From rock and metal to musicals and classics, and everything in between! A musician and a writer who has a passion for the brilliance of arts and the magnificence of culture.
We often underestimate how much meaning a sound can carry before we even begin to interpret it. Certain sounds are inseparable from memory, geography, ritual, and cultural experience; others acquire new meanings...
Some of the most interesting creative chapters begin when we least expect them. For 50mething, that chapter arrived at 58, with a decision to finally bring decades of ideas and a catalogue...
We often talk about music as an escape from reality, but sometimes it is less about escaping than figuring things out. “Bent Out of Shape” by Peter Manning Robinson emerges from precisely...
Somewhere between a heartbeat and a distant transmission, SATOSHI’s “Boundary Light” begins to glow. It feels like music arriving from somewhere just beyond reach, a place where memories lose their outlines, voices...
It is a remarkably simple statement, but in Ash L. Leif’s The Aegis Frequency, it feels almost like a battle cry. The anchor track, “I’m Still Right Here,” carries the weight of...
Electronic music has a tendency to equate intensity with impact. Bigger drops, heavier bass, and increasingly maximalist production often become the language of the genre. “Simplicity” by Thebrekka takes a different approach,...
If a city could have a playlist, Marbella would probably have very strong opinions about the bass. Anna Kam’s “Marbella” leans fully into the destination’s sun-soaked, international energy, combining Latin pop, reggaeton...
The most interesting thing about “Unicorn Stallions” by Cosmic Gloss might be the contradiction at its centre: a song built from electronic production that seems deeply preoccupied with the natural world. The...
From rock and metal to musicals and classics, and everything in between! A musician and a writer who has a passion for the brilliance of arts and the magnificence of culture.
