Godspeed/You’ll See Me tonight With An Illegal Smile.

In Search of Sunrise

Track made for the new @dancingambiance project: Locus Focus. 

The goal of this series is highlighting different perceptions and interpretations of locations through a myriad of approaches with the ultimate goal of making cities more meaningful to their inhabitants.

My contribution to the Locus Focus project is inspired by the endless car journeys from the past to our summer holiday destination. Next to my father, in the front of the car, I listened to one trance mix after another on my Discman. The endless stream of asphalt kept looming front of me, soundtracked by the early mixes of Tiësto's "In Search of Sunrise''. The combination of this repetitive image and the music gave me feelings of euphoria, sometimes pure ecstasy. I sometimes crave that feeling of being in a trance, without worries hijacking my mind. 

Every now and then I catch a glimpse of the same feeling, here in Maastricht, when I look at the Maas through the living room window of my house on the Lage Kanaaldijk. This window faces east, so every morning I watch the sun rise over the never-ending stream of water. For me, the place where I live facilitates moments of trance. Sometimes I even stumble upon the same euphoria that I experienced back then.

In Search Of Sunrise

I did not fall heavily, nor did I feel any pain, but I felt so weak and unhappy that I buried my face in the ground: I could not bear the strain of seeing around me the things of the earth. I felt convinced that every movement and every thought was forced, and that one had to be one’s guard against them. Yet nothing seemed more natural than to lie here on the grass, my arms beside my body, my face hidden.

- Franz Kafka

Photo Berlin 2015.

Mix 3

Late night vinyl session staring at a snow-covered Volkspark Friedrichshain from a comfortable position indoors.

Mix 4

Snipes

mix recorded during the livestream at @platamorgana. 

from utopia to dystopia

Artwork by: BR M

"I'd consider myself a realist, alright? But in philosophical terms I'm what's called a pessimist... I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware. Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself - we are creatures that should not exist by natural law... We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, that accretion of sensory experience and feelings, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everbody's nobody... I think the honorable thing for our species to do is to deny our programming. Stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction - one last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal."

Rustin Cohle

Mix 5: Uto-dysto

My mix for the LET show at Red Light Radio - Amsterdam.

Red Light Radio: LET radio show w./ henna.essa

In anticipation of the new SS/18 Workwear drop by Ounce I made this construction-site inspired mixtape with some own work, work by friends and other artists.

#bringbackthereggeaton

Do what you want
Trying to avoid work

Opening pop-up Maastricht 15/06. 
www.ounceshop.com

Ounce Mixtape by henna.essa

Challenging Myself To Do A Million Projects At A Time.

Godspeed / You’ll See Me 2night With An Illegal Smile.

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