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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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TURNOVER - Levitation

The lead singers aesthetic was particularly unique with a short mohawk and large trench coat - seeming like a spirit guide on the astral planes...

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FKJ - Red Rocks

Center stage were several instruments, including guitars, keyboards, synths, sequencers, and much more. Seamlessly, FKJ flowed between all of these inputs, performing in a unique/multi-faceted set.

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SMALL CRUSH - Hellmode Tour

I knew that Jeff Rosenstock was going to have a good opener for his tour, so I decided to show up right as the doors opened. Small Crush was first to take stage...

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NATALIE ROSE LEBRECHT - Interview

My spiritual practice and my musical practice are intertwined at this point. It’s completely natural for me to be an artist merged with my spiritual inner world, but I’m just now attempting to communicate publicly about it...

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ARMAND HAMMER - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips

Their visual imagery on album art is some of my favourite in the underground scene, with 'Shrines' depicting an NYPD officer grappling down the side of a building in Harlem looking into a window at a 425-pound tiger...

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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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SLAYYYTER - Club Valentine Tour

This show was on a Monday as well which I thought was funny that it was one of the most lit crowds I’ve seen this year...

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ZEDD - Badlands

Admittedly this was my third time seeing Zedd...

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JPEGMAFIA - Round By Round, Blow By Blow

Given JPEGMAFIA's notoriety our expectations were high for his live performance...

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SIGNED.TRADE - Interview

The role that labels used to play pre-internet adoption had much more to do with building up an artist, and getting them to where they need to be to become superstars. Today, the artist builds themselves up on their own...

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