Australian renaissance man Ziggy Alberts has been asserting his presence as a purveyor of earnest music and the written word since 2011. His sixth album, “Dancing In The Dark”, comes with an alluringly minimalist sound that is processed and slick but doesn’t compromise its human touch. The ten songs here,Continue Reading
Is our willingness to trust an artist to be sincere based solely on intuition? In his paper “Trust and Sincerity in Art”, C. Thi Nguyen of the University of Utah wrote, “In aesthetic life, we trust each other to follow our own paths, so that it is more meaningful whenContinue Reading
Photo by Aishah Rahman Hope Whitelock – Kafkaesque indie rock Franz Kafka’s philosophical fiction is at once so surreal and hopeless that it was easier to coin the term “Kafkaesque” than to expect others to understand the mystically nightmarish quality of a given situation. Just imagine being turned into aContinue Reading
Two of the most intriguing states of mind are the hypnopompic, when you first wake up, and the hypnogogic, right before falling asleep. These moments often provide a mix of the waking and dream world, and Descartes noted it was when he did his best philosophizing. While they appear toContinue Reading
Swiss electronic duo Paraphon came together out of a mutual love of synthesizers. This is not surprising as their debut album, “Anecdotes of Wired Minds”, is built upon a foundation of crafted electronica and atmospheric mixes. Using the dreamy possibilities of synthesized sound as a catalyst for catchy pop melodies,Continue Reading
Being fragile in a world where stoicism is seen as the highest virtue is difficult. We are often forced to harden our soft inner nature to better fit society’s hard edges. And while fragile people can be beacons of light in our cruel world, showing us all the precious yetContinue Reading
The act of dreaming has long baffled even the brightest minds. While the accepted theory that dreams are random events helps to show function, it ignores the highly emotional aspect of dreaming. Nevertheless, dreams are one of the most incredible things about life. Waking life is generally painful, am IContinue Reading
Photo by Kaan Keskin Cypher – ground Electronic Cypher is a collaboration between artists arad acid, exael, mu tate & a special guest DJ. Environmental electronica is the order of the day on this sterling cut from the upcoming album “APPX:10 Glasgow”. Glitchy drums softly spread across the mix likeContinue Reading
Another summer is almost over, and another autumn is just around the corner. This time of year offers precious moments of retrospection; as the days get shorter, our thoughts contradictorily have more room to grow. Though there is a bittersweet tinge to the dwindling warmth, failed romances, and missed opportunities,Continue Reading
In the world of representational knowledge, words can deliver a weight of cultural associations. Even a word as simple as ‘shadow’ can instill in the receiver a world of dark and unknown mysticism. On the other hand, non-representational knowledge, such as music, relies only on the intuitive responses of theContinue Reading