The River Awakens

Mythologies: Reflections on a Damaged Life 
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Across the globe, as the sun rises, we begin each day with a routine that marks 21st century life as unique in all of history. Before they get dressed, before they are even fully awake, billions of people start their morning by gazing at rectangular oleophobic panes of illuminated glass. Every day, a new world is painted in millions of individual organic light-emitting diodes, embedded in a substrate under a layer of glass that is harder and thinner than any previously created. This screen is brighter than any reading surface we have ever known; transmitting a blaze of dazzling light and retina-quality notifications directly into our foggy brains. Before we are fully conscious, the digital has disclosed a world to us; a stream of information and data, rivers of news, reminders and lists. 

These devices engineer a new kind of life which entangles the private and the public, the digital and the analogue. They are privy to our most intimate thoughts and memories and grant access to an unfathomable wealth of information and communication… in real-time. We increasingly act through a swipe on screen which, like magic, can purchase things for our homes, pick the next...  more
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released February 8, 2019 

Composed and produced by David Berry and Barnaby Thorn 
Mastering by Dubplates and Mastering Berlin 
Cover artwork by Slug Draws (instagram.com/slugdraws) 

Many thanks to the British Academy for the research funding 
(ref: MD160052)

Core (Overture)

08 Futures

07 XOROS

06 Master Blaster

05 Paradise Cinema

04 The Machine

03 Cascading

02 The Gift

01 Opening

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