Episode 018 / September 10, 2023
In this episode of Ambient Discourses, we become acquainted with ambient electronic artist Jack Dolan of Staeppanwulf from the United Kingdom. We touched on his concept of literary isolationism and how it informs his music, plus peeking behind the curtains towards the eternal source of inspiration, and a variety of philosophical concepts like the unity of opposites, Stoicism, Taoism, and others to name a few. If you’re not well-versed in philosophy, don’t worry… allow us to assuage your inhabitions with links and resources to what we talk about in the show notes.

You can also catch Staeppanwulf on The STOLACE | RELAY STATION episode 3.45 at https://stolace.com/relay-station/episodes/03/45/

Chapters:

[0:02:31 ] Origin story
[0:07:46 ] Literary Isolationism
[0:12:08 ] The Eternal musical source cannot be named
[0:17:13 ] “On a Different Cloud” by Staeppanwulf from “Polaris, Vol 3: Live Atmospheres & Soundscapes”
[0:26:37 ] Creating for others and for self — community and isolationism
[0:35:39 ] Peeking behind the curtain
[0:40:23 ] The unity of opposites (Apollonian - reason, Dionysian - chaos)
[0:45:14 ] “Alpha-WAV” by Staeppanwulf from “Generator”
[0:52:28 ] Stoicism: a great introduction to good living
[0:56:30 ] Where do we go from here, and how?
[1:08:16 ] “Hermetic Song” by Staeppanwulf from “Filosofia (EP)”
[1:11:45 ] Balancing the ego
[1:22:18 ] “Crafting the Machine” by Staeppanwulf from “Generator”
[1:27:10 ] The duality of life

Resources & Related Links:
Heraclitus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclitus
Schopenhauer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer
Friedrich Nietzche - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Friedrich_Nietzsche
Immanual Kant (Kantianism) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantianism
Perennialism (philosophy) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_philosophy
Idealism (philosophy) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism
George Berkeley (philosopher) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Berkeley
Subjective Idealism (philosophy) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjective_idealism
Unity of Opposites (philosophy) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_of_opposites
Apollonian vs Dionysian (philosophy) - https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Apollonian_and_Dionysian

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