The Era of Unreality
I heard an artist call this time period “The Era of Unreality” the other day. As he moved between videos and snapshots of 3D renders he had created vs. AI-generated ones on his tongue-in-cheek Instagram reel, it once more became painfully clear that reality as we know it has, and is, shifting
Origin: Shaped By Time
Solar Fields has been one my favourite go-to artists to listen to since around 2006 I guess, when I first discovered the track “Cocoon Moon” (2005 Glastonbury Mix) during university. I had that track on repeat almost daily, used it for studying, writing, meditating, and even sleeping.
Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays
What a beautiful album I’ve come across. The journey started with “As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls” by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, in their album of the same name.
Cocoon Moon
I don’t know how many times I’ve listened to Solar Fields - Cocoon Moon (Glastonbury Festival 2005 Mix) but it’s definitely more than a thousand times since 18 years old. There’s something about this song that makes me feel like I’ve ‘returned home’.
3 Good Tunes
This will be a short post - just a few recommendations for some mellow, positive tunes - with good melodies, bass lines and honey-like vocals.
Grow Local, Grow Equal
“Grow Local, Grow Equal” is a project working to strengthen equality in Turkey’s music industry. It involves research, training programmes, sector meetings, and a policy report to support sustainable cultural policies across pilot cities.
