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The evolution of identity

17 Feb 2024

After a year of living in ‘Spoons’ - my campervan turned music studio, it was time to wrap up the adventure of a lifetime. With a heavy heart, I sold my baby and handed over the keys.

Friends,


Feb 2022 | Brisbane, Australia
Feb 2022 | Brisbane, Australia

After a year of living in ‘Spoons’ - my campervan turned music studio, it was time to wrap up the adventure of a lifetime. With a heavy heart, I sold my baby and handed over the keys.


A few days later, my dear friend & visionary artist Malindi Lovegrove gave me a gift.



It was a shoebox-sized replica of Spoons, complete with her license plate and “Horn. Ok. Please” written at the back. The perfect memento. I cried like a baby.


At first, I thought I was crying because I was selling my van which I had grown attached to.


But upon reflection, I realise that I was mourning the loss of an identity. I had grown to love being ‘the man in the van with no plan.’ I didn’t think there could be anything cooler! My life felt like it had peaked.


But life went on.


I returned to my roots in India. 


June 2022 | Himachal Pradesh, India
June 2022 | Himachal Pradesh, India

I discovered that I could squeeze my music studio into a backpack. Through foreign eyes and curious ears, I’ve been reconnecting with my home country.


For the past two years - I’ve been enjoying this new identity as ‘an audio nomad.’ However, it’s now time for this chapter to come to a close too.


Strangely, I’m not feeling any pain this time around, and I’ve realised why.


Identities don’t die, they evolve.


Each of my identities have taught me lessons that helped me evolve into the next one.



I now realise that I simply couldn’t launch my own nomad village without the learnings that each identity gave me. Wait what? 😉 Stay tuned fam.


From feelings, to sound

Jan 2024 | Gokarna, India
Jan 2024 | Gokarna, India

As I sat on the beaches of Gokarna, I channeled this feeling into a mix. It’s been released on “Soulful Techno,” a legendary channel run by a veteran in the scene - Gabriel Ananda. Besides a solid following on Soundcloud, this show plays on radio stations across Ibiza, South America, Germany and more…


I really gave this mix everything I’ve got, treating it as the last page in what’s been a beautiful chapter. To have it supported at this scale feels incredible.


I like to call it “The evolution of identity.” It's an honour to be be able to share it with you 🙏


Listen here


Ephemerally,

Divi Schae

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