THE ESCAPE VELOCITY magazine Issue Three 1 The Escape Velocity Escape Velocity One year anniversary issue Front cover: Photographer - Jacob Khrist / Model - Naomie Lagadec / Head piece - Pierre Cardin ©2019 Axis Records 2 The Escape Velocity So, since starting The Escape Velocity one year ago, there have been many advances : new discoveries through the conceptual works of artists, a newfound agenda de- signed to allow Sci Fi Techno Music the much needed dimension to explore unconditionally and without pop- ular homogenization. So far, we’ve invited roughly 30 artists into the proj- ect, but only asked for one main requirement - which is to explore to the furthest reaches of their imagination. And the results have been more than any project man- ager could ask for. Like in the other corridors of Sci- ence Fiction, we see in Techno Music the same mech- anism that produces fantastical ideas and dreams. With tangible purpose, any and everything is possible. As the concept of The Escape Velocity is to run parallel to the new discoveries of Space science, industrial and travel industries, we expect and are planning for The Escape Velocity to grow like wildfire in the next years and de- cades. We expect these first 30+ Artists to influence and teach others the special craft of translating dreams. To normalize abnormal thinking and the readiness to chal- lenge the status quo whenever necessary. We hope you enjoy Issue Three of The Escape Velocity Magazine. Jeff Mills Editor in chief photo courtesy of NASA/Carla Cioffi 3 The Escape Velocity Contributors Sheree Rashit: Having studied fashion and a further degree in Culture and Criticism at Central St Martins School of Art, Sher- ee Rashit’s work has encompassed journal- ism and styling, curation, costume for TV through to creative director of visual iden- tity for music artists signed to independent and major labels. Sheree is founding direc- tor, alongside Steve Bicknell, of LOST, site specific music events focused on electron- ic music, with emphasis on the experience. Sister company to LOST, Cosmic Records was formed as a platform for releasing af- filiated music. Most recently she has been working on a collaborative design project with a Paris based designer and involved in plans for an exhibition featuring artists in diaspora. Lee Shields: Lee Shields is a Glasgow- based but Irish-born writer with an affil- The photo Image taken from a conceptual photo iation with most electronic music. He has always found togetherness in the sound, shoot by Jeff Mills in Paris 2019. forging early techno inclinations in Dublin’s club scene, where creativity supersedes the The concept revolves around the existence of a restrictive opening times and venues. A for- new species that suddenly arrives to Earth in large mer journalism graduate, current MSc Mar- numbers. The year is 2119. With some features keting student, and long-time music lover, that resemble humans, most of the differences are Lee hopes to carve out a career in music internal. 3 hearts, 2 brains and many new type of marketing. Currently, he is a freelance writer organs that favor the extremities of Space Travel. working in content creation and also about With more than 16 senses that have been detect- electronic music for Monument.no. ed so far, this species can appear and disappear, Frank Muller: Frank Mueller has been an defy gravity and alter its appearance to anything early protagonist of electronic music. The of matter. former machine designer for environmen- tal technology and programmer started his musical imprints in the early nineties with iconic labels like Acid Orange or Muller Re- cords and has released techno classics on labels like SOMA or Cocoon. some music lovers might know his alter ego Beroshima. 4 The Escape Velocity CONTENTS Editor’s Letter 3 Staffan Linzatti - The Silent Dreamers 58 Contributors 4 Staffan Linzatti interview 61 Jonas Kopp + Jeroen Search interview 6 Zoomusicology 67 Future - What wisemen said 14 Shades of Purple 68 Pierre Cardin review 16 Waveform Transmission: South Africa 74 Looking Back To The Future 24 Collateral Influence - Nasa 88 Ecilo interview 34 Ocktawian videos 94 The History of the color Silver 38 The Escape Velocity Releases 96 Metamorphoses photo review 46 Translations 136 The Escape Velocity magazine Issue Three Editor in Chief: Jeff Mills Published April 2021, Axis Records, P.O.Box 416600 Miami Beach, FL 33141 USA www.axisrecords.com. All rights are reserved. Copying and using any contents in the magazine without permission is prohibited. For inquiries, please contact: [email protected] ©2021 Axis Records 5 The Escape Velocity 6 The Escape Velocity Jonas Kopp and Jeroen Search talk to Jeff Mills The Holographic Universe principle suggests that we’re living in a simulated reality (this is different from the hypothesis that states we live in a computer simulation). Essentially, it claims our