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Here‘s something to cheer you up and down simult

Here‘s something to cheer you up and down simultaneously. I teamed up with @strommortsdrone from Switzerland for a massive 15-minute track called „Photomosaic Dream Blender“.

The song somewhat feels like a cathartic journey through beautiful darkness... quite fitting for the gloomy transition into autumnal decay and hibernation.
It‘s disgustingly calming.

Thanks to them for inviting me to join in on this project! I can‘t wait to listen to what this promising band is coming up next with. 🖤

You can listen to the full track on their Bandcamp/Youtube through the link in their bio! 👏🏻

A lot of you have reached out to me concerning fee

A lot of you have reached out to me concerning feelings of sadness or being overwhelmed. And i want to thank you for it. Although i‘m not surprised that many are currently struggling with mental issues and the state we‘re in globally, i‘m also humbled by your trust and your courage to reach out.

I too feel overwhelmed by sadness and the weight of the world sometimes. And i understand that i can not carry everyone‘s weight, either. But i find comfort in knowing that by sharing thoughts of affection, understanding and sincere love we can lift each other up and levitate to an emotional state above our own limitations.

Time is a weird affair and we are all bound to participate in it. We have been given the chance to witness history in the making and whichever direction it takes, we are vital parts of it. History is not a constant but the result of matter and time colliding in a single dot that is our Now.

And so our Now is as much shaped by the past as it is by what the future holds for us. Constantly mirrored in our actions and reactions. We can float and participate, we can watch and witness, we can give or take. And we can share our pain and anxiousness and turn it into a collective understanding of who we were, are and want to be as human beings.

You are all beautiful. 🙏🏻

This is a time of big understanding and learning.

This is a time of big understanding and learning. We witness the darkness creep through the cracks— the cracks we have created ourselves. Our ideas have outrun us and we have let go of mere concepts, which have now taken over our human self-control.

We have been spoiled for too long and have to acknowlede that behaving „like things used to be“ can‘t go on, if we want to keep on living on this planet together.

We now— more than ever, need direct action and a more wholesome and collective approach to conquer global issues and improve our political collaboration to create an identity of reasoning.

We need to work together, learn from each other, listen to each other and understand, that we can only move on to the next stage, if we can prevent further exploitation of our natural surroundings and start loving each other, boundlessly.

♥️

Okay okay, one more post with the same cover and t

Okay okay, one more post with the same cover and then i‘m done.. 🙈 but.. i gotta say: I‘m extremely humbled yet also incredibly proud of the fact that we have just entered the German national charts at spot number 9!

A lot of people would say „i don‘t really care about what position i‘ll end up on the charts.“, but let‘s be honest: Even just seeing that music i am involved in can reach as many people as possible and make them happy, enjoy life a little more, is something i‘m very humbled by.

In addition, all the years of hard work and focus on something that gives ME joy as a person and to grow that into something that gives MANY people joy is a lifetime worth of effort.

And that i‘m very proud of, as well as being part of a big collective of musicians and friends that share the same ambition and love for music and art in general.

I appreciate all of you ♥️

The new @theoceancollective album is finally out e $The new @theoceancollective album is finally out everywhere! It’s been a challenging yet incredibly rewarding ride up until here... I‘m filled with absolute joy and can‘t thank you all enough for joining us in this transformative process. This is a band that has gone through the absolute highs and lows of being human, trying to find ways to communicate with each other in sincerity. And every note, every tension and release, every thought put into this is a reflection of our minds. I sincerely hope that it will guide you in moments of despair, whenever you might need it. Thanks to my partners in crime: @thegreatestbane , Loïc, @mattiasvoid , @petervoigtmann , @davidramis_ and of course all the good people who have participated and helped us turn ideas into motion! Now... time to lean back for a (fraction of a) moment! 🧘🏻‍♂️ Enjoy the ride.$

Was it a strategically wise idea to release an alb

Was it a strategically wise idea to release an album in the middle of the pandemic? Probably not, we should have waited until we can tour again… but it seems like the album is making massive waves regardless, and we’re immensely thankful for that 🌍

PHANEROZOIC II is out now, and we couldn’t be happier to finally share this album that we have put so much into with you all 🦖

Listen to it on your favourite streaming service, throw your favourite tracks into your playlists, pass it on to a friend, share your thoughts with us… and enjoy the darkness knowing that brighter days are surely ahead for us all 💥

☄️

One more week until the new @theoceancollective ba

One more week until the new @theoceancollective baby is out! It‘s been a hell of a ride so far (and still is)... can‘t wait for you all to experience it in its entirety. 🧘🏻‍♂️

