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Hydranism

Peat Fire Morning

Drug Cabin - California - Unmastered version

Alouette

Divinations

Marseille

Velveteen

Blue Left Hand

Riverside

I. Opening Invocation (3× cycles, soft but firm)

Call (immersion)
REAL–I–TY DOESN’T EX–IST IN LIEU OF US — — /

Echo (relation)
REAL–I–TY EX–ISTS IN CON–JUNC–TION WITH US — — /

Mirror (seal)
EVERY–THING EX–ISTS (.) WI–THIN A RE–LA–TION OF IT–SELF — — //

(repeat 3×, each time louder as if unveiling a truth)

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II. Mantra Layers

Layer 1 — Relationship of All Things
E–VERY AC–TION / FROM SAY–ING HEL–LO — — /
TO PICK–ING UP PA–PER / TO LIS–TEN–ING TO RE–AL–I–TY — — /
SIGNS ARE A–ROUND US / WE ARE IM–MERSED — — //

Layer 2 — Contrast & Reference
EVERY–THING THAT IS = CON–TRAST — — /
DIFF–ER–ENCE = NEED TO KNOW THE O–THER SIDE — — /
O–THER SIDE NEEDS RE–FER–ENCE — — /
WI–THOUT RE–FER–ENCE DIFF–ER–ENCE DOESN’T KNOW — — /
WI–THOUT DIFF–ER–ENCE RE–FER–ENCE DOESN’T EX–IST — — //

Layer 3 — Duality & Presence
DU–AL–I–TY CAN–NOT CALL US WI–THOUT MAT–TER — — /
EN–ER–GY DOESN’T MAT–TER WI–THOUT BE–ING PRE–SENT — — /
PRE–SENT DOESN’T COUNT WI–THOUT COUNT–ING OUR TIME — — //

Layer 4 — Time as Gift
OUR TIME CAN A–MOUNT FOR MORE MO–MENTS BY BE–ING PRE–SENTS — — /
UN–A–BLE TIME IS UN–DER–STOOD DE–SIGN — — //

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III. Ignition Refrain (seal the axiom)

EVERY–THING = RE–LA–TION — — /
RE–LA–TION = CON–TRAST — — /
CON–TRAST = CRE–A–TION — — /
CRE–A–TION = PRES–ENCE — — //

WE COUNT TIME — — / TIME COUNTS US — — /
WE ARE PRES–ENTS (.) / PRE–SENTS = MO–MENTS — — — — //

Relational Axiom — Everything Is Related

A Prayer for Protection is a meditative invocation based on the sacred Sanskrit hymn “Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu.” This soulful mantra honors the Divine Mother as the living presence of peace, strength, and love within all beings. A prayer of surrender and trust — a reminder that true protection arises from awakening the divine light within. This is a short version, find the original 22-min version on Bandcamp and other platforms.

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A Prayer for Protection (short version)

That Payphone

Picture You Staring

Way to be Loved

Paranoid Cocoon

I Am The Changer

Saturn Over Sunset

Blue Cigar

Three is the magic number for The Cactus Channel. The ever-evolving Melbourne collective’s third album represents a new consciousness and a decisive turning point. Unloosed from their earlier incarnation as an instrumental soul and funk band into something wilder, a little darker and heavier, the new album sees The Cactus Channel diving in deep to dreamlike soundtracks, electrifying wig-outs and woozy meditations.

There were signifiers along the road; a boundary-splintering EP with  Ball Park Music  singer Sam Cromack last year, following a 7” single collab with Nick Murphy, released as  The Cactus Channel feat. Chet Faker . These outings were a glimpse of the alchemy of adding vocals to the band’s typically intuitive, instrumental arrangements. And now with the band’s own Lewis Coleman stepping up to the mic, a vocal dimension has become part of The Cactus Channel’s fully formed, signature sound.

This new embodiment of The Cactus Channel is of the cultural moment, akin to the vibrational path-crossing of fellow travellers such as Badbadnotgood, Unknown Mortal Orchestra & Menahan Street Band. The band flexes their classic soul and funk influences whilst expanding their own songwriting along psychedelic paths, adding weight and substance to their melodic and rhythmic axis.

Looking back to when The Cactus Channel formed in high school, united by shared interests and a shared sense of humour, they were always set to walk this new path. A love of soul music and the kind of hip hop, jazz, and alternative releases that spring from it, meant that from the beginning The Cactus Channel have prided themselves not just on eclecticism, but on the constant sharing of influences among their members; exploring new influences and sonic territories.

The Cactus Channel - Stay A While

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Peat Fire Morning

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