Uno Dose

Track cover art for ‘Uno Dose’

There are many benefits that I’ve realized from my experience with the cohort I joined in July ‘25, the Ancient Future Collective, founded by Savej. A biggie… a mother load of tools to help producers get from ideas to published music. I’m talking a production template for Ableton (the software for electronic music producers), the how-tos for creating, mixing, sound design, understanding synthesis… and on.

The very weekend the course ended, Amy and I were on a plane to Panama. It took about 6 weeks to get settled and set up to begin creating. In that time, I had started a handful of projects with my newfound tools and knowledge.

In that same gap of time, Amy had begun connecting with our new community in Boquete. A go-to for community and amazing products is the Tuesday Market. It’s a farmers market with locally produced goods, arts and crafts.

A favorite stop for Amy and I was the CHOX table for chocolate products made from cacao sourced here in Panama. The coolio that runs CHOX, Bariş Ger, was born in Turkey. He and his wife, Nina, had moved to Boquete around 2016. We struck up a conversation every time we visited… and we visited a lot, because we’re human and humans love chocolate.

At least a month into these frequent visits, somehow the topic of music came up in conversation. Turns out Bariş had been classically trained on flute and clarinet.

“Wait, what? You should’ve led with this!”

I had already nearly finished the track that would go on to become ‘Uno Dose.’ But after seeing some of Bariş’ reels on Instagram, I knew he would completely torch it with his incredible talent.

Bariş came to my condo to track with a flute he made (that’s right, he makes flutes). I rolled the track from the top 4 times through, and each time he played along. Gold. All I had to do was locate the shiniest pieces, place them here and there (the sacred “sprinkle dinkle”), mix, and off it went to be mastered.

‘Uno Dose,’ like all published works, is a snapshot in time. It’s a reflection of my capabilities as a producer at the time of the self-published release date, January 22, 2026. While I’m still finding my sound, I can say that I’m super proud of the track.

I’d love it if you took ‘Uno Dose’ for a spin. And to do the shitty marketing shit that is required to be creative in the social media era, please like, follow, subscribe, whatever. Hey, I didn’t make the rules.