This picture was taken in Kazachstan, while being

This picture was taken in Kazachstan, while being on tour exactly one year ago. It seems surreal that something as crucial to me as the touring lifestyle can just vanish within the blink of an eye. After being on the road for almost 13 years without a proper break, suddenly i find myself „stuck“ at home for the first time in over a decade. What has become a vital part of who i am suddenly disappears completely and leaves me with a feeling of uselessness, or at least an inability to fully engage with what i live for.
.
Throughout the last couple of months i‘ve come to many conclusions as well as overthrowing conclusions after all, because all of the questions end up having multiple answers essentially and seem to lead nowhere. Life is too unpredictable, so to say. What am i worth as a musician if i can‘t share how i see and feel about life with anyone in a live scenario?
.
I realize that culture and subversive art are the means to countering societal flaws, although living the artist’s life is a luxury that needs to be nourished and afforded by society itself. Art can be a gateway to metaphysical examination, a self-sufficiency as the foundation of its controversy. But if taken for granted as low-key entertainment, art turns into a pale reflection of idolization and becomes stagnant and devoid of ideas.
.
I hope being forced to overcome structures of habitude will eventually catalyze new forms of offensive, blatant and provoking turmoil. Unique ideas cast into mind-altering, enraging and fullfilling noise to shake the foundations of the new normal.
.
We don‘t need music as entertainment. We need music as pulsating and pleasing nuisance. We look up to it as an eye-opening mediator towards understanding ourselves and allowing our minds to devote to nothing but sound and feeling. We connect emotionally to these intricate or dense messages of audio-information, we collect them and keep them forever.
.
I look at music as my partner in crime. An invisible force allowing me to communicate my feelings without being profane or obvious. And in a way i feel that with the help of music i can speak to all of you without saying a word.
.
♥️

Here‘s yet another playlist for you including a

Here‘s yet another playlist for you including a lot of songs that take me far away and make me forget about earthbound struggles.
.
„Deep Resonance“ is essentially about breathing and letting go. For all of you who experience anxiety or loneliness. I feel you.
.
♥️
.
Click the link in my bio to listen.
.
📷 @afaulkphoto

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MY INSTAGRAM

Here‘s something to cheer you up and down simult

Here‘s something to cheer you up and down simultaneously. I teamed up with @strommortsdrone from Switzerland for a massive 15-minute track called „Photomosaic Dream Blender“.

The song somewhat feels like a cathartic journey through beautiful darkness... quite fitting for the gloomy transition into autumnal decay and hibernation.
It‘s disgustingly calming.

Thanks to them for inviting me to join in on this project! I can‘t wait to listen to what this promising band is coming up next with. 🖤

You can listen to the full track on their Bandcamp/Youtube through the link in their bio! 👏🏻

A lot of you have reached out to me concerning fee

A lot of you have reached out to me concerning feelings of sadness or being overwhelmed. And i want to thank you for it. Although i‘m not surprised that many are currently struggling with mental issues and the state we‘re in globally, i‘m also humbled by your trust and your courage to reach out.

I too feel overwhelmed by sadness and the weight of the world sometimes. And i understand that i can not carry everyone‘s weight, either. But i find comfort in knowing that by sharing thoughts of affection, understanding and sincere love we can lift each other up and levitate to an emotional state above our own limitations.

Time is a weird affair and we are all bound to participate in it. We have been given the chance to witness history in the making and whichever direction it takes, we are vital parts of it. History is not a constant but the result of matter and time colliding in a single dot that is our Now.

And so our Now is as much shaped by the past as it is by what the future holds for us. Constantly mirrored in our actions and reactions. We can float and participate, we can watch and witness, we can give or take. And we can share our pain and anxiousness and turn it into a collective understanding of who we were, are and want to be as human beings.

You are all beautiful. 🙏🏻

This is a time of big understanding and learning.

This is a time of big understanding and learning. We witness the darkness creep through the cracks— the cracks we have created ourselves. Our ideas have outrun us and we have let go of mere concepts, which have now taken over our human self-control.

We have been spoiled for too long and have to acknowlede that behaving „like things used to be“ can‘t go on, if we want to keep on living on this planet together.

We now— more than ever, need direct action and a more wholesome and collective approach to conquer global issues and improve our political collaboration to create an identity of reasoning.

We need to work together, learn from each other, listen to each other and understand, that we can only move on to the next stage, if we can prevent further exploitation of our natural surroundings and start loving each other, boundlessly.

