Everything Looks So Still

Asta Hiroki featuring Dontmesswithjuan “Slumber”

Dontmesswithjuan sings a phrase near the end of “Slumber” that works as a description of the song itself: “magnificent scene at really small scale.” Asta Hiroki’s track evokes a microscopic smallness, the sort of ultra zoomed-in detail that effectively removes all recognizable context. The music feels extremely slow and hazy but the beat is actually fairly busy, snapping and clicking along beneath the thick atmosphere of the keyboards and Dontmesswithjuan’s breathy vocals, which are mixed loud enough that it seems as though they’re whispering directly into your ears. The lyrics are poetic and seem profound, but still wash over you with the music, as though you’re not really meant to fully comprehend what you’re being told.

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