The Future, by Stephen Hummel

The Future

by Stephen Hummel

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1.	The Future 04:43	lyrics	buy track
The future Is now Pick up yourself And fly
2.	Hold Tight 04:59	lyrics	buy track
Starlight Hold tight Feels right
3.	Building and Breaking 05:59	lyrics	buy track
Building and Breaking and Buying and Taking and Laughing and Crying and Screaming and Faking and Dancing and Singing and Loving and Hating and Looking and Feeling and Touching and Making
4.	Show Me 04:56	lyrics	buy track
Show me Love
5.	Acid Assimilation 05:19	lyrics	buy track
Assimilate.
6.	The View from Here 04:44		buy track
7.	Beatfreak 05:37		buy track
8.	Electrocatalyst 04:45		buy track
9.	Kids These Days 05:00		buy track
10.	Find My Own Way 06:19	lyrics	buy track
I'm so high now You can't see me Find my own way Must be dreaming In the stars now Through the ceiling I'm so high now How're you feeling?

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In the early 80s there was a music and dance revolution happening in the urban centers of the USA that would resonate out into the world and inspire even a young kid growing up in rural BC, Canada.

The pioneering Electro sounds of artists like Kraftwerk, Afrika Bambaataa and Herbie Hancock had inspired new ways of making music and young people were quick to translate what they heard into the amazing new dance moves that became breakdancing (and all its variants). I became obsessed with this music and the moves… finding tapes of extended breakdance mixes and posters that broke down the moves for me to learn. I was not alone.

The spirit of early Hip Hop and Electro was so universal in its appeal and message… a coming together and a positive vision of the future that could be felt in this exciting new music. The music broke the rules of what popular music could be and the dancing seemed to break the rules of gravity itself.

Inspired by my love of early Electro and Hip Hop, I wanted to make an album that was built from the blueprints of the music I love while not simply giving-in completely to nostalgia. With this album, I wanted to approach this music from my past but from where I am now.

Classic analogue synths, drum machines, vocoders and vintage effects are all in the mix here but produced with a more modern aesthetic in mind.

Our future will be the product of our present choices, it comes to us through our past triumphs and mistakes. The only future worth getting to is the one we get to together. This album is about looking inwards to find a better way of truly seeing each other.

Recorded, mixed and mastered at 24 bit / 96 kHz for your high resolution pleasure.

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released July 16, 2021

Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Stephen Hummel.

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Stephen Hummel Vancouver, British Columbia

Music has always been a central part of my life. Over the years, as I have developed as an artist, my music has become the primary filter through which I process my experiences and emotions. My creative approach is to use the recording studio as an instrument of expression - to use technology as an extension of physical performance. Improvisation is always a core part of my creative process. ... more

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