Does an echo have a heartbeat? That’s the question that came to mind as the opening riff of the Sahara CyberStars’ “Hope in Everything” Remix curled out of my speakers like a serpent spinning in space. Lesser mortals might expect a straightforward call to arms or, worse, a montage of weary optimism, but Dave and Trish Long don’t deal in such pedestrian paths. They’re far more concerned with the sound of a question mark at sunset.
Dave’s vocals feel like the slow unraveling of an old flag caught between velvet fingers. There’s something in his voice that makes you think of revolutionaries who are too tired to scream but too awake to sleep. Are we being led? Or are we merely driftwood in the sea of inequality?
It’s hard to say. Mostly because the remix doesn’t want you to choose—it wants you to wander around in those thoughts. Sand dunes of groove, washed over by Trish’s saxophone, blur into horizons you didn’t know were there. Leadership and power, sure, but not the kind you find in parliaments. The kind that’s quietly deciding the fate of the universe at some street corner. Ever felt like a late afternoon wind knows more about decision-making than any politician? Yeah, that’s where this remix lives.
There’s jazz here, but not the cigarette-in-a-dim-club variety. No, this is jazz that grew up, bought a synth, and occasionally reads philosophy before sunset. Somehow, the beat stays optimistic, like a heartbeat inside an engine.
Maybe, just maybe, the power lies in not having answers. Hope isn’t shiny, it’s raw, folded into the dirty notes Dave strums on his guitar between choruses of broken promises.
But can you hear the hope yet? Or is it like trying to catch headlights with your bare hands?
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