With only the light from a lamp on his nightstand, senior Jake Haage sits working in his room. The clock reads 3:00 a.m., but the upcoming release of his new album, “Sequence,” ranks higher in his mind than sleep.

“Being able to have [the album] come out and have people hear it, it’s very weird because … my music, to me, especially, is very personal,” said Haage. “So, having a complete project like an album to come out for everyone to hear and for everyone to critique, well, it’s nerve-wracking, but it’s exciting at the same time.”

Haage produces experimental music, a genre that does not follow the standard way music is composed, under the name Lodent. He said he chose the name while he was struggling to “figure out” his sound.

“I was feeling kind of lost,” said Haage. “I was playing around with the words ‘lost’ and ‘identity,’ and that’s actually where the name comes from.”

Haage said he was planning on releasing his new album two years ago but delayed the release because he was not “digging” the way his music felt at the time. However, he is much happier with his current album’s sound.

“I’ve never heard [music like mine] before,” said Haage. “That was the main thing for me. I really wanted to find something that was just absolutely, without a doubt, original.”

Haage said he was previously working with a record label to release his new album but is no longer working with them and will release the album on his own through platforms such as Spotify and iTunes if he does not release the album with a different label.

According to Haage, he constantly works on tweaking and developing his work during production.

“Most of the tracks on the album went through a lot of evolution,” said Haage. “You know, just different versions over the years until I was finally perfectly happy with something I could call my own.”

Justin Hartinger, owner of CODA Records, a record label based in Seattle, has collaborated with Haage in the past and said it is astonishing that Haage is not more well-known.

“I was digging on SoundCloud for music and came across [Haage’s] track,” said Hartinger. “ … And I was like, ‘ … This guy should be a lot bigger.’

“He’s definitely, in my eyes, a way better producer than I am, a way better writer,” said Hartinger. “And for someone to have that passion at [his age is] nuts.”

According to Haage, the styles of the artists he collaborates with have a large impact on his work.

“Everyone has their own style,” said Haage. “ … So, getting that influence and getting that collaborative effect on your own [work] though can definitely change a song to the point where you can either like it or not like it.”

Haage said he begins to produce a song by writing its melody and core progression on a piano.

He then uses a program called Ableton to add different instruments and other audio channels, like drums or synthesizers, depending on the overall feel of the sound.

Haage said the time and effort needed to produce music have caused him to consider his priorities, especially when it comes to school.

“I just finished [my album], and balancing that and school was one of the hardest things I think I’ve ever done,” said Haage. “There are some nights where I’ll be up on my laptop until one or two in the morning, cranking out [music that] I’m working on.”

Haage said he would like to be involved in music in the future, regardless of the way that he pursues it.

“If my personal career doesn’t work out, I want to write for movies, and I want to teach,” Haage said.

He said he is currently focused on creating content, although he has performed at various parties.

“Without content, you can’t really play anything,” said Haage. “Getting the album out is definitely my number one priority because then, after that, I’ll have things to [perform].”

Haage said the prospect of releasing his new album is “a crazy feeling.”

“Putting out this vast amount of my work that I’ve been working on for this long, to finally just say, ‘It’s done,’ [is] weird,” Haage said.