25/08/2025
Today, I have re-released my creative project 'REBEARTH' on YouTube.
Upon reflection, this project was one of the most challenging and creative experiences of my life, and I invested a significant amount of time, energy, and resources into it.
It was a self-designed university project that was largely hindered by Lockdown and lack of access to bands/artists that I could produce at the time. I therefore had to design a project where I could showcase my skills in audio production, collaboration and engineering in a creative project, all within a timeframe of 6 weeks.
To think that this happened within 6 weeks is still baffling, however, it was due to the inspiration of creative producer Laura Evans, with whom I had created nature-inspired ambient music, and my friend Simon Mitchell, aka Eone - an electronic music creative who really inspired the sonic shape of this project.
Despite working 18-hour days on it and writing a hefty essay about the process, it was one of the most incredible experiences in my life. I had to steer away from the comfort of the electric guitar and the musicality of songwriting that I was so familiar with, and try to throw myself into a different place, blending sound design, foley, synthesis, mixing and engineering into one 30-minute project.
The world has not been the same since in many ways, however, my thoughts at the time were correct. The digital world was becoming ever exacerbated, and today, here we are in an AI-driven economy that is quickly destroying human connection and collaboration.
I stand by the concept that we need to reconnect with Earth. And that humanity needs a Rebearth - this was the meaning, and I am still proud of it.
Rebearth is a concept album created by producer and musician Mark Allen to acknowledge the significant influence that technology now has on society and the i...
