Establishing the mood with a dimensional synthscape with cerebral vocal samples, See How opens 422ppm with panning textures, a subversive baseline and the trippy nature that we have come to love from the visionary rising producer.
The opus taps into a meditative spoken word segment about consciousness, Gaia as Earth, our duty to tend to the animals and grow plants, delivered in a Northern British accent by UK activist, writer, councillor and TV pundit Chantelle Lunt.
This moment feels genius, sublime and intentional. A message that we as a species need to experience more on a conscious level. For that we are grateful to See How. The artist confesses, “When I started the initial ideas for this track, the planet had reached 422 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere. By the time this track is released, we will have passed 430ppm. Circling back to the phrase ‘guard this land, so that all can breathe’, I wanted to platform Chantelle’s message of guardianship, to say that from our dark past, there is still hope to be found in those who remember our original mission”.
Chantelle adds, “I wrote this poem to remind people that we are essentially guests on this planet,
and that somewhere along the way we’ve lost sight of our original mission – to be guardians of
the world around us. The words are taken from my poem ‘Pass The Mic’, which poses the
question ‘whose voices are we centering when we talk about the climate emergency?’ Because
too often the ones controlling the narrative are not the ones suffering the brunt of climate
catastrophe in the Global South – people whose indigenous knowledge and practices point to our
original mission of guardianship.”
The fusion of breakbeat and future house with this energising and consciously astute message feels original and cerebral at the same time. We have featured See How for his previous releases like the cinematic, Beautiful Dreamer, and the intricate, garage and house inspired, Do It, so we are glad to see his evolution with such a unique piece of social commentary and a boundless soundscape to boost!
We have added 422ppm to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS playlist, whilst we continue to stream the wider discography of See How, including Amnesia, and How To Run.