“Ya really gotta listen - It’s Liminal”

This track, tho.

Cover art for ‘Liminal’

The who, what, when, where, and how of this track could be a book. The concept alone, being in a liminal space, is the underlying theme of every human story. Actually every story, human or not.

The concept
By definition, liminal describes an intermediate state, a transitional phase, or being “between.” It is derived from a Latin word limen, which means a threshold—the physical or conceptual space of crossing from one condition or boundary to another.

Considering that change is constant, that the universe not only continues to expand but is actually accelerating, it means that we are always in a liminal state of one kind or many simultaneously. From our first breath to our last in this lifetime we are in a liminal state.

We have the scientific facts about universal expansion in one hand. In the other is the human desire for safety. Most people understand safety to be a human need. Safety comes in a lot of flavors, one of which is consistency. We make decisions and plans based on the conditions we understand in the present or that we have experienced. Major life changes–the birth or death of a loved one, the beginning or end of a closer personal or romantic relationship, moving to a new house or location, starting or losing a new job–can cause anxiety and lead to depression.

It’s fascinating to me to consider the dichotomy. As humans we have evolved to this place of not just wanting but needing consistency, and this evolution took place in a universe that is always, has always, and will continue to always be in a state of motion, change, even expansion.

We experience safety when all things go as expected. We tend to cling to expectations. We tend to be uncomfortable with the mysterious. This idea helps me understand the brilliance behind non-attachment. In Tantric philosophy (the basis for Buddhism, Hinduism, and all things yoga), non-attachment (vairagya) is not about suppressing desire. It is the conscious release of clinging to specific outcomes or permanence. 

The genesis
When I started this track, I was full-on in all kinds of liminality. It was July ‘26. I had lost my job the previous March. I had done all the things, resumes, recruiters, interviews. Over 500 applications submitted. Meanwhile I was receiving messages from multiple sources that the corporate world was no longer my path. Psychic readings, visions in my meditations, visions in my sacred plant medicine journeys, soft encouragement from my amazing partner, Amy… Again, multiple sources. Too many to ignore.

OK. So give up the corporate rat race. Sure. I wanted to. Everyone I know wants to. I hate corporate America. Let me repeat: I FUCKING hate corporate America, which holds the reins for American politics and dictates the activities of the billions of minions, of which I was one. This rant could go on.

I digress.

Giving it up? No problem. Except the problem is that there is a problem. I don’t know how it’s all gonna work. How will I contribute? What about the bills? What about insurance? What about…???

Let go, Lp. Just let go. And when you’ve let go, let go of letting go. Keep letting go. This is your new norm. This is the new consistency. Letting go is your security. Letting go is your safety. Cozy up to the notion of not knowing. You’ve been so driven by the acquisition of knowledge of all of the things, and, sure, knowing all the things led to financial stability, but then again here you are in this space, having lost your corporate job in which you were a contractor to the Treasury, a division of the US Government, an entity created for and driven entirely by corporate America.

🤔

So in July I found myself in an online production training course through the Ancient Future Collective, founded by Savej, the GOAT. Two weeks into the course I had crafted my first fully arranged track in this sacred bass genre before I even knew there was such a thing as the sacred bass genre. I titled the track “Liminal,” as that concept was the flavor of the day, week, month, and entire year.

I set the track aside to keep learning and creating. After Amy and I moved to Panama for a (at least) 1-year sabbatical, I listened through my demos and knew that this track had potential. Having met Adam Enough (which I’ve written about in the post ‘Premonition: Synchronistic and Sublime”), I pitched it to him to see if it was a vibe he’d wanna dance with. He obliged.

Adam spun his mastery of wordeology to the demo. Thing is, I had learned SO much between the start of that project and meeting Adam. After he dropped his lyrics on the track, I knew in my knower that the track had to evolve to meet the weight of the message.

Days later I emerged with a fully reformed track complete with Adam’s vibe. And along the way I started to find elements of the SAGRADOSE sound. In that way, even ‘Liminal’ is liminal.

This track means SO much to me. The SAGRADOSE sound continues to evolve, but I’ll always have a special place in my very bones for this track. I’m stoked that it is out there in the ethers. May the message in Adam’s wizardry and this post find it’s way to those who have ears to hear and eyes to see.

So much love.

Mistical (Bajareque)

‘Mistical (Bajareque)’ is a collab project with Parmigianna and Saige Spirit.

Covert art for ‘Mistical (Bajareque)’

AFC in the house.

AFC is Ancient Future Collective, founded by Savej. After a handful of in-person retreats for music production, Savej expanded the vision with 12-week online training cohorts. Cohort 1 lifted off in July of ‘25 and went through September. Amongst the participants: Parmigianna (Gianna), Saige Spirit (Mollie), and myself.

As part of the course design, the cohort was split up into “pods” (small groups) of 3-4 participants. Gianna and I were 2 of the 4 members of our first pod. Somewhere in that span of time we tossed around the idea of eventually working together on a track.

Months later, in December, I had a seed idea that I pitched to Gianna. I started the seed on Ableton’s mobile app, Note. I imported the project into an Ableton project, made a few adjustments and submitted the demo as a potential collaboration project. Gianna dug the vibe, and the project was in motion.

