There are journeys that arenβt measured in miles or kilometres, but in the layers of skin one sheds along the way. For me, the journey between the feverish asphalt of Buenos Aires and the persistent mist of the United Kingdom wasnβt a move, but a transmutation. After two years of inhabiting the silence of a foreign land, missing family and friends, decoding an alien culture, and rebuilding my own identity in the solitude of the migrant, is when HYPNOTIC was born.
This album isnβt just music; itβs the travel diary of a soul that learnt to be even more resilient. Itβs proof that when words failβor are spoken in another languageβmelody becomes the only true homeland, your refuge, your new home.
βI Will Become Youβ is one of the pillars of this cathedral of sound. Inspired by the shadows and light of those who paved the way, this piece is an act of spiritual cannibalism and gratitude. In this particular song, the music is the result of every person we loved and lost. Itβs an anthem to resilience: the conviction that to overcome pain, we must first allow it to transform us. βI Will Become Youβ isnβt about a loss of identity; itβs about creating a stronger version of ourselves.
Thereβs a dense atmosphere where the synthesisers seem to be searching for a way out. It represents those early years in the UK, where the warmth of Buenos Aires nostalgia clashes with the damp British chill. Itβs a piece that feels like walking through London at three in the morning, feeling as though something is following us: our own past.
The music plays with time and space, positioning itself on the meridian that divides the world. Itβs the exact point where the immigrant ceases to be βthe one who arrivedβ and becomes βthe one who belongs.β A circular structure that traps us in a loop of deep introspection.
This song abandons sophistication to embrace the visceral. Itβs the rhythm of the survival instinct. Born from the heart of adaptation, it resonates with the energy of someone who has nothing to lose and everything to gain. It is sensual, electric, and desperately alive.
If life is a labyrinth of spirits, resilience is the thread that binds them together. A melody that begins fragilely and ends in an orchestral explosion, symbolising the overcoming of difficult times. It is confirmation that exileβphysical or emotionalβis the forge where an artistβs steel is tempered.
βListening to HYPNOTIC is understanding that my actions yesterday, my fears on a plane, and my loneliness in an unfamiliar city were simply the necessary notes for this composition. In the end, we are all a song that someone else will finish writing.β
I hope you enjoy my new album as much as I do.
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