Close your eyes for a moment and imagine this…
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Close your eyes for a moment and imagine this:
The warm glow of sunlight streaming through your window as you sip your morning coffee. You press play on a song, and suddenly, you’re transported… images flash before your eyes, your heartbeat syncing with the rhythm, the lyrics tugging at memories you thought you’d forgotten.
That’s the world I’ve tried to create with my new album, Unfurl.
Unfurl is my love letter to growth, to the messy beauty of transformation and the comforting eeriness of re-remembering. It’s jazzy, introspective, and full of moments that I hope will resonate with your own journey.
Wikiloops has been a cornerstone of my musical path. From learning to write songs to finding the courage to improvise and share my voice, this community has shaped the artist I am today. You’ve helped me step into my voice, and I’m so grateful.
I’d love for you to take a listen, (some songs you may recognize) and let me know where Unfurl takes you. Maybe it’s back to a moment you’ve lived or forward to one you’re dreaming of.
https://ffm.to/nezep8p
Here’s to unfurling together, one song at a time…
With love, moonchild
P.S. I’ll be sharing pictures and info about each song in this thread. Feel free to join the conversation… I’d love to hear your thoughts, questions about the process/inspiration/etc., or even which songs connect with you most!
The warm glow of sunlight streaming through your window as you sip your morning coffee. You press play on a song, and suddenly, you’re transported… images flash before your eyes, your heartbeat syncing with the rhythm, the lyrics tugging at memories you thought you’d forgotten.
That’s the world I’ve tried to create with my new album, Unfurl.
Unfurl is my love letter to growth, to the messy beauty of transformation and the comforting eeriness of re-remembering. It’s jazzy, introspective, and full of moments that I hope will resonate with your own journey.
Wikiloops has been a cornerstone of my musical path. From learning to write songs to finding the courage to improvise and share my voice, this community has shaped the artist I am today. You’ve helped me step into my voice, and I’m so grateful.
I’d love for you to take a listen, (some songs you may recognize) and let me know where Unfurl takes you. Maybe it’s back to a moment you’ve lived or forward to one you’re dreaming of.
https://ffm.to/nezep8p
Here’s to unfurling together, one song at a time…
With love, moonchild
P.S. I’ll be sharing pictures and info about each song in this thread. Feel free to join the conversation… I’d love to hear your thoughts, questions about the process/inspiration/etc., or even which songs connect with you most!
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first track…
Dream World Lovers.
[youtube]4viKPz0EFN4?si=GSEs49XeH5ZkCDBM[/youtube]
When you close your eyes and listen, I aim to pull you into a hazy, otherworldly realm where intimacy feels infinite. The soft, floating melody is soon jolted by a raw boom-pap. The crackle of an airplane pilot’s voice: “Ready for takeoff” joins glitchy textures to create a raw kinetic energy, blurring the line between vibey longing and mechanistic movement. We end with a native flute journey through an urban soundscape that brings me back to my childhood visiting grandma in Brooklyn.
Tell me, where does it take you?
Dream World Lovers.
[youtube]4viKPz0EFN4?si=GSEs49XeH5ZkCDBM[/youtube]
When you close your eyes and listen, I aim to pull you into a hazy, otherworldly realm where intimacy feels infinite. The soft, floating melody is soon jolted by a raw boom-pap. The crackle of an airplane pilot’s voice: “Ready for takeoff” joins glitchy textures to create a raw kinetic energy, blurring the line between vibey longing and mechanistic movement. We end with a native flute journey through an urban soundscape that brings me back to my childhood visiting grandma in Brooklyn.
Tell me, where does it take you?
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I'm listening to your album little by little, and it really is a superb work, full of textures and sensations. I also got carried away with my virtual double bass on the song "I'm doing me" and entered into a "Groovarian mental musical loop", something similar to a Buddhist meditation between four strings... I'll keep listening to you... today the Unfurl tune... <3<3
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Listened to your first track here from my phone, and it's a really lovely one indeed Devin <3 I love being carried away like this! Oh, and I guess that I could learn a lot from your production capabilities! Very well done, my friend, and thanks for sharing it with us :)
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GlezBass wrote:
I'm listening to your album little by little, and it really is a superb work, full of textures and sensations. I also got carried away with my virtual double bass on the song "I'm doing me" and entered into a "Groovarian mental musical loop", something similar to a Buddhist meditation between four strings... I'll keep listening to you... today the Unfurl tune... <3<3
I'm listening to your album little by little, and it really is a superb work, full of textures and sensations. I also got carried away with my virtual double bass on the song "I'm doing me" and entered into a "Groovarian mental musical loop", something similar to a Buddhist meditation between four strings... I'll keep listening to you... today the Unfurl tune... <3<3
Wow, “groovarian mental music loop,” that sounds like my kind of trance :D Mario, thank you for listening and playing along!! 💗 <3 💗
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wjl wrote:
Listened to your first track here from my phone, and it's a really lovely one indeed Devin <3 I love being carried away like this! Oh, and I guess that I could learn a lot from your production capabilities! Very well done, my friend, and thanks for sharing it with us :)
Listened to your first track here from my phone, and it's a really lovely one indeed Devin <3 I love being carried away like this! Oh, and I guess that I could learn a lot from your production capabilities! Very well done, my friend, and thanks for sharing it with us :)
Wolfgang, after getting a lesson from you on the bass, I owe you one ;) Thanks for listening and for the kind words, my friend! <3
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Have you ever met someone and it feels like lightning struck you?