physical world is nothing more than a detailed illusion. This illusion is actually projected by our brains, as energy fields are being decoded into the seemingly three-dimen- sional universe we see around us. In a more speculative sense, the theory suggests that the entire universe can be seen as a two-dimensional information structure that is “painted” on the cosmological horizon, such that the three dimensions (four, if you include time) we observe are only an effective descrip- tion at macroscopic scales and at low energies. (fron Futurism.com) Two techno veterans who released solo albums from the Escape Velocity made a collabora- tion under the Hologprahic Universe theory and Jeff Mills asked questions to them. to Jonas Kopp: Rather than ask the typical type of questions, I think there are other ways we can know about you, your work and this project. In something like a psychological correlation exam, please respond with the first thing that comes to your mind. Here we go: Objective: Evolving in order Outer Space: Light & Vibration Inner Space: Self encounter Progress: Manifestation of the creation Longevity: Nature Happiness: Infinite Search Today, NASA officially confirmed the existence of another type of Galaxy. It is not one that is at another location outside our Universe, but it’s actually surrounds the one we are actually in. NASA also explained that they have evidence that sometimes these separate layers of Space and Time intersect that allows portals. So, it’s all true. Aliens, UFOs, Heaven/Hell, the whole Ancient Alien episode. Now what should humanity do? 7 The Escape Velocity All this information about the truths or knowledge about the universe and cosmology was and is available within us, through the intimate encounter with our energetic Being we can feel and receive all these information, which is infinite as the universe, but that would be received if the person is able to get it in order to the conscious level, which is different in every individual person and it de- pends of diverse factors as for example “time / tempo” to natural develop the personal conscious- ness itself. Our individual energetic Being is highly vi- brating at some point in our local galaxy or in some of the near galaxies such as Andromeda, from that star systems locations these advanced Beings project themselves using an en- ergetic structure composed by diverse kind of energetic ele- ments that function as a link and management between the Being and what we call physical body, a bio- energetic vehicle that we use to experiment life on Planet Earth, which is a physical planet but it also has different lay- ers or multi frequent dimensions where in addition to us “the human beings” there is a vast diversity of energetic beings that reside on our own planet, some of them are negative polar- ity and some others of positive polarity, the positive ones are those that manage the life system on the planet, safeguarding the ecosystems bal- ance, carrying the flora and fauna formlife’s. Personally, I believe that NASA and other organisa- tions have much more infor- mation on their desks than what they are currently reveal- ing to us, I believe that this gap in real time delivery of the infor- mation is due to the fact that most of worldwide population is not con- sciously ready to receive and under- stand many of the cosmology news and the real true of our creation and our reality. It may create a great mind chaos in most of the people and even more so in these extraordinary chaotic times in which we find ourselves currently experimenting. At the end we know what we individual try to understand in a natural way, time and tempo. 8 The Escape Velocity Images by Suzanne Treister “The Holographic Universe Theory Of Art History (2018) How important do you believe the act of using one’s imagination is to a better way of existence? I Believe that the imagination is not attached to any type of previously discovered knowledge and therefore is linked to innovation, which is the gateway to new forms and ideas that can usually change the paradigm of diverse life areas, such as technology, social, art in all it’s genres and there- fore a constant advance in the evolution of our race. What is the concept of this collaboration album with Jeroen Search? Why this subject? Personally I was looking for the right time and space to develop and translate the theory of the “Holographic Universe” into art form, some of the modern scientist are confirming this theory, that affirms that everything that exists in our universe and in our individual universe is a hologram cre- ation, created and projected by the mind. I think that the concept that Jeff Mills has spread on Axis since the beginning of the label timeline has a close relationship with this and it’s on this platform where I really feel confident to communi- cate these types of concepts through visual and sound art form.