The Same River

My name is Adam.
I am 21.
I live in Santa Cruz, California.
I am a musician, a composer to be more specific.
I love people, connections between them, those who are shy and have a lot of interesting things to say, musicians or artists of any kind, people who just like music a lot, people who like to do things outdoors, people who are obsessive over good writing and spelling (but who also can respect the fact that language evolves and changes, and don't attack others over it), people who care about how our culture impacts the environment and want to change it/tear it down/do something meaningful, people who like video game music and aren't ashamed of it, people who are passionate about life and who live it vicariously, people who are good at self love and self care (in a non-arrogant way!), and most of all, nice people. Whatever that means. :p
Needless to say, I also like run-on sentences.

Things/people/places I blog about semi-regularly:
Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson
Riverside/Mariusz Duda
Hans York
Prog ressive Rock
Stuff from Poland
Obscure music no one has heard of (often from Poland)
Music in general
Mortal Engines
Video games (mostly SNES era ones)/game music
My own music
My life
Environmentalism
Anarchism/indigenism, occasionally, though I feel kind of shy about that side of myself
Political things
Sweet's Mill (the wonderful music camp I frequent every summer)

Links of interest:
Facebook
Last.fm
Soundcloud
Bandcamp
(my game music album is downloadable from bandcamp. Go check it out!)

Please take a walk with me, let me know, am I to blame? Submit

May122012

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Dianoya - Dreamlack

From “Obscurity Divine”

Bringing this back ‘cause this band recently released a new album, and I can’t find it anywhere, so I’ll just have to content myself with Obscurity Divine, which is fucking awesome, so that’s okay.

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April292012

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After… - Fingers

From “Hideout”

If only their vocalist and songwriting were a bit better, I would love these guys much more dearly.

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April62012

Ahahaha, they’re so silly. Also, Mariusz totally is sitting exactly how Steven Wilson sits in his interviews.

Riverside interview Mariusz Duda Michał Łapaj Piotr Grudziński Poland album 5

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April42012

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Riverside - Hybrid Times

From “Anno Domini High Definition”

I forgot how good this is for a little while. This is probably my least favorite Riverside album, but fuck it’s still so good at moments.

I think I might be going on another Riverside kick soon.

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March42012

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Dianoya - Dreamlack

From “Obscurity Divine”

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December312011

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Quidam - Depicting Colors of Emotions

From “Alone Together”

This song, ahhhh.

‘Don’t look back at the ghosts behind me, I carry love on my shoulders’

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December122011

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Spiral - Cathedralworm part II

From “Urban Fable”

Oh, Poland, how are you so fantastic at producing consistently great music? There must be something in the air there.

Urszula Wójcik is such a good singer too. What an amazing, surprising voice.

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October32011

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emersonemerson:

Polish Death Metal used in political ad.
Translates as:

End of stiff talks
End of stupid wars

Secular contrary
Appropriate life
Appropriate life

Freedom
Freedom

That’s my aim

Vote smart

Jedrzej Wijas to join Parliment
Fair order
Fair man

http://www.metalinjection.net/av/americans-polish-death-metal-political-ad

(via ersonerson)

poland polish death metal politics polition Polish Death Metal ad political ad

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September192011

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DispersE - Reflection of a Dying World

From “Journey Through the Hidden Gardens”

Hard to understand english aside, this song is fucking awesome.

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DispersE prog progressive metal Jakub Żytecki poland Jakub's guitar playing is orgasmic

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11AM

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Maciej Szelenbaum - Ziemia Obiecana

From “Soundtrack Ziemia Obiecana - 52°N, 21°E”

Hidden gem alert. This guy is fucking awesome.

I always feel weird using the “prog” tag for stuff like this, but it is sort of prog-related (Lunatic Soul, Riverside), and definitely experimental in a sense.

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