Boris Rogowski – The Darkness of Future Past
(out on piano and coffee records on November 7, 2025)

Jonas Burgwinkel—drums
Viktorija Kukule—vocals
Roland Muenchow—flute
Boris Rogowski—keyboards, (bass) guitar, percussion, programming, vocals
David Schuette—cello
Isabelle Seemann—vocals

Press info:
Somehow, Boris Rogowski’s The Darkness of Future Past manages to go from Renaissance and Baroque influences and minimalist piano pieces via Ambient all the way to arena-sized pop music. It has no right to work, but it works perfectly. I don’t know how.
If I had only one word to describe its general mood, I would call it haunting. And the album itself is haunted, too, by the ghosts of the past, of classical composers (Orlando DiLasso, Eric Satie and Alfred Schnittke explicitly, many others lurk in the shadows) and more recent musical specters. It’s called The Darkness of Future Past, and yes, that’s a Twin Peaks reference… but let’s not make too much of it, there are no real connections (I think!) except for a general love of mystery, darkness and beauty.

In contrast to Rogowski’s 2023 album The Waste Land that was largely defined by a good amount of classical rigor, consistent chamber instrumentation and a complete lack of vocals, The Darkness of Future Past is almost loose: We have long, winding instrumental pieces that straddle Ambient (The Past, Like a Strange Bird), Minimalism (The Bloom and the Flutter) and Jazz noir (the title piece). They are humming with sounds and melodies that always seem in a state of either synthesis or decay, giving way to one another or sticking around in the form of eerie echo loops that build up a dreamlike musical structure always on the verge
of collapsing into itself.
Those long-form soundscapes, some of which feature ominous spoken Journal Entries, alternate with solo piano pieces that sound like at least three different instruments—but were, in fact, all recorded with an old upright built in 1906 by some regal German manufacture. The audaciously titled Gymnopedie No. 4 wears its influence on its sleeve—and delivers on its promise: Rogowski’s love, respect and understanding of the original works of Eric Satie shine through in every note. Similarly, the other piano pieces, from the tiptoeing Sleeping Dogs to the dreamy, improvisational One Lonely Autoresponder Message, feel a bit like memory palaces—reminiscent of music that has always been around, but at the same time very much their own beasts.
And then, of course, we have the songs: Nothing Wrong is strikingly beautiful, its sparse musical arrangement serving as the perfect bed for Rogowski’s falsetto and the ghostly choir backing it. breatheINbreatheOUT is downright scary, like a field recording of some strange initiation rite: The words ‘breathe in, breathe out, it’s all right/mankind is no longer your kind’ are delivered in a moody croon that seems to channel the later Scott Walker.
And then, just when you think you have finally figured out how this album works, it leaves you with Them!, a monolithic sound colossus that begins as a shoegaze-y electro pop song and develops over 6 minutes into an arena-sized hymn with an otherworldly female voice lamenting ‘What a lonely world’ over and over. Rogowski did much of the work on The Darkness of Future Past in a desert cabin near Joshua Tree—maybe he passed Coachella on his way back; that, at least, would be a good explanation of the sound of Them!

There is a very clear and distinct consciousness of the past, and there are projections into the future that are as nebulous as they are frightening. The Darkness of Future Past has the power to conjure up mysteries, to shed just the right amount of light on them and keep us intrigued—without ever giving them up or serving us easy explanations. The beauty of the music itself remains a secret, one that Boris Rogowski as its composer seems hell-bent on protecting. After all, no-one needs to know who killed Laura Palmer.

One Lonely Autoresponder Message

Journal Entry #3—The Future, Our Present

Breathe IN Breathe OUT

Journal Entry #1—The Past, Like A Strange Bird

Journal Entry #2—The Bloom and the Flutter : DiLasso, Schnittke, Goats, Ghosts

Them!

A Pane of Glass

Gymnopedie No 4

The People’s Pen is more than music — it’s a movement. Michael V gives voice to every soul that’s been silenced, every story written in struggle, every hand raised for unity. Blending soul, R&B, and raw street poetry, this album speaks truth to power with grace and grit. Each track — from “March Like Memory” to “Ode to Black Men” to “Resurrection of Us” — builds a portrait of resilience, anger, hope, and rebirth. It’s the cry of Black, Brown, and marginalized voices demanding to be heard, the reminder that peace is power, and unity is the revolution. This is the sound of the people taking the pen back — rewriting history, one verse at a time.