Familiar and novel at the same time, it’s like they know exactly what to say, how to look at you, and for a moment, you’re high on the rush!
Until little things start to crack through the surface…
You start replaying interactions & re-reading messages like an old cassette tape, realizing the words that made you melt were the same ones they’ve used before on others. And then noticing the “debris” all around from the wreckage of their previous encounters.
It’s like waking up from a dream to find you’ve been sleep-walking in a circle. The warmth you thought you shared was only manufactured validation, given and taken like a transaction, both parties involved in a similar vampirism.
The relationship is a glitch, an alluring, painful loop that promises connection but never fulfills that promise.
And once you see it, it’s impossible to unsee. I saw it and I broke free.
Have you ever experienced this glitch?
Enter track two, Glitch in the System.
Have you ever met someone and it feels like lightning struck you?
Familiar and novel at the same time, it’s like they know exactly what to say, how to look at you, and for a moment, you’re high on the rush!
Until little things start to crack through the surface…
You start replaying interactions & re-reading messages like an old cassette tape, realizing the words that made you melt were the same ones they’ve used before on others. And then noticing the “debris” all around from the wreckage of their previous encounters.
It’s like waking up from a dream to find you’ve been sleep-walking in a circle. The warmth you thought you shared was only manufactured validation, given and taken like a transaction, both parties involved in a similar vampirism.
The relationship is a glitch, an alluring, painful loop that promises connection but never fulfills that promise.
And once you see it, it’s impossible to unsee. I saw it and I broke free.
Have you ever experienced this glitch?
Enter track two, Glitch in the System.
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moonchild wrote:
[youtube]HJP321zoMxs?si=ip8tTMW6quq2orBd[/youtube]
Have you ever met someone and it feels like lightning struck you?
Familiar and novel at the same time, it’s like they know exactly what to say, how to look at you, and for a moment, you’re high on the rush!
Until little things start to crack through the surface…
You start replaying interactions & re-reading messages like an old cassette tape, realizing the words that made you melt were the same ones they’ve used before on others. And then noticing the “debris” all around from the wreckage of their previous encounters.
It’s like waking up from a dream to find you’ve been sleep-walking in a circle. The warmth you thought you shared was only manufactured validation, given and taken like a transaction, both parties involved in a similar vampirism.
The relationship is a glitch, an alluring, painful loop that promises connection but never fulfills that promise.
And once you see it, it’s impossible to unsee. I saw it and I broke free.
Have you ever experienced this glitch?
Enter track two, Glitch in the System.
[youtube]HJP321zoMxs?si=ip8tTMW6quq2orBd[/youtube]
Have you ever met someone and it feels like lightning struck you?
Familiar and novel at the same time, it’s like they know exactly what to say, how to look at you, and for a moment, you’re high on the rush!
Until little things start to crack through the surface…
You start replaying interactions & re-reading messages like an old cassette tape, realizing the words that made you melt were the same ones they’ve used before on others. And then noticing the “debris” all around from the wreckage of their previous encounters.
It’s like waking up from a dream to find you’ve been sleep-walking in a circle. The warmth you thought you shared was only manufactured validation, given and taken like a transaction, both parties involved in a similar vampirism.
The relationship is a glitch, an alluring, painful loop that promises connection but never fulfills that promise.
And once you see it, it’s impossible to unsee. I saw it and I broke free.
Have you ever experienced this glitch?
Enter track two, Glitch in the System.
These types of relationships are like a hamster on a wheel in its cage, desperately running towards unknown places to always be in the same place, it's a bit like what you said...
But we are like that, we constantly search for what we already know will happen through other experiences, along the way there is fun or disappointment... the musical theme is very good!!
