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music recommendation: re/search/er




i rarely post anything else besides my photo journal entries, so it probably surprises my ( inexistent ) readers and observers to see something different this time.

( ya, i'm actually addressing this to people who actually do not follow this blog - but, i don't really mind, since after all, i'm basically addressing this to myself, in case i ever forget what kind of things i'm into and obsessing over. )

but! just in case anyone happens to stumble over this little niche blog of yours truly, a blog that has no actual purpose other than to be a journal chronicling a normal gal's supposed adventures around a tiny slice of the cake called earth, yeah, just in case someone accidentally discovers this little nook in the endless widths of the world wide web, i decided to conjure up a little variety.

and, as you all guessed it reading the title, it is a music recommendation!

and this recommendation is very dear to my heart, since the artist creating the music i want to introduce you to is someone i truly respect and adore and have the incredible honour to call a friend.

andy yeh is the mastermind behind re/search/er and as the name suggests he actually is exactly that. he explores and researches a musical universe so varied and surprising, so full of bright and colourful nuances - an audible rainbow with a spectrum of undiscovered tints - it makes you seriously crave to enter it and immerse yourself in this world of unknown melodies and ear-opening concoctions.

his latest project is called futurecults - it is a 'multi-media ecosystem of stories and music and also art', as he perfectly describes this body of work on his website. basically, you can search various characters on a map and dive into their respective narratives while listening to beautiful compositions that are perfectly suited to the character's storyline. there are ufos involved, strange happenings and bad omens, everyday anxieties and absurdities, sometimes a little cheeky and humorous, sometimes downright sad, sensible and forlorn. but all those stories have one in common - normal people going through a hard time collectively, searching for some kind of purpose or salvation.

if opinions of an unassuming and invisible person like me are worth something in a world where the freedom of opinion involves openly heart-breaking and confusing and dangerous ones, my own humble notion on this particular piece of creation would be this:

this is a refreshing take on modern society's confusion about the world and the horrible happenings currently unfolding, exploring possible explanations ( or momentary receptions and intakes ) to the question of why more and more people feel left behind, lonely, anxious, scared and depressed.

futurecults is a place for people feeling alienated by society, not exactly knowing where to turn to in an unstable world full of conflicting concepts like populism and right-wing rhetorics, intersectionalism and gender-identifications, religious extremism and modern hypocrisies.

if you want to support the work of re/search/er, please consider visiting his respective platforms on bandcamp, patreon, spotify, and, of course, futurecults.com.


i truly feel he deserves more attention and love, and even though i know that a post like this on a blog like mine probably won't bring a lot of impact and recognition, i thought i'd still use this platform to openly recommend one of the very few things that have left a huge impression on me recently.

and who knows, maybe someone accidentally discovers this and joins and enriches the futurecults community and partakes in boosting up the work of an exceptional human being to a higher level of recognition and appreciation.



thank you for reading, over and out.

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