Colonized Minds

The Brown Line

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Something a bit more chilled. Beautiful version of an old skool anthem running underneath it.

Last Rhythm x Choose Life

You & I Are Earth - Live At The Storeroom (ft. Lury Amagawa)

When I was in third grade, Ms. Robinette sent me up to the fifth grade wing of Will Rogers Elementary to study poetry with the big kids. She recognized my quick and hungry brain, and figured this was one way to divert boredom.

I had recently picked out a pair of bright blue wooden clogs during a rare shopping expedition, and wore them everywhere. Once a week, I clopped through the empty, echoing halls – a thrill in and of itself – and took my place at the round table of slightly taller children. There I learned about wordplay and rhythm, alliteration and assonance, onomatopoeia and imagery. It was the best hour of school, by far. To this day, I still love e.e. cummings.

In seventh grade, writing a poem was the assignment. Who me?! Give me algebra where there’s a right and wrong! So sure that I simply could not do it – that it would never be good enough – that I plagiarized an obscure Cat Stevens song and turned it in. Later, my best friend Melvin was in charge of putting together a book of our poems and could not comprehend why I refused to participate.

Poetry kept knocking at my door. In my twenties, I typed up my mother’s verses for publication. And one day, words eased out of me – they would no longer be denied.

In my thirties, supposedly a choreography major, I enrolled in every single writing course at college. Essays, short and long fiction, poetry of every stripe, plays. I became the editor-in-chief of the student journal and wrote profiles and articles. I created books and art on printing presses. Attended bookfests. The flow was unstoppable.

So of course the Not-Good-Enoughs kicked in, big-time. Huge backlash. Crashed and burned. Allowed others to dictate my dance.

Don’t do that.

I moved to Olympia. Enrolled in a creative non-fiction class. Finished my PI novel (Shoulds are for Saints) and started another. Created books by hand. Crashed writers’ conferences. Taught at writers’ conferences. Trained as a DJ and hosted The Literary Lounge on a local radio station. Produced poetry events, including a Dead Women’s Poetry Slam, costumes required. Published the explosive essay “Free Love Ain’t” in the Seal Press anthology, Wild Child.

The flow was back.

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“traipse into stillness”* (a poem)

traipse into stillness 
barefoot in tandem 
circling growth, death 
earthbound spirals 
wax, wane 
excessive gestures fly


*from the upcoming book of poems and paintings, Dance First, Ask Questions Later

Photo of Shé dressed as poet H.D. with an oyster shell necklace to honor scientist Hypatia, 2000

Undeniable

I HOPE

Love interlude

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3. Dead Faggot Freestyle #7 - 6:18

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A poet’s prospective; Sharing my world trough Spoken words, Music & Art. I intend to collaborate/feature extraordinary talented Artist/Friends along this journey to success. fully being myself with slight adjustments(Growth). Please be as transparent adding questions, constructive criticism, concerns & Opinions. I’d be honored to have an active audience being that its risky & challenging touching the topics at hand & ahead being our world isn’t as open minded. BUT WE ARE ENTITLED THE 1STS AMENDMENT/FREEDOM OF SPEECH to which are no laws. Let's speak freely & respect all personal opinions.  You all have played a major role in my growth & I hope to Inspire, Advocate, Educate, Uplift & Empower those listening publicly & silently. Don’t construe, distort or perceive my messages, note these are my own personal experiences shining light on the topics that’s hard to publicly talk on & accept. I intend to upkeep a positive mindset for its EASY to jump out of character into ignorance &  being adults in all accuracy its sad but its common that it’s norm we all fall short of everything other then raw kindness. But we're perfectly imperfect & hopefully evolving into becoming better individuals motivated by our own thoughts, mindset & habits. To add I've learned & applied this accurate known key-fact to support self growth. Environmental change, crowds kept, places even steps back from an unhealthy home,  leading to some of our unfortunate mishaps. 
WE ARE products of our environment & sometimes unconsciously. Acknowledge it  & work towards  changing it. HARD?! EXTREMELY being that our brain is already taught & programed, accepting that nothing is wrong nor required changing or adjusting. Change doesn’t always mean that somethings wrong , change is growth, evolving, learning & being able to adapt in anything that’s growing. 
I hope to keep you all inquisitively engaged as we learn & empower each other more so shine light in those dark areas of our lives. In a world with so many opinions may we adhere to our own individually becoming the change we wish to see.
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