Art is the most emotionally evocative, intangible thing. It can open different senses and awaken new thoughts, something especially important in regards to the stories Ian reveals in The Outlaw Ocean and a big reason we decided to compose music for the project. 

Reading The Outlaw Ocean was a thrilling experience that we loved in its entirety. To us, there’s no one moment that stands out above the rest — the whole work is something remarkable and full of intense feelings that manifest themselves in music. When we showed our final tracks to our friends, they felt tension, anger and anxiety in the sounds of distorted drums, out-of-the-world synths, dark drones and the prose from “Battle in Larger War” that we featured in the music. When Ian listened to the finished product, he recounted it felt like visuals sent through your ears.

People always need a well-respected source to fill the gaps in their incomplete knowledge about the Earth’s issues. Ian’s reporting and this music project help make that possible in an expressive way.

Beatman and Ludmilla