Alchemy EP by Shhau

Some thoughts on the EP and myself:
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I am my music. It changes over time as we all do.

So for the first time in my life I've decided to do a blitzkrieg and challenge myself to make an EP in 18 days and release whatever result I have in the end, without caring much about the technical side and what I feel could be better. It surely could be better, the mix, the drums the bass etc. I'm sure you'll be able to notice the small imperfections there.

I love getting deep into every micro detail in the sound that I make but this time I made the EP by just concentrating on the groove and the over-all mood and vibe. And just for the sake of having more limitations, besides the deadline, I made myself make music in a certain style, specifically following the dub/dubstep formula (of course with my own flavors). Mainly, I work on a single track for a couple of months, but not this time. Decided to make and release this EP to get myself into a trap, in which there is no other way than to finish my stuff and release it and to get myself into a flow, where I'm not the perfectionist who sometimes overdoes everything and loses so much time getting deeper and deeper and not releasing anything in the end.

Obviously, a huge number of my music hasn't been released, but I'm going to fix that in the nearest future.

Also I got my ears damaged while doing the EP. Do not ever sit with your headphones on for 8 hours a day, while also having couple of gigs during that period, you are going to end up with hearing loss.

On the personal side I don't really publicly speak about what do I live through and what problems did I get into during my life, bla-bla-bla and not mentioning anything about me taking a part in war, getting in situations that you can't simulate in your everyday life, making decisions that can exhibit on someone's fate, and also having some, let's call them, post-war mental side-effects. But believe me, it's not that easy to meet, speak, discuss stuff with people, because I've been on a really high plank of extremes at that time and sometimes that huge dose makes me an unemotional stony life-form and sometimes automatically brings a kind of a nihilistic approach to normal life.

Also, I've never had the urge for publicly announcing my thoughts and feelings. That's just my own private "property". But, by making the music that I feel at that point of my life, I get myself into the deep corners of my mind which gives me more control over there and I just take some "deep and dark" things and mix them into some head-nodding dark grooves. Which is fun. Fun as hell.

And the whole point is that I'll always be making music and from now on, that'll be the way of sharing my thoughts and feelings with you all.

Let me be me. Let my music be whatever it is at that moment, even if I start to make indie-rock covers.

Don't believe that last sentence. :]

Just get to know yourself and get the best out of it. Love each other and treat each other with respect.

Much Love.
Shahen.

A guy who makes sounds.

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