Jansky Noise - Past Present & Future Star Music

The end of summer comes not with silence, but with the clatter of return. Today, the road home weighed heavy— the car loaded beyond reason, unloaded of tents and stoves, gas and food, utensils, stories, laughter, and two giant trees rescued from indoors to carry with me like green guardians. From Green Gathering to the Battle trail of 1066, I gave and gave—performing, dancing, listening, holding space for young and old, pouring energy into love, into life itself. And yet—on arrival— my car swallowed its keys in one final trick. The hill climb of fatigue turned steeper: front door broken down, spare keys sought in weary hands, concern rising with the tick of the parking clock. Still, I sat. Tea in hand. Three weeks’ worth of unopened life. And the first envelope, a fine— for resting too long at a service stop, because even a traveler must breathe. The tests pile high: plants lost to thirst in my absence, rooms that demand reset, soil to replant, walls to clean...

This new song, Rise (featuring the voice of Orion Vox), is a step in a different direction—one born out of reflection, compassion, and quiet strength. The world feels heavy these days. You can feel it in the air, in people’s words, in the collective silence. And yet, even in that silence… there is growth. There is grass —under our feet, resilient and unbending. Rise is my homage to that: to the people who get stepped on, who get flattened by life, and still find the courage to keep going. Like blades of grass after a storm, this EP comes on the back of a breeze—light and filled with hope. It’s for anyone who's tired. Anyone who's trying. Anyone who's quietly standing back up. Orion Vox’s vocals—recorded via space-time continuum machine loop (y—echo a kind of nostalgic peace. They remind me of the sounds you might hear at the end of the night in a '90s club, when the crowd thins and the lights dim, and there’s just you , and the music plays forever, and it's gonna ...