MP3 version. 

An electronic ode to looking within ones conscious. Exploring our experience of life as a human being. Our journey, from birth to death. 

The birth of the mix has a sweeping soft synth, symbolic of the romance and beauty of birth, however, the rather harsh rhythm that abruptly begins without warning represents the physical  brutality of our entry into this world. Moving quickly into a progressive, warm and simple phase, as we grow as children, at awe with our surroundings and our bodies. I hope this section expresses a child's belief of perpetual positive growth. 

The mix becomes darker and deeper, but maintains the progressive nature I wanted to embody during this next section. As we mature, our realisation of life and our self becomes more complex, nervous and confused in places. The intention of throwing in a well known track (Plastikman - Panikattak) symbolises something everyone can recognise with. This is the strong paternal role we naturally fall into as we give birth, and parent our own children. 

My intention is not to dwell on this long, as I wanted to focus on the life of 'a' being and so move quickly into 'the self' once more. The tracks having more depth to them at this stage in our life, as we are grappling with more and more distractions. However toward the finale of the mix, the last two tracks are percussive driven and less complex. As finally, in the later stages of existence, we feel we have learnt our vessels, become comfortable with our external surroundings, the practicalities of life are now understood and so I hope at this stage, this form of track leads us into a more mystical realm of our existence and our inner self. And then our bodies life ends, not tranquil, floating through water - but at peace with oneself, in acceptance of the inevitable.

Influenced by two masters in their field, Stewart Walker and Ted Hughes.

Representative of the journeys experience.

Inspired by the knowing of:

Dylan, Sofia, Fern, Ava, Maya and of course Rohan and Jago.

An Orphic Gaze WiT.Hin (An ode to Ted Hughes) MP3

A contemporary British paradox: social apathy & political anger.

A dark, twisted, sonically awkward mix. Inspired by, and, with the intention of highlighting the zeitgeist felt among British society 5 months before a general election: distant; unrepresented; threatened; indifference; detachment. 



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