drama[mine]

by alka feat. Nero's Tongue

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drama[mine] 09:35

about

The interminable disorientation and disappointment of travel. 

A train arrives. The tired and weary souls of myself and my fellow intransients are collected, while still others are decanted onto the platform. There is a feeling of constant, incessant motion, precipitating a nagging awareness of achieving nothing and of going nowhere. 

In the alien otherness of a morning commute – too early, too dark, too quiet – I gaze from the window of the carriage and watch towns and fields pass by in a blurry, amorphous slur of sounds, colours, textures and shapes. 

I enter a dreamlike state, wherein thoughts and reflections arrive and depart like poetry. I meditate subconsciously on life and mortality before finally drifting off into a troubled sleep, punctuated by announcements, the noisy, disruptive rush of passing express trains and, finally, my arrival. 

credits

released February 14, 2025

Audio:

Written and produced by alka
Vocals and words by Nero's Tongue
Field recordings by Mat Smith
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong

The sleeve design uses a still from 'Different Different Trains'

Video - 'Different Different Trains':
Filmed by Mat Smith
Video editing by alka

Watch at YouTube:

youtu.be/uE8t_algLr8

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