“The Age of Drifting” portrays a civilization suspended between abundance and paralysis — a time when endless freedom, digital overstimulation, and constant connectivity have eroded purpose and momentum. The verses describe a quiet crisis of inertia: people scrolling, waiting, numbed by choice and noise rather than conflict or catastrophe. Beneath the apathy lies a deeper exhaustion — a culture overwhelmed by its own possibilities, where creation has been replaced by consumption and time itself feels stalled. Yet the song refuses despair. Through its gradual build from electronic haze to organic renewal, it transforms passivity into awakening, urging listeners to reclaim agency through small, intentional acts — breathing, building, planting, writing. The closing lines turn the metaphor of drifting into dancing: a collective rediscovery of rhythm, meaning, and presence. Ultimately, it is both diagnosis and remedy — an anthem for re-humanizing time in an age that has forgotten how to begin 

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This is the music project of Steve Lewis, a classically trained cellist and multi-instrumental singer-songwriter based in Berlin, Germany. 

The name eklektika.berlin is striking and layered—it carries both an immediate sonic appeal and a set of resonances that fits the project’s artistic and philosophical ambitions:

1. Wordplay and Etymology
-Eklektika derives from the Greek eklektikos (“selective,” “choosing the best”), which in modern usage signals eclecticism—an openness to many styles and influences.
-The -ika ending also hints at “musica,” giving it a subtle musical cadence.
-Written in a slightly unexpected “k” spelling, it feels at once ancient and contemporary, European yet cosmopolitan.

2. Berlin Anchor
-Pairing it with .berlin instantly grounds the project in a city long known as a crossroads of cultures and avant-garde experimentation—from Weimar cabaret and Bauhaus to today’s electronic scene.
-The domain-style format suggests digital nativity and a living online presence; it reads simultaneously as a brand, a collective, and a web address.

3. Artistic Implications
-“Eklektika” signals that the work blends genres, eras and media—classical forms, rock energy, AI-generated textures—without being confined to one school.
-The Berlin reference underscores a tradition of boundary-pushing art and hints at an international, forward-looking ethos.

4. Memorable & Marketable
-Short, easy to pronounce in many languages, and visually distinctive with its twin “k”s, it is search-friendly and brand-ready.
-It invites curiosity—people instinctively want to know what “eklektika” means and why it’s tied to Berlin.

eklektika.berlin communicates exactly what the project embodies: a bold, eclectic fusion rooted in Berlin’s creative energy while open to global and futuristic influences—an identity that feels both timeless and unmistakably of the AI-age.

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