Matt Jenko
Noctuary – Bonobo
11 June 2019
We walked for days. The fleeting image had been more than a figment of our collective imagination, we knew it, and so we followed the trail of crooked lights deeper into the wilderness than any soul had dared go before us…
Odd One Out – Yotto
19 February 2019
This week we’re going for a short and sweet entry, and I’ll just let the music do the talking – for once…
(Re)Mixing It Up – An Interview with Save the World Featured Artist SWACQ
29 October 2018
As a music curator, I’m sent a lot of music. But every so often, I’m hit with something that completely stops me in my tracks. Dutch producer SWACQ’s remix of ‘Faded Away‘ by Sweater Beats & Icona Pop is well and truly Music to Save the World! to (you can read about why here,) and had rightly been our featured track for the month of October.
With a catalogue that spans a huge range of styles and includes collaborations with the likes of Tiësto, Nicky Romero and Justin Mylo – not to mention the frequent spins on the iconic Hardwell on Air collections – SWACQ is clearly a force to be reckoned with in the world of electronic music…
Say My Name (Instrumental) – Odesza
31 July 2018
I originally had this track lined up for a Save the World! entry later this year, but Cam from Music to Practice Yoga’s June feature sparked the Odesza fever in me and so I had to bump it to the front of the queue!…
Unbound – Kisnou
25 July 2018
Our writing is our art. And our art is who we are. When we aren’t creating, we’re stagnating, and for a writer that’s not a comfortable way to live…
Ocean (From “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker”) – TPR
17 July 2018
My writing journey began, without a doubt, with the Final Fantasy games of the late 90s/early 2000s. Text heavy and without any voice actors, you had to prepared to do a LOT of reading in order to enjoy the story. It was more immersive than any book I’d ever read, and the settings and the characters were so vivid that it wasn’t hard to spend hours lost in the worlds that lay beyond the controller…
Landscapes – RelaxingVibe
10 July 2018
The sun sets over the Himalayas. Spiritual and warm, the golden warmth of the last rays of light sets the majestic peaks ablaze, as ancient voices echo across the slopes…
Himalaya – Ellipsis
4 July 2018
Good afternoon class. Your regular teacher is on vacation (he’s gone Saving the World!), and so for the next four weeks, I’ll be your professor. My name is Dr Jenko, and it’s lovely to meet you all…