diff --git a/content/along-rivers.dj b/content/along-rivers.dj new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff415e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/along-rivers.dj @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +title = "Out now: along rivers, forever adrift." +id = "doc?20251201-along-rivers" +updated = "2025-12-01T10:26:00+01:00" +tags = ["all", "music", "shower"] + ++++ + +```=html + +``` + +Today is a very special day, because it marks the release of my first music album since 2020. + +_along rivers, forever adrift,_ is the culmination of the work I did during [music making weeks][page:music-making-week.dj], polished up, tied together into a continuous mix, and mastered to sound great on your favourite pair of headphones. + +_along rivers, forever adrift,_ is a mixture of styles and inspirations. +It takes you through spacious ambiences, nostalgic soundscapes, and lovely little melodies, influenced by the likes of [Kettel](https://kettel.bandcamp.com/album/re-through-friendly-waters), [Secede](https://secede.bandcamp.com/album/tryshasla), [The Flashbulb](https://theflashbulb.bandcamp.com/album/opus-at-the-end-of-everything), [C418](https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/excursions), [Disaster](https://disasterpeace.bandcamp.com/album/fez-ost)[peace](https://disasterpeace.bandcamp.com/album/hyper-light-drifter-original-video-game-soundtrack). +Yet there's still something unique. +A part of me. + +I already briefly mentioned this on its Bandcamp page, but making this album made me smile and cry way too often. +It's a labour of love, and I hope it can make you feel something beautiful, as much as it did for me. + +--- + +A while ago, back in June 2022, I made a song called [_on uncertainty_](https://daknus.bandcamp.com/track/on-uncertainty) for Dad. +It was the first time he'd heard my music in a while, and I was happy to hear him say this song sounds like something that could go on the radio. + +I cherish these words greatly. + +While making this album, each day I managed to make a song that sounded "radio-worthy," I felt like the happiest, most fulfilled person on Earth. + +Making a song a day was absolutely magical, and did wonders on the quality of my music. +Suddenly, I felt like my creativity bloomed, my production skills were unshackled, and I was making more of those radio-worthy songs than I could ever imagine. + +I was no longer some bloke who makes music from time to time.\ +For just a brief moment... I felt like a real musician. + +For some time already, I didn't have faith I could be great at anything else than writing computer programs. +This album changed my mind. + +It's good to know I can find happiness in something other than programming. + +--- + +Thank you for reading this far. + +If I didn't manage to convince you to take a listen, here's my last attempt: this album is like taking the best out of ambient, hip-hop, chiptune, idm, and jazz, and smashing them together into an emotional journey of self-discovery along rivers, mountains, forests, beaches, tea fields, wetlands. + +You can [buy the album exclusively from Bandcamp](https://daknus.bandcamp.com/album/along-rivers-forever-adrift), in delicious lossless FLAC quality.\ +I promise you won't regret it. diff --git a/static/css/doc.css b/static/css/doc.css index cacbaf6..0de38ae 100644 --- a/static/css/doc.css +++ b/static/css/doc.css @@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ main.doc { } } + & iframe.bandcamp { + grid-column: main; + padding: 0.5lh 0; + } + & .wide { grid-column: left-wide / right; }