Tracklist

  1. 01Chandelier
  2. 02Slipping (with Midnite Amity)3:31
  3. 03Space Elevator (with Shanic)3:49
  4. 04Stomp3:30
  5. 05Night
  6. 06Two Faced
  7. 07Now or Never
  8. 08The Messenger
  9. 09Show Me How
  10. 10Tethys4:27
  11. 11Wayward (with Audioscribe)3:39
  12. 12Reach

概要

Now or Never

This album explores cycles of time and change within my soul's incarnative human experience. I wanted to understand why my deepest core passions, attractions, fears, and mysteries exist—which led me towards 12 principal writings:

1. Chandelier unveils the cycle of oppression, containing the spark of the flames of rage against the forces of death and enslavement.

2. Slipping contours a path of attractions, slipping into magnetic new relationships for the better—or worse.

3. Space Elevator perspects the invisible allure of technology and infinite growth, and the blinding speed at which it changes everything.

4. Stomp reconnects with the depth of human ritual, where dance magnifies human frequencies into oneness with each other.

5. Night opens the life between shadows, inspiring the transcendance of ideas into a beautiful yet intense moonlit bloom.

6. Two-faced loves the process of deep change despite its inherent difficulty, and nurtures a new perspective on life.

7. Now or Never recognizes the moment of meeting the soular opposite, one who completes you time and time again.

8. The Messenger brings new urgency, to steward and protect against the systems which oppose true liberty.

9. Show Me How seeks inward, meditating for internal balance and exploration of inner worlds within the commotion and harsh noise of life.

10. Tethys marks the moment of awakening, a call towards starborn knowledge and the mystery of consciousness.

11. Wayward intertwines the loneliness of the outsider, burdened with difference, who cannot unsee the truth.

12. Reach purposes a finality of inner peace and joy, ascendence into that which is vital to all things: pure love.

This album flows through deep questions I feel as if I have answered for myself through writing this LP. I hope that it conveys a sense of mystery within your own life, and asks "why" more than it speaks answers. I wanted to give this music an opportunity to live within everyone, no matter someone's ability to afford it, so I am offering it as a pay-what-you-want experience. I am hopeful that you will love and cherish this album as I do, and can be your own light in the dark but beautiful world we inhabit together. May we change it for the better, even if just a little bit, every day we spend on earth. Sending you love and deep gratitude, always! - Justin

Credits

Justin Hawkes - Mixing, Mastering, Production, Vocals
Midnite Amity - Songwriting and Vocals (on Slipping)
Shanic - Songwriting and Production (on Space Elevator)
Audioscribe - Songwriting and Production (on Wayward)

Album Artwork and Single Artworks by Chase Yaws
Creative Direction by Chase Yaws and Sadler Milbrath

Released Independently by Drumcaste Collective, an artist advantaged AI-free label.

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