It is thought that 13.8 billion years ago the Universe underwent a period of rapid “inflation” in the very first moments of its existence. A big bang, a 3 dimensional ripple set forth in time creating everything we see around us, and everything that is yet to come.

As we look to the stars today, we see ancient ripples of light that have travelled for light years to meet our eyes, from orbs of gases that may well be extinguished. Cast your vision in...

Every element of every breath that was ever taken on earth is still in circulation right now in some combination or another. From the dinosaur that passed wind, to Albert Hoffmans heavy panting whilst riding his bike, you, and I are constantly respiring throughout our whole bodies and back out to into the body of the world and everything in it. A constant ripple inward and out that will continue for eternity.

In a blink of geological time, 900 years, Ancient sunlight in the form of coal was found in Europe and asia and busily extracted and burnt adding to the intensity of agricultural practices that have allowed our obese populations to balloon epically out of synch with nature.

The abundance of human food supply was, until the past few hundred years, largely determined by how much sunlight hit the ground. This is shown by our equators that are naturally teeming with life and how our poles are relatively devoid of natural life.

Every life form on the surface of this planet is here because a plant was able to gather sunlight and store it, and something else was able to eat that plant and take that sunlight-energy in to power its body.

We are therefore, all ultimately made out of sunlight. And maybe you don’t know you're a star, but you should.

Welcome to the 10th release from Bumble. This album stretches the musical expanses, to deliver a positive 10 songs, heavy with organic instrumentation and lathered with sub and squelchy frequencies. This balance of tracks delves through the deeper downbeat realms of the concept whilst also providing up beat and bright funk inspired dance floor treats. 

Keplunk!

Tales from the bilge 

Welcome to the deep blue sea. 

All life on our blue planet came from the sea. Scientists believe that over 4000 million years ago, a perfect soup of singled celled organisms was graced by the perfect amount of sunlight and slowly, very slowly over millions of years, through a process of combination, competition and most importantly symbiosis developed more complex organisms. Fast forward to this moment where YOU are simultaneously listening to ‘Tales from the Bilge’, processing the syntax on this page through reading, banking the information for the future, and hopefully being moved by this sensory experience while developing a deeper love and respect for the sea, the planet, and your fellow human and animal beings. 

You are the result of 4,000 millions of years of circumstances and chance that delivered you this specific moment, and it is whatever you wish it to be. I thank you for sharing it with me. 

In April 2018, I traversed the widest and deepest ocean in the world : The Pacific Ocean. I listened to the sea and saw the endless unseen wild wilderness that exists beyond the lands edge. For 23 days, this blue expanse filled my world to the horizon for 360 degreees, unbroken by land or any form in every direction — a continual eternity of nothingness and everythingness. 

The bones of this album were written in that space between it all, and brought me understanding and solace during this intense journey. 

We were three individuals on a 38-foot object floating in an ocean so big that when zoomed out on a map, we disappeared into an infinitesimal speck amidst an endless field of blue. As night fell and the billions of stars of the cosmos came into view overhead, the universal resolution became clear: 

We are small, however our combined impact is not. 

During our voyage, I saw more plastic than should ever be visible along a single path through what is the most remote wilderness in the world. We also witnessed massive mega trawlers in action hugging the international waters border and pillaging this natural wilderness like never before. Trawlers longer than 200 meters on multi-month voyages to fill the bellies of their freezers and feed the unchecked consumption of the East and West. 


Although the great forests of our planet create significant amounts of oxygen and our/my connection to land is stronger. The oceans were our mothers belly, where we all came from and they are the real lungs of the planet and a dominant force in the climatic cycles of our planet.

I had never sailed an iota before pushing off. Though a sublime adventure, the journey was also persistent monotony and brought mind-bending pattern breaking as I simultaneously gazed outward and inward. The sea’s great waves smashed up against the hulls and shores the shores of our minds as perpetual sleep deprivation took its toll. It is only once you whittle away all the fluff that you realise we are all doing the best we can. 


I hope this tale finds you well, my fellow voyager. Be gentle to the earth and to yourself; we are all learning how to sail for the first time on an ocean that can throw chaos at us at any moment. 
And if you have some extra bandwidth, please think of what you can do for your water kin. 

All Bumble and Merkaba Music Label proceeds from this album will be donated to SEA SHEPARD AUSTRALIA to support their positive work. 


Though I am happy to be on land again, I am grateful for my opportunity to sync with the endless waves and creatures of the sea. 

I hope you meet some as you enjoy Tales from the Bilge and glimpse my journey. 

Look forward to sailing and dancing with you all soon. 
credits
released September 1, 2018 

Mastering: Mindex 
Cover art: Arcadea - Ravian budde
license
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Tales from the Bilge

Liquid Ventilation

Amphibelle Remixed -- Pay what you want at https://aquaticcollective.bandcamp.com/album/amphibelle-remixed

100% of proceeds go to support indigenous land rights and provide clean water for families in Ecuador via Amazon Frontlines AND all donations will be matched and doubled.

vocals by: lily fangz
Follow Shanti: https://soundcloud.com/youniversalshanti

08. Amphibule (Shanti Re:birth)

Amphibelle Remixed -- Pay what you want at https://aquaticcollective.bandcamp.com/album/amphibelle-remixed

100% of proceeds go to support indigenous land rights and provide clean water for families in Ecuador via Amazon Frontlines AND all donations will be matched and doubled.

Follow Earthcry: https://soundcloud.com/earthcry

03. Gorse (Earthcry Remix)

Chaos Spores

Numinous 01

NUMINOUS 01

A Path Untold - A Day In The Sun

Returning to SmallPrint Recordings for the first time since 2018, Edinburgh based Khromi unveils 'Astral Dimensions', his debut LP and most ambitious record to date. Today I have the pleasure of presenting the record's title track, just one of ten original, star gazing tracks rooted in the world of deep dubstep, including a couple of wicked collaborations.

Read more - honeyandbass.com/khromi-astral-dimensions-sphq002-hnybss-premiere/
Follow - @Khromi @SmallPrintRecordings

Khromi - Astral Dimensions (SPHQ002) [HNYBSS Premiere]

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://digitalwhomp.bandcamp.com/album/magic-know

FREE DOWNLOAD

Structural Anomaly - Know

Lobster Mobster

Lazer Moon Raptors

Root Movement

Making dissociative ear candy since 2008.  Best experienced through a big sound system in the red woods, or your favorite local tree.  Originally from Santa Cruz, now living on the big island.

Root Movement

FractalDragon