♥️

Okay okay, one more post with the same cover and t

Okay okay, one more post with the same cover and then i‘m done.. 🙈 but.. i gotta say: I‘m extremely humbled yet also incredibly proud of the fact that we have just entered the German national charts at spot number 9!

A lot of people would say „i don‘t really care about what position i‘ll end up on the charts.“, but let‘s be honest: Even just seeing that music i am involved in can reach as many people as possible and make them happy, enjoy life a little more, is something i‘m very humbled by.

In addition, all the years of hard work and focus on something that gives ME joy as a person and to grow that into something that gives MANY people joy is a lifetime worth of effort.

And that i‘m very proud of, as well as being part of a big collective of musicians and friends that share the same ambition and love for music and art in general.

I appreciate all of you ♥️

The new @theoceancollective album is finally out e $The new @theoceancollective album is finally out everywhere! It’s been a challenging yet incredibly rewarding ride up until here... I‘m filled with absolute joy and can‘t thank you all enough for joining us in this transformative process. This is a band that has gone through the absolute highs and lows of being human, trying to find ways to communicate with each other in sincerity. And every note, every tension and release, every thought put into this is a reflection of our minds. I sincerely hope that it will guide you in moments of despair, whenever you might need it. Thanks to my partners in crime: @thegreatestbane , Loïc, @mattiasvoid , @petervoigtmann , @davidramis_ and of course all the good people who have participated and helped us turn ideas into motion! Now... time to lean back for a (fraction of a) moment! 🧘🏻‍♂️ Enjoy the ride.$

Was it a strategically wise idea to release an alb

Was it a strategically wise idea to release an album in the middle of the pandemic? Probably not, we should have waited until we can tour again… but it seems like the album is making massive waves regardless, and we’re immensely thankful for that 🌍

PHANEROZOIC II is out now, and we couldn’t be happier to finally share this album that we have put so much into with you all 🦖

Listen to it on your favourite streaming service, throw your favourite tracks into your playlists, pass it on to a friend, share your thoughts with us… and enjoy the darkness knowing that brighter days are surely ahead for us all 💥

☄️

One more week until the new @theoceancollective ba

One more week until the new @theoceancollective baby is out! It‘s been a hell of a ride so far (and still is)... can‘t wait for you all to experience it in its entirety. 🧘🏻‍♂️

This picture was taken in Kazachstan, while being

This picture was taken in Kazachstan, while being on tour exactly one year ago. It seems surreal that something as crucial to me as the touring lifestyle can just vanish within the blink of an eye. After being on the road for almost 13 years without a proper break, suddenly i find myself „stuck“ at home for the first time in over a decade. What has become a vital part of who i am suddenly disappears completely and leaves me with a feeling of uselessness, or at least an inability to fully engage with what i live for.
.
Throughout the last couple of months i‘ve come to many conclusions as well as overthrowing conclusions after all, because all of the questions end up having multiple answers essentially and seem to lead nowhere. Life is too unpredictable, so to say. What am i worth as a musician if i can‘t share how i see and feel about life with anyone in a live scenario?
.
I realize that culture and subversive art are the means to countering societal flaws, although living the artist’s life is a luxury that needs to be nourished and afforded by society itself. Art can be a gateway to metaphysical examination, a self-sufficiency as the foundation of its controversy. But if taken for granted as low-key entertainment, art turns into a pale reflection of idolization and becomes stagnant and devoid of ideas.
.
I hope being forced to overcome structures of habitude will eventually catalyze new forms of offensive, blatant and provoking turmoil. Unique ideas cast into mind-altering, enraging and fullfilling noise to shake the foundations of the new normal.
.
We don‘t need music as entertainment. We need music as pulsating and pleasing nuisance. We look up to it as an eye-opening mediator towards understanding ourselves and allowing our minds to devote to nothing but sound and feeling. We connect emotionally to these intricate or dense messages of audio-information, we collect them and keep them forever.
.
I look at music as my partner in crime. An invisible force allowing me to communicate my feelings without being profane or obvious. And in a way i feel that with the help of music i can speak to all of you without saying a word.
.
♥️

Here‘s yet another playlist for you including a

Here‘s yet another playlist for you including a lot of songs that take me far away and make me forget about earthbound struggles.
.
„Deep Resonance“ is essentially about breathing and letting go. For all of you who experience anxiety or loneliness. I feel you.
.
♥️
.
Click the link in my bio to listen.
.
📷 @afaulkphoto

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