“Too much
Too little
Too fat
Too thin
Or nobody
More haters than lovers
People are not good to each other”

I had not planned to make a Charles Bukowski album, at this time. As you may know, I have albums planned out years in advance, a great big beautiful roadmap sketched out like the star chart they used to find the Engineers in Prometheus. But between creating albums, I tend to allow a little room for pure inspiration and make a few unplanned songs. Following the completion of the GOGGINS IIalbum, on one fine afternoon, I was so inspired, and I sketched out a rough demo of this song... It was just guitar, and vocals, but I could hear it completely in my head, orchestra, harmonies, crashing cymbals. I did love the purity of the guitar and vocals. It was a hard song to sing, it kept making me drop single, manly tears. I listened to it a few times, and then I put the song aside, and made some other things.

It called to me, some weeks later, on a Sunday and I returned to it. It was still very beautiful, and again, I could hear the fullness that existed in Potential, or Idea Space, or 5D, or whatever you might like to call it, in my head. I had admin to do though, so I put on some Bukowski interviews whilst attending to some drudgery or other. Lightning and thunderbolts lit up the studio walls. Next thing I knew it was Monday night, and I had a teetering pile of Bukowski songs written, enough for many albums. 

And so I pushed back the starmap schedule a little, to make room for this serendipitous event, and worked on a selection of those songs until they sounded like they did in my head. I finished this one last. I chipped away at it dutifully, lovingly until it sounded like it did that first day it appeared to me. I turned all the lights in the studio off and sat in the pitch dark listening to it. I dropped a single manly tear, and lo, the album was done.

PEOPLE ARE NOT GOOD TO EACH OTHER (THE CRUNCH) is out now. Download or stream on your platform of choice now, and enjoy the music video here.

The album, HANKcomes out next week, on September 6th. 

MEANWHILE!

Kick off your Labor Day weekend in the correct manner today, with a brand new 6 (SIX) hour-long beats mix by your friendly neighborhood don!

ＯＣＥＡＮ ＶＩＥＷ 🌅 | 6 Hour Lofi, boombap, golden beats mix

Live from 12pm CT!

In more good news, you can own the beautiful artwork as one of our brand new super useful and super epic MEANINGWAVE DESK MATS! Own yours now exclusively via meaningwave.com, and get 10% off your order because its Labour Day Weekend so we have a Labor Day Weekend sale on - use code WORK at checkout!

Enjoy the new single, and see you at the mix premiere!

LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!

AKIRA THE DON
DSPDC, Mexico, August ‘24