I was interested in tackling this quote with a technical representation rather than a primarily emotional one. It turned into a massive midi pain and I struggled with the musicality of the piece too, but I wanted to include it in the album because of the storytelling potential, so I kept plugging away at it for months.
The idea was to have a drawn out chord progression played by repeating notes, where each run of notes plays at a very slightly different tempo, so that over time, simultaneous notes slip relative to one another, and syncopating rhythms emerge and constantly morph. The Atmos mix by Richard Burki lent itself to further enhancing the concept by having each of the 4-8 notes of the chords in their own spatial position as well. So that not only do new rhythmical forms emerge, but also spatial trajectories, as each note slips relative to its neighbours to further deliver the feeling of our perception slipping. It needed a little bit of a maddening feeling to it as well musically, something incessant. Perhaps that’s why I struggled with the writing process.