Ophelia Moon’s “Avatar: Encryption Code” is a chilling and intelligent contemplation of our relationship with artificial intelligence, which feels now less like fiction and imminent, creeping reality. Based in the greater Philadelphia area, the collective, helmed by Darren O. Moon and Maya Mikity, create a full-bodied experience of thought-provoking lyricism and sonic texture.
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Read more →From the opening notes emerges an obvious weight of curiosity and danger. Maya's instrumentation creates a muffled atmospheric pile-on that glimmers like circuits coming to life. Darren's lyrical delivery is both a warning and confession.
The deepest impact of “Avatar: Encryption Code” is how appropriately it interweaves philosophy and feeling. Ultimately it's about our surrender to technology, instead of technology itself. Through this track, Ophelia Moon continues its journey of diverting one's attention to the grand mysteries of life, passion, joy, suffering, womb-life and rebirth. Music as mirror and messenger to an experience that is undeniably, all encompassing. The sum lived experience that stays with you long after the listening ends.
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