Sometimes I catch myself thinking that I’m no longer at the age where I can afford sudden mood swings. And yet, there are still days when a solid wave of melancholy washes over me. You try to look calm, balanced, grown-up, but inside something quietly, stubbornly keeps “gnawing.” In moments like these, I always turn to an old friend named Future Garage. And today’s encounter is “Solitude“, a melancholic future garage track by American producer Serenemoon. Despite his still modest recognition, he sounds as if he carries years of experience and dozens of lived stories behind him.
The moment you press play on Solitude, a wave of cosmic pads washes over you. You have to ride it. A gentle electric piano helps you keep your balance, while the unhurried percussion counts down roughly thirty seconds, as if giving you time to step onto your board for a session of musical surfing. And then — only forward.
What follows is real surfing on waves of cosmic melancholy. Strange, almost living taps with an organic undertone breathe nearby. The pads bloom into scattered constellations. Faint vocal samples drift in like echoes from retro games. Slightly naïve, slightly detached, gently hinting that this whole life can be perceived as a game.
At the very heart of this wave lie tectonic, elongated sub-bass pulses. They carry you farther from the shore, farther from the noise, deeper into space. The further you go, the more space there is. And the cold arpeggio at 1:50 can become a portal into a light trip, if you close your eyes. At some point, it feels as though only you, the universe, and this wave exist — simply carrying you into an endless void of colors.
Serenemoon approached the production as if he knew this piece of atmospheric electronic music would become medicine. Medicine for the incurable. It allows you to travel toward the unseen, to feel what has not yet been invented. Yes, it is a state of emptiness. But it is precisely in this silence, in this cosmic void, that something new is inevitably born. And perhaps that is exactly why, from time to time, we need solitude.
P.S For more on the emotional depth of atmospheric electronic music, check out this thoughtful exploration of Yal!X’s new track, “Dream Tides.”
