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My Bambi

My Bambi is an experimental artist out of Asheville, North Carolina. His latest DIY project is an indie diamond in the rough — a sonic ensemble of gnarly guitar work and wicked fuzz.

And now without further ado, here is the lo-fi masterpiece “autoways” off My Bambi’s latest album, whitedaewoo.

Lukka

NYC-based Lukka is a psychedelic wanderer — taking music of the sixties and seventies and putting her very own spin on a sometimes worn genre. The result is a fresh, yet hypnotic dose of dopamine-inducing vibrations.

Lukka’s eclectic aura of vintage vocals and iridescent soundscapes transports one to a place far from the worries and angst of our semi-translucent reality.

Here is Lukka’s latest release — “Black Hole Fusion”. Listen and dig.

“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.” — Sagan

The Royal Palms

Transmitting from somewhere in Los Angeles, CA — The Royal Palms lull us into a timeless sleepy slow dance with their new track, “Summer Girl“.

Reverb-drenched vocals, guitars, and sounds of the ocean are the foundation for this classic track. It’s one for the ages.

As the twilight of summer rests its weary head, a cool wind drifts through the land, bringing with it a new season of life.

Check out The Royal Palms’ new EP on Spotify and/or Soundcloud.

“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.” — Sagan

NVDES

Photograph Courtesy of the Instagram of NVDES

“Mind Body Soul Music“ by LA-based artist NVDES is an intense track from the Jungle of a metropolitan wasteland. An homage to an era now gone. A sort of gyrating masterpiece of authentic movement and frantic desperation set to the colorful world of NVDES.

Here’s the first music video of an eleven part video series.

The vocals take one back to a time of iconoclastic galore. A sort of contemporary throwback to the classic dance track.

“Mind Body Soul Music” was filmed in Idyllwild, CA at the Infamous Hicksville Pines Bud and Breakfast. Here, we meet the first character of the story, Flocky.

Check him out on Soundcloud, and here’s a link to his website.

“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.” — Sagan

Darby

Photograph Courtesy of Darby’s Instagram

The old town of Cologne, Germany spins in tonal hues of browns and grey, lost and vacant…

Darby’s “Cologne Was Coming Down From The Moon“ is a classic folk tale of poignant story-telling. A labyrinth of shallow faces looking through the window glass — lost and wandering the unknowable.

The track was recorded live at One Flight Up studios earlier this year.

The psychedelic soundscape and earthy vocals are reminiscent of a modernized Joni Mitchell fronted Fleetwood Mac. A cosmic dance into the underworld of indie art.

Keep up with Darby on Facebook, and listen to her latest tracks on Soundscloud.

“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.” — Sagan

Living The Dream: The Path To Self-actualization

Without a dream, you have nothing

The first and very most important step in becoming an artist, or anything for that matter, is the conception of a dream, or vision.

One could write a book on this very subject alone. But I will keep this short and sweet.

Fulfilling your dream simply means that one is realizing his or her destiny. It’s your true inner self. Your divine calling. It’s your passion. Your pursuit of happiness. It’s the taking of your vision and making it a reality. It’s a sort of transmutation, or psycho-alchemy.

If you’re a writer, you must write. A painter, you must paint. A musician, you must make music.

If you neglect your true inner self, you will live a stagnant life of remorse

It’s difficult sometimes to believe, but many people overlook this primary step, and oftentimes fail before they ever begin. Or worse yet, never even try.

What good is an audience if you have nothing of value to give them?

Just as the salesman must have a product to sell. The artist must have art in order for it to be consumed.

Sometimes one must stop everything they’re doing, disconnect, and sit down to create, dream, experiment, and venture off into the noxious vapors of the great unknown.

The cosmos is your canvas and sonic vibrations your medium

If you make it back alive, you might just be in possession of something that could forever alter the universe.

Don’t be like the mocking bird and imitate what you think will sell, what you think is in, or what you think is cool. Push the boundaries and create something new, something revolutionary, something that will cement your name in the illustrious halls of humankind.

I’m not sure where music, or technology is headed, but I know that it is evolving into something I am not yet able to comprehend, so I feel the best course of action for us to take is to create the most beautiful thing we’re able to conjure up, and then just sit back and see where it takes us.

You wrote your masterpiece ages ago, the only task now is for you to remember it

Let the process of making art take its course and act merely as a sort of conduit to the cosmos. Interpret what you hear, what you feel, and don’t force it. Hold nothing back. And remember that the only thing you have to lose is something you don’t even yet have.

The world is for the taking, all you must do is reach out and take it. It’s simply a matter of the will.

Fulfilling your dream could take months, it could take years, and in many cases it could take a lifetime. Just know that the day you give up on your dream, all will be lost. A part of you will die off, and the dream will fade away, just as your reality will eventually dissipate into a fine mist of nothingness.

Closing thoughts

Perhaps artificial intelligence will hi-jack music from mankind and create something now in·con·ceiv·a·ble. However, I have an innate feeling that for as long as the human race is in existence, they will most enjoy music, or any art for that matter, created by their own kind. I also have a sinking feeling that music, or beauty of any kind, will be of no value to the machine world.

You are your ultimate masterpiece, but still try and enjoy the ride while it lasts my friends. It will all be over before you know it. In the meantime, reach for a higher place, and evolve your consciousness with art.