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moonchild wrote:
I owe you one ;)
I owe you one ;)
Only a minor arpeggio ;)
moonchild wrote:
... realizing the words that made you melt were the same ones they’ve used before on others....
... realizing the words that made you melt were the same ones they’ve used before on others....
That reminds me of one all-time favourites of mine; wrote about it in https://wolfgang.lonien.de/2018/10/wilbur-ware-double-bass/ - goes like this:
"For the passions that thrill love
And lift you high to heaven
Are the passions that kill love
And let you fall to hell
So ends the story"
(and there's a lot to learn from Wilbur Ware, much more so than from me)
Another sweet one from you - seems like I'll have to buy that record... :)
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Hello Devin,
I listened to your album on the morning of the 17th, skimming over all the tracks because I didn't have time
Impressed by the (overall sound)
And in the evening for an aperitif my wife always puts on Spotify playlists that she created... really in many different styles (but which are quite similar to your style) while I roll my cigarettes for the next day
I tell him put (Unfurl)! ...we listened to the entire album from A to Z
She was impressed (me too)
The titles follow one another with such gentleness, the whole album absolutely responds to the precise style that you wanted to give
Thank you for this moment
Music must be listened to in specific situations and we appreciate it differently
I'm waiting to drive somewhere to listen to the whole album again and see the landscape go by
Thanks Devin :W
I listened to your album on the morning of the 17th, skimming over all the tracks because I didn't have time
Impressed by the (overall sound)
And in the evening for an aperitif my wife always puts on Spotify playlists that she created... really in many different styles (but which are quite similar to your style) while I roll my cigarettes for the next day
I tell him put (Unfurl)! ...we listened to the entire album from A to Z
She was impressed (me too)
The titles follow one another with such gentleness, the whole album absolutely responds to the precise style that you wanted to give
Thank you for this moment
Music must be listened to in specific situations and we appreciate it differently
I'm waiting to drive somewhere to listen to the whole album again and see the landscape go by
Thanks Devin :W
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I.am.in.my.power is a defiant affirmation, a declaration of truth, and a refusal to bow to the endless whispers of the inner perfectionist.
This third track holds a special place on the album because it’s more than a song, it’s a moment.
Written and recorded in just a few hours, it stands as a testament to honoring the raw, inherent perfection of every stage of the process.
[youtube]5GGujwMvVQg?si=Cu3Vihv4TJOQo28H[/youtube]
No second-guessing. No overthinking. Just truth.
This piece reminds me that my power lies in authenticity,
not in endless refinement,
but in boldly calling something complete when it feels right.
Every note, every word, every silence in this track is a reminder to honor my truth and reject the dishonest narrative that I’m ever “not enough.”
Feel free to share… Where have you boldly declared your enoughness?
This third track holds a special place on the album because it’s more than a song, it’s a moment.
Written and recorded in just a few hours, it stands as a testament to honoring the raw, inherent perfection of every stage of the process.
[youtube]5GGujwMvVQg?si=Cu3Vihv4TJOQo28H[/youtube]
No second-guessing. No overthinking. Just truth.
This piece reminds me that my power lies in authenticity,
not in endless refinement,
but in boldly calling something complete when it feels right.
Every note, every word, every silence in this track is a reminder to honor my truth and reject the dishonest narrative that I’m ever “not enough.”
Feel free to share… Where have you boldly declared your enoughness?
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Jypeka wrote:
Hello Devin,
I listened to your album on the morning of the 17th, skimming over all the tracks because I didn't have time
Impressed by the (overall sound)
And in the evening for an aperitif my wife always puts on Spotify playlists that she created... really in many different styles (but which are quite similar to your style) while I roll my cigarettes for the next day
I tell him put (Unfurl)! ...we listened to the entire album from A to Z
She was impressed (me too)
The titles follow one another with such gentleness, the whole album absolutely responds to the precise style that you wanted to give
Thank you for this moment
Music must be listened to in specific situations and we appreciate it differently
I'm waiting to drive somewhere to listen to the whole album again and see the landscape go by
Thanks Devin :W
Hello Devin,
I listened to your album on the morning of the 17th, skimming over all the tracks because I didn't have time
Impressed by the (overall sound)
And in the evening for an aperitif my wife always puts on Spotify playlists that she created... really in many different styles (but which are quite similar to your style) while I roll my cigarettes for the next day
I tell him put (Unfurl)! ...we listened to the entire album from A to Z
She was impressed (me too)
The titles follow one another with such gentleness, the whole album absolutely responds to the precise style that you wanted to give
Thank you for this moment
Music must be listened to in specific situations and we appreciate it differently
I'm waiting to drive somewhere to listen to the whole album again and see the landscape go by
Thanks Devin :W
Jean Paul :)
Thank you so much for sharing this. Knowing that Unfurl was part of your evening ritual and resonated with both you and your wife means the world to me.
