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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the green wild meadows of malchow's sandfeld. in the west of malchow there is a big chunk of forest that spans towards plauer see, a widely 'uncultivated' area these days, but it hasn't always been this way. in my last post i mentioned the nazi munition factory that had been built in these woods, away from prying eyes of their enemies and where they also built an external subcamp for the concentration camp ravensbrück. exactly these woods we explored on a pretty sunny day, betraying the darkness that happened around these parts. isn't it weird that there are places in this world that were built or used by dark forces and horrible regimes and you vist them 80 years later and they are the most peaceful places you can imagine? sometimes my brain can't cope with the contrast of knowing what was in the past and what the present looks and feels like. it definitely leaves me with a strange impression often, kind of like a little sting in my heart and brain that is not ...

may '20: seeking modernism.

super pink rhododendron buds emerging! i start off this post with some flower images to appreciate and praise the time of spring, especially the month of may, which is the most abundant spring month to me personally. all the blossoms, all the fresh greens amass during may, and my heart and mind are hardly ever able to not frolick & gush about it all! for this post i am returning to one walk i did with the sole purpose to find a special mid-century villa in königstein ( which would ultimately prove to be a failure - i did find it, but i couldn't approach it properly to have a good look at it and only ever saw a tiny bit of the garden/forest side ). the whole walk was not a letdown, though, as i did find some other mid-century & brutalism gems and thoroughly enjoyed walking through the old spa town in the taunus mountains. rhododendron shrubs yield all kinds of different blossoms in myriad colours, they are easy to breed, therefore a wide variety can be found all over the wor...

november: thuringian forest.

the day we visited the thuringian forest near luisenthal we would also receive the death notice of my cousin. while the day in luisenthal was pretty magic - i even found a goat skull to take home for my not so fast growing skull collection - the time we got home and received the phone call of my grandmother, everything went dull. we always had hoped for him to recover - over the course of his sickness there were multiple times we'd thought he was on his way up, but that also counted for the times it was clear that the cancer was severe and probably not defeatable. in the end he fought four years, but he couldn't conquer. his constant optimism & general good will wasn't enough as his body decided to give up on him. i'm still thinking a lot about him, he was such a good natured guy, always seeing the good in everything and everyone. it's so strange to know that he's never going to be on any future family party gathering again. we discussed so many things whe...

ghost of nature.

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