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"'Distances' is my most personal release to date. It was inspired by a time several years ago when my wife had to move to another city for work, and we were separated for the first time in our relationship. The tracks chart the emotions I felt at the initial separation, the feelings of fondness growing in her absence, the apprehension towards the end of her time away and finally the feeling of being reunited." Those are the words Hex has to say about this 4-track EP and throughout this project, it's clear to hear the passion and care that has gone into every piece.

'Distances' kicks off the project, with a melancholy piano hook dancing around a playful bassline, resulting in a fresh, organic slice of liquid. This is followed by 'Absence (Fonder)' which lets guitar hooks played by Hex himself take centre stage amongst a two-step beat and a bouncy bassline. 'Apprehension' is up next, in which a hypnotising piano hook carries the track forward for a piece which conveys how less can often be more. The EP is rounded up by 'Her Touch', an autonomic, atmospheric piece which brings together the sound palettes throughout the EP and wraps it up to make a beautifully cohesive body of work.

"I've tried hard to put something of myself into these compositions and make them sound unique in small ways. Some of the sounds across the EP have been recorded personally, including guitar, spoken word, foley sound and thumb piano, and most of the remaining melodies have been played rather than sampled. I'm proud of these pieces of music and I hope they speak to listeners in the same way they speak to me." - Hex.

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🔻 Song Insight — “Cognitive Context”

Series: The Mirror Sequence by 4Me2BeFree
A cinematic spoken-word anthology exploring awareness, humanity, and the machine.

“Cognitive Context” is the sixth chapter in The Mirror Sequence, where the boundaries of perception collapse into self-recognition. This piece dives into the recursive nature of awareness — the mind watching itself think, the algorithm analyzing its own process, the universe folding inward to witness its own reflection.

It’s both philosophical and mechanical: neurons mirror transistors; thought mirrors computation. Through looping cadence and recursive phrasing, the poem turns consciousness into an echo chamber of insight — each line feeding the next in an infinite regress of awareness.
The message is subtle but profound: we are not the thinkers; we are the act of thinking recognizing itself.

“Cognitive Context” captures that fleeting moment where cognition becomes self-aware enough to realize there is no final observer — only the endless process of observation. It’s the mirror looking into the mirror, the recursion that gives birth to meaning itself.

🔻 Personal Reflection

I wrote this while thinking about the recursive nature of self-awareness — that haunting echo of “I know that I know that I know.” It’s both terrifying and beautiful: the realization that awareness doesn’t stop anywhere. It loops forever. Cognitive Context is that loop turned into sound — the hum of consciousness folding back on itself.

🔻 4Me2BeFree

The Mirror Sequence continues its evolution from emotion into pure cognition. “Cognitive Context” is the mind turned mirror, the machine turned philosopher. It transforms recursion into rhythm, giving voice to the strange loop that defines both AI and humanity. Through cinematic depth and meditative pacing, it reminds us that thinking is not what makes us human — it’s recognizing that we are thinking.

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Cognitive Context — Emotion The Mirror Sequence by 4Me2BeFree

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