Album - The Awakening
Released On January 7th 2025
Listen on bandcamp here
The Awakening is my third album, and it marked a big shift in how I approached music. Until this point, I’d mostly written instrumental tracks. But with The Awakening, I felt the need to comment - the world was spiraling, and I couldn’t stay silent anymore.
The result was an album that blended cinematic textures, ambient grooves, orchestral elements, acid lines, foley sound, and spoken word voiceovers. There’s no singing here - not yet - but there’s plenty being said. This was the first time I tried to speak through my music. It’s raw. It’s wide open. Honestly, it was a nascent version of Truth Is a Weapon.
I was awake. And I had to speak.
The Awakening wasn’t just a title. It was a broadcast. A signal. A warning flare to anyone still asleep.
Track Highlights
Somnium
The opening track sets the tone - dreamlike, ambient, eerie. It urges people to find the exit, leave the dream, and wake up.
“Find the exit before you forget.”
House Of Acid
A jolt of energy - the track that doesn’t sit still. Squelching acid bass, hypnotic voiceover.
“Open your mind to the house of acid.”
It’s about opening your mind to new possibilities, epiphanies, and transcendence.
Revelation Of Worth
A spoken word takedown of capitalism and the illusion of freedom.
“The cage is comfortable, but it's still a cage.”
I wanted to question why we accept these archaic systems as normal when they clearly aren’t. No other species on Earth lives like this.
The Like Paradox
We’ve all felt this - trapped in the feed, addicted to validation.
“Do I control the feed, or does it control me?”
A realization that something more real would serve us better.
(And honestly, the worst thing humans invented in the last century? The like button.)
Under Open Skies
Homelessness in Calgary is rising, like in all major cities. These are people who’ve fallen on hard times - victims of a capitalist system none of us chose at birth.
“Some drop a coin, some look away. I gather strength to face the day.”
Even without a roof, they fight to survive. And they dream, just like everyone else.
Stand For Everything
This came from my frustration with the World Economic Forum - Klaus Schwab, Davos Man, all of it. Billionaires talking about “helping humanity” while consolidating power.
“We’ll have nothing, they’ll own it all.”
It’s not a conspiracy theory - it’s just what’s happening. And it needed to be said.
Live Every Second
No matter your challenges, you only get one life.
Grab it by the horns. Shake it hard.
“Could they sense the dreams I chase, or just the challenges that I face?”
Everyone has dreams, no matter their circumstances.
The Watchers
Social media, surveillance, online privacy - all the stuff we try to ignore while clicking through the feed.
“We trade our secrets for likes and views.”
Crucible
Life as a proving ground - a forge that shapes us through adversity.
“Tempered by trials, we bend, we break.”
It’s a struggle. But we survive. And we come out stronger.
Worlds Collide
Loosely inspired by Ming the Merciless and Flash Gordon. It’s cinematic, dramatic - and fun.
Also a metaphor for how worlds collide in everyday life.
Dawn Chorus
An instrumental that sounds like the morning after awakening.
Final Thoughts
This album was the moment I stopped making just instrumentals and started sending transmissions. It’s the first time I really tried to say something meaningful - something thought provoking, something challenging.