ISLAND WITHIN AN ISLAND: When Perth, the most isolated city in the world, became even more isolated due to Western Australia's hard border closure.
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This track was yet another track I made while bored at my computer, where I took a looping arpeggio I came up with at random, and added a bassline to it, separated by sparse percussions.
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Despite being made in 2018, I felt it was quite appropriate to release this now. Like many musicians, the COVID-19 outbreak has been a big inspiration for their music, with songs, videos, artworks, tracks, and other creative works inspired by this "black swan" event. I reflected this in this track by distancing the letters and adding a remote island to my work with the cover art and title, to symbolise isolation; the music to me just screams "remote island".
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It's been called "Island Within an Island", as that is what WA's premier called the state during the border lockdowns. During this time, Western Australia was locked down into 8 regions, with passes required at each regional border. Isolation and solitude were ideas for the track even back then, now a common feeling for many.
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Overall, the theme I'm trying to present here is social isolation and repetition (seeing the same four walls every day at home...something I've been doing long before this pandemic happened!). But yeah...this has got to be the most bizarre timeline our planet has landed on so far.
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So, does this track slap? You can hear this on other platforms of your choosing, like Bandcamp, YouTube, and Spotify, at https://linktr.ee/MOULE!
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