As mentioned in the ‘Premonition’ post, after the first cohort completed the curriculum a remnant of ~10 or so from cohort 1 kept meeting weekly. One of the outcomes is a monthly call for collaboration projects. In January, Mollie and I were paired up for a collab. After working with Mollie on another project, it dawned on me that her touch would be a nice addition to the piece that Gianna and I had begun. I ran the idea by Gianna. Gianna dug that vibe, too, so a 3-way collab project was now in motion.

Gianna and Mollie both put heavy doses of their magic on the track. I added my bits, did some bass design, and mixed the track.

This track had a nostalgic, chill vibe from the start. While the project was coming together, Amy and I were experiencing our first dry season in Panama. Prior to moving to Boquete, we had no idea there is a rainbow season in the highlands due to a natural phenomenon called “bajareque.” It’s a very fine mist that appears to move sideways, mostly, being so easily bossed around by the wind. January through March is also a windy season with gusts up to 80 kilometers per hour.

This mist can and often does occur on sunny days. Meaning → rainbows. Lots of rainbows when the sun is low—ish, like 8am and 5pm.

Amy and I walk into town often, a time we sometimes use to listen to the projects I’m working on. As this track was in the mixing phase in January / February, we were often listening to it while walking in the bajareque.

At the same time, our li’l trio was contemplating concepts for the title of our track. I was already thinking of pitching ‘Bajareque’ when, one morning, the word “mystical” came to mind. Mystical. An attribute of this magical mist.

Mystical. Mist.

Boom! “Mistical.”

And like that, ‘Mistical (Bajareque)’ was a thing.

We pitched the track to High Vibe. They dug the vibe. And on 4/20/2026, we put it out into the world in hopes that many others would dig the vibe, too.

Premonition: Synchronistic and sublime

I had a feeling you might like to know about the track ‘Premonition.’ 😎

Cover art for ‘Premonition’

This track is a collaboration with Just Too Lazy, Adam Enough and myself.

Last year (2025) Amy and I decided to move to Panama at the end of September. Knowing that it may be some time before we return to the States, we made a whirlwind road trip to visit family.

While visiting my kids in Michigan, we were sitting in the living room of my son’s (Shea) apartment that he shares with his partner and 2 friends. One of the 2, Boone, picked up his banjo and began playing a riff. I asked if he’d play it again so I could record it on my iPhone. This story would be boring if he didn’t oblige.

A few months later Amy and I were settling into our temporary digs in Panama. I remembered the Voice Memo recording of the Boone’s banjo. I call it Boonejo. I dropped the recording into Ableton, pitched it up a bit and slowed the tempo quite a bit. It was a groove I knew I could work with. I built a seed of a track using the banjo.

As mentioned before, I was with a cohort of other budding producers to learn the ways of the Ancient Future Collective. The cohort ran through the end of September. A remnant, ~1/3 of the group that began in July continued to meet on Monday evenings. One of the outcomes of those meetings was the decision to pair up each month with a fellow producer to collaborate on a track.

For the month of November, my collab partner was Just Too Lazy, aka Kerry Rodgers. This coincided with the development of the Boonejo joint. I submitted the seed to Kerry. He gave the green light. I handed off the file, and Kerry added his magic and passed it back.

I had Ableton for all of 6 months, which is about the same amount of time I knew of this sacred bass genre. That so, I continued to produce the track (for way too long) through the month of December. When the track was pretty close to done, I kept hearing a section that seemed like it could use a rhyme. I searched for a sample just to test my theory. I dropped in a sample, and it worked. Yes. This is what needs to happen here. But not a sample. I want the real deal.

My brov from Asheville, Trevor, could certainly do it. I contacted him. Sure, he’d love to take a crack at it, but he’d be leaving for 8 days to visit family. Right after would be Christmas, then NYE… etc.

So, it was looking like the track would be on hold for a minute.

During that month Amy was teaching yoga at a studio here in Boquete. One Saturday a tatted-up dude, Adam, set his mat next to mine. We connected a bit after class. Cool dude.

A week later I arrived at the studio to pick Amy up, having skipped the class for reasons I can’t remember. Adam came out a few minutes ahead of Amy, so we greeted one another and had another conversation. We realized that we had both, individually, had a sacred medicine journey during the week leading up to that particular Saturday.

Me (roughly): “Let’s have dinner and talk about it.”

Adam: “Ahight.”

The next evening Amy and I welcomed Adam over for a meal (probably fish of some kind). He arrived while I was still preparing the stuff. I asked if he had any background in music.

“I used to spit rhymes for, like, a decade back in DC. That was 8 years ago.” Something like that.

Jigga whuuuuuuut?

I told him about the music I was producing. I showed him the Boonejo track. He was vibing, immediately. So we decided to give it a go.

Adam left our condo around 9pm that evening. The next morning I had a message from him with the text of the rhyme he woke up with. A bit later he sent a video of him rhyming over the track while driving to his gym class.

Amy and I were giddy with laughter. Pure joy. Like, jigga whuuuuuuuut???

It. Was. Spot. On. Beyond what I’d imagined, because, like Trevor, this dude has a gift with words and phraseology and all of that stuff.

A week or so later he came over to put his verse on the track. Oh, and I didn’t have some of the equipment I thought I had brought to Panama. The only option I had was to use my iPhone to record his vocals.

I mixed his piece into the track, sent it off to be mastered, submitted said master to High Vibe Records, it was accepted, and on April 1, 2026, the track went out into the ethers.

It’s a premonition, inner-vision of the mind,

This is intuition, synchronistic and sublime…

Uh, yeah. I’ll say.