Name: Something In The Background by Cinematic
Duration: 5 min 23 s
Description: Sure it's life as usual, but there's something in the background getting access to everything. We're relying more and more on AI, while it should enhance our agency, we're depending on it and even let it make decisions.

Not This (24/02/2022) by Irina

My heart is bleeding, worn and torn
Do not resuscitate
I don’t know where I am from
In a crisis state

Believed in better, trusted lies
At least I had some pride
But now, a war before my eyes
The terror bona fide

Unsure of my identity
What will keep me safe
Culture losing sanctity
Digging its own grave

Hypocrisy and bitter crime
“Civilians won’t be harmed”
Strangled by the darkest time
The Earth – shaken, alarmed

Although I’m not responsible
I’m feeling shame and guilt
I thought it wasn’t possible
But they grabbed the hilt

A slash, another, children scream
Displaced by politicians
God, let this be an awful dream
Inhumane conditions

My heart is bleeding, worn and torn
I cannot bear to witness
Generations not yet born
Never seeing kindness

Endless sanctions, tensions, greed
Fighting one another
Nothing’s ever been agreed
Upon I now discover

Who am I? Afraid to ask
Powerless, that’s what
Distance is no easy task
Cannot stay afloat

A ghost has occupied my place
Emotions go to slumber
Cannot bear to see my face
While fields shall burn to umber

Aggression, a cold-blooded act
But real blood will be spilled
How many people won’t know home
How many will be killed

Historical event, God, no
Don’t want to live through this
My heart is broken, all time low
Not this, not this, not this


Music in background: 
Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar I. Adagio - Moderato
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Maria Kliegel, cello
Michael Halasz, conductor

Not This

Cover of 'Strangers in the Night', arranged and performed by Nic Evennett, 2022. Featuring Jules Bangs on bass. 
Mastered by Adam Ellis, Deadline Studios
Artwork: Nic Evennett

Out now.  All proceeds to The Specialized Project. 
https://nicevennett.bandcamp.com/track/strangers-in-the-night

As featured on The Specialized Project, 'Our Way - The Rat Pack Collection' boxset, released November 2022. 
Find more details here on the boxset and the fantastic work the project do. 

https://specializedproject.com/product/our-way-the-rat-pack-collection-cd/

Strangers In The Night - Nic Evennett feat. Jules Bangs - OUT NOW

A CD's worth of Max musings. An assembly of recordings I've made over the past 10 years or so, mostly constructed from my own Max patches, with  bit of guitar, keys and bass thrown in here and there.

1. A Moment In Time (binaural)

🔥Deep Melodic House & Techno🔥  //APRIL 2025//

Words & Music © Nic Evennett, 2019, 2025. 

For Helen 

Let me be water,
And feel with flowing arms,
Seeking the corners
Then flowing, flowing.
And evermore I'll float.
There, I will linger.
There, I'll find stillness.

I'll only keep moments
And a calm heart.
No one could hold me down -
Slip through tangled hand.
And I will sing their songs -
The voice of the coral,
The melody of the sands.

Be.
Beautifully dawning.

The words of a dreamer,
The messenger of the sea.

~

The Letter ~ For Helen

Sure it's life as usual, but there's something in the background getting access to everything. We're relying more and more on AI, while it should enhance our agency, we're depending on it and even let it make decisions.

Something In The Background

seven minutes of a self-generating Buchla 200e patch.  love the randomly subtle timbral shifts and articulations that arise.  listen in a large room if possible or headphones otherwise.  this patch almost seems to breathe. to see a photo and video of the patch go to http://m.matrixsynth.com/2012/08/krell-muzak-by-todd-barton-on-buchla.html

Krell Muzak 1

Words & Music © Nic Evennett 2021
Beat by FL Souto, mangled by Nic

midnight songs...

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under this hood of mine,
I walk the night
to find you.
the moon says,
"I promise you, I promise you, 
go this way."
the click, click, clicking of my heels
and my tongue
swallowed by fog. 
there's nothing more.
will I find you?
will I find you?

find you

Something In The Background

Cinematic

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