It’s a joy to think of my music blending into the rhythm of your day. <3
I wonder how you’ll feel when you listen again on a drive and let the landscapes complement the music...
Thank you for taking the time to immerse yourself in Unfurl and for sharing your experience so beautifully.
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I'm listening, listening listening 😊. I'll comment after I listened to the album a few times. It deserves that, at least ❤️
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Totally NuPopJazz Art album to me !
- crazy beats
- sound/mix /effect treatments.
- this voice <3
- special mention for the tremolo guitar on « slow it down » ;)
Bravo Devin, this is a very good production
- crazy beats
- sound/mix /effect treatments.
- this voice <3
- special mention for the tremolo guitar on « slow it down » ;)
Bravo Devin, this is a very good production
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For a long time this was my most favorite song I’d written and I listened to it nonstop for hours whilst on a trip a few years ago.
Remy and I went cliff jumping at a local spot… it was very mild and unassuming, you could see little ones making the jump, teenagers doing flips… but when we got up there it felt like an eternity as we tried to gather some little pieces of courage to finally jump.
I always feel like I’m running behind, like I’m late for something. Always trying to catch up and when I finally slow down it can feel like all the chaos is swirling around, I’m a part of that cosmic soup…. Eventually finding some footing, some groundedness… some humility.
Track four
For a long time this was my most favorite song I’d written and I listened to it nonstop for hours whilst on a trip a few years ago.
Remy and I went cliff jumping at a local spot… it was very mild and unassuming, you could see little ones making the jump, teenagers doing flips… but when we got up there it felt like an eternity as we tried to gather some little pieces of courage to finally jump.
I always feel like I’m running behind, like I’m late for something. Always trying to catch up and when I finally slow down it can feel like all the chaos is swirling around, I’m a part of that cosmic soup…. Eventually finding some footing, some groundedness… some humility.
Track four
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Tofzegrit wrote:
Totally NuPopJazz Art album to me !
- crazy beats
- sound/mix /effect treatments.
- this voice <3
- special mention for the tremolo guitar on « slow it down » ;)
Bravo Devin, this is a very good production
Totally NuPopJazz Art album to me !
- crazy beats
- sound/mix /effect treatments.
- this voice <3
- special mention for the tremolo guitar on « slow it down » ;)
Bravo Devin, this is a very good production
Aaaaay, thank you Tof 🙏🏼 I’m glad you like that tremolo guitar ;) I can’t get over how dreamy that style is 🤩
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This track is magic, no doubt about it. Everything on it works, the sound, the harmonies - I love these old fashioned harmonies, like the singing Divas of the 40ies. Fantastic!!
I listened to the album many times, and will do so more times for sure. As someone who has worked on 2 albums, especially the second Herring King Band album, made me understand how much work is involved. HOW MUCH WORK?!? Listening to every track hundreds of times, tweaking, adjusting, fixing, re-recording - I know what it takes. So to produce such a cool album, I take my hat off and saluete you and whoever worked on it. Fantastic work, y'all should be very proud. I mean it!
I loved the changes in the tracks, some very creative effects, exactly what I like. You never knew what is lurking around the corner, loved the cough in one of them, brilliant!
The only thing I did not like, and that is me being an old git, was in some songs the sound of the electronic drums, I think I would have preferred real drums or a sound that is a bit less "keyboard" - but then again, I know how meticulous you are, so I guess it was done on purpose - it's just a different taste thing.
Anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it, and I am so happy to have you here sharing your music with us. <3
I listened to the album many times, and will do so more times for sure. As someone who has worked on 2 albums, especially the second Herring King Band album, made me understand how much work is involved. HOW MUCH WORK?!? Listening to every track hundreds of times, tweaking, adjusting, fixing, re-recording - I know what it takes. So to produce such a cool album, I take my hat off and saluete you and whoever worked on it. Fantastic work, y'all should be very proud. I mean it!
I loved the changes in the tracks, some very creative effects, exactly what I like. You never knew what is lurking around the corner, loved the cough in one of them, brilliant!
The only thing I did not like, and that is me being an old git, was in some songs the sound of the electronic drums, I think I would have preferred real drums or a sound that is a bit less "keyboard" - but then again, I know how meticulous you are, so I guess it was done on purpose - it's just a different taste thing.
Anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it, and I am so happy to have you here sharing your music with us. <3
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