalog. Follow the music that catches your attention, explore the stories surrounding it, and discover other albums and creative experiences throughout the DIZAZTA Universe.

Explore the DIZAZTA Universe

DIZAZTA continues to expand through music, storytelling, publishing, television, and multimedia production. Every project becomes another part of a growing creative catalog where audiences can explore the music, follow the stories, watch the visuals, and discover where each release leads next.

A Catalog Built for Discovery

Built from a passion for independent creativity, DIZAZTA develops original music, publications, videos, and connected media experiences that give every release room to become something larger.

One album can lead to another story, another visual, another program, and another part of the DIZAZTA Universe waiting to be discovered.

Continue the Journey

Before the Flags Flew is part of a larger musical story, but it stands as its own experience—a look at what came before, what helped shape the journey, and the moments that existed before the world knew what would follow.

Explore the complete album and continue discovering the stories, visuals, and music surrounding the DIZAZTA Universe.

Ready to Experience the Full Album?

If Before the Flags Flew has pulled you into its story, continue the experience with the complete album. Purchase the album and follow the journey through the music that inspired the stories, visuals, interviews, and connected experiences you've discovered here.

Before the Flags Flew — $10