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We are an independent digital media publication focused on the expansion of human creative consciousness by merging the mainstream + underground (★ + ✰). Much of the foundation for Ethereal has been in Jung's philosophy of the Red Book - in which he accounts connecting intimately with his higher self or soul.

INTERVIEWS

El Perro Del Mar - Interview

El Perro del Mar is merely an extension of me that enables me to do and say the things which I find hard to express in daily life. I’ve been using the name since 2004 when I came across a stray dog on a Spanish beach...

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acloudyskye - Interview

It's three of my characters, Enth, Ila, and Izi, trying to figure out where they are through a fog in the middle of nowhere...

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FRIKO - Interview

It’s a lot to ask nowadays, but we’d love for people to listen to the record as a whole since we made it with the intention of flowing like in full from start to finish.

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KEVIN HOLLIDAY - Interview

I think more than anything, me making music came purely from expression. All growing up I was definitely not an artist or anything like that. It was more of a recent thing...

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DENZEL CURRY [V2] - Grey Day

This week I had the privilege this week to share the stage with Denzel Curry, arguably one of the most exciting figures in rap music...

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IDLES - Live

The intro to the set was one of my favorites I've ever seen and it is going to stick with me for months I am sure.

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CANNONS - Red Rocks

Every year without fail there is an opener for a large show that really showcases their talents on stage. Cannons is one of those bands who I instantly became a fan of...

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DOM DOLLA - Red Rocks

A set so good it made me a fan of house music (which I thought was impossible).

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ARTICLES

I CAN'T MEDITATE - Is An Absurd Statement and Here's Why

The most common critique people will say is 'I can't meditate,' even though they are. They are so caught up in their own egoic construct they will refuse to entertain ideas that lay below the surface...

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WELCOME TO THE CHAO GARDEN - Ethereal D&B

No matter what type of art you produce, you can learn from the past, and there may be aesthetics you cannot reproduce on modern digital software...

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SATANISM & MORAL PANIC - In The Music Industry

If you have had the displeasure of reading through Doja Cat's Instagram comments in the last couple of months, you can see thousands of individuals criticizing Doja Cat for her apparent demonic possession or ties to Satan...

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EXPLORING MUSIC FROM SAHARAN CELLPHONES

Music From Saharan Cellphones features various tracks recorded on Saharan Africa collected on cell phone sim cards...

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MURRUMUR - Interview

Over-classifying genres is incredibly interesting to me, although I greatly prefer creation of new terms instead of listing several things consecutively...

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REDVEIL - Camp Flog Gnaw (2023)

Tracking so many artists in the mainstream + underground it’s blatantly obvious who is going to blow up in the mainstream...

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NINAJIRACHI - Interview

I am influenced by EDM because that’s the music that got me into producing as a kid, but as a fan I don’t really listen to EDM unless it’s a bit left field or weird or something. It’s just my taste...

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JEFF ROSENSTOCK - Hellmode Tour

The stage background was a sight to behold, being an American flag with the stripes changed with rainbow colors representing the pride flag. Where the stars would be, they were replaced with the numbers 666 and a ring of weed leaves...

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NEUPINK - Interview

Neupink is my tiny little noise rock slash digital punk slash diy slash whatever-I-feel-like-doing project that aims to explore whatever intense soundscapes I feel like

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ADA ROOK - Interview

I hate narratives, messages, and themes, so this album is completely hollow. There is absolutely nothing inside of it...

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MILD SORROW INTEGRATED - Interview

During the 2020 quarantine year I spent a lot of time indoors only listening to music and chatting with people on forums and Discord...

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JEFF ROSENSTOCK - Interview

I wanted it to feel like acceptance. Saying acceptance makes it feel a bit stiff, when really the vibe is like, f*** yeah everybody, hell yeah, and if you can’t get down with this, f*** off...

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DESERT SAND FEELS WARM AT NIGHT - Interview

夢の砂漠 explores a lot of feelings I’ve been having over the past year - mostly a lot of self-exploration and I wanted to convey this a long and ethereal album so that other people can travel through the ‘dream desert’ and explore all of these intense feelings themselves...

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KEVIN HOLLIDAY - Interview

I think more than anything, me making music came purely from expression. All growing up I was definitely not an artist or anything like that. It was more of a recent thing...

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