Tag: “As Long as There is Time” (Mukura song)

There is a sense of drifting through time and space contemplating life’s challenges and possibilities in Mukura’s single “As Long as There is Time.” The song starts off like a collage of Mellotron warble, Casio tones and piano and Mukura’s vocals both carrying the melody and accenting the rhythm. Near the two minute mark the song takes on a different character, drones warp and bend, Mukura’s vocals are more spoken internal dialogue for several moments before floating off into ethereal territory and coming back into the vivid, focused vocals from the beginning of the song. The song appears to outline how one’s mind can feel like it can run on and on through tangents that strike one’s fancy and how that can be both interesting, illuminating and fruitful provided one has the time to indulge those multitudinous detours but also that it can be a way to get lost in oneself. Though the song has the luminous melodies of a dream pop song, its structure is decidedly unconventional to reflect the way one’s mind can shift gears and moods spontaneously in a way that makes sense to the non-linear aspect of consciousness that transcends standard logic. Watch the dynamic video for “As Long as There is Time” on YouTube.