“Around me” finds Mark Weatherley seeming to tape into both the realm of electro-soul-tinged dance music and sound design. Layered rhythms guide the flow of smooth, atmospheric melodies and harmonic vocals that sound like conversations that happen all around you in a large public space until about halfway through the song when the impressionistic arrangement of voices like a tonal placement in a hip-hop beat have a moment of absolute clarity of intention and an expression of affection expressed by one person for another with the rush of rhythms and tone falling away except for a minimal forward momentum slice of minimal percussion. Then back to the mosaic of sounds that reflect the sense of the time and the constant stimuli we’re bombarded with daily. It’s as if Weatherley finds beauty in the seeming chaos and almost accidental intersections of rhythm and to remind us that if we take a chance to slow down and focus we can find a gem in everyday life if we have the will to not be distracted by everything potentially demanding our attention. Listen to “Around me” on Spotify and follow UK-based producer and songwriter Mark Weatherley at the links below.
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