April 2026

As the deadline approached, in April I switched into decision‑making and consolidation. I committed to releasing three main songs for this project, gathered all sketches and recordings, and started shaping them into a coherent, focused EP rather than an open‑ended collection of ideas.

Finalising the core material

• Decided firmly on three tracks for the project and let go of extra ideas that didn’t fully fit or couldn’t be finished in time.

• Collected all fragments for each song (vocals, folk samples, synth ideas, structural notes) and organised them into clear session projects.

• Tightened arrangements, clarified intros/outros and transitions, and made a concrete to‑do list for production, re‑recording and mixing.

  
  

Deep work on “Allaga Sheker”

• Spent a large part of the month working heavily on “Allaga Sheker”, treating it as the rhythmic and energetic peak of the EP.

• Found it easier to compose this track after being so strongly influenced by rave culture and club nights. I could already imagine it in future DJ sets and on rave dancefloors.

• I drew on the spirit of rave culture with fast, repetitive electronic beats, high‑energy synth lines, and a sense of collective freedom and release that grew out of late‑1980s underground parties in the UK.

• Used that mental image of future gigs and rave nights as a compositional guide: writing with the sound system, the crowd’s movement, and the “peak time” moment in mind.

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