Flow Radio: The Empress & Black Sugar (mix by maple)

Mourning.
Mornings
when the Sun disguises itself as a blood moon.

No longer playing coy, allowing us to stare straight at her unbridled wrath.
The ash has yet to settle.
Carried by wind like what remains of my loved ones.

This dark night that never seems ends.

We have reached a save point. Patch up and cobble together what strength you can.
Look back and try and remember what hope means. 
Savor the memory and rest for tomorrow brings battle.

Our mix this week is crafted by a dear friend: maple

The first half is named the Empress. The second is named Black Sugar.

Pick a Card:
You now hold the Empress in Reverse.
"Reversed, the Empress encourages you to make self-love and self-care a priority. Now is the time to bring your loving energy and focus to yourself, especially if you have been giving away your personal power by placing too much emphasis on another person’s emotional or material needs, thus neglecting your own."
- Some Google'd Horoscope Site

Take this time to heal.

A spoonful of Black Sugar sits like bad medicine. Sliding into your soul like the slow drip of molasses (or maybe maple syrup). Though sweet to the taste, it has a way of swallowing you whole. It doesn't taste so bitter when your body remembers the highs and lows. But deep down, you know that something is wrong. Something is still off. The ghost itch that yearns to be scratched. Fight it off, patch the glitch, and help create a world that is for everyone.

Playlist

  1. Distance by Nuages on Nuages (PROJECT MOONCIRCLE)
  2. All in Here by Emancipator on Seven Seas (Loci Records)
  3. Drexler by MADE IN HEIGHTS on MADE IN HEIGHTS (HEIGHTS)
  4. Abacus by Edamame on Ochre (Gravitas)
  5. Tell Me by HERmei on Until You Get Here (Helsinki Pro)
  6. Brandenburg by Apparat on LP5 (Mute)
  7. So Flows the Current by Edamame on Ochre (Gravitas)
  8. Wild Burn by Ayla Nereo on The Code of Flowers (Jumpsuit Records)
  9. The Secret Kissing of the Sun and the Moon by Hang Massive on Luminous Emptiness (Hang Music)
  10. Alone in the Kyoto by Air on Lost in Translation (Virgin)
  11. Kings by Frameworks on Kings (Topshelf)
  12. Golden Waves by Mokhov on Future Hope (Mokhov Music)
  13. Evasion by Clozee on Evasion (Gravitas)
  14. Estrange (feat IO Echo) by Tokimonsta on Lune Rouge (Young Art Records)
  15. Away Away by Ibeyi on Ibeyi (XL Recordings)
  16. Anumullah, Pt. 1 by Mark Deutsch on Mark Deutsch (Mark Deutsch)
  17. Obsidian Night by Yugen Blakrok on Anima Mysterium (I.O.T Records)
  18. Spring Arrives by Azam Ali on Elysium for the Brave (Six Degrees Records)
  19. Ritual Spirit by Massive Attack on Ritual Spirit EP (Melankolic Recordings Limited)
  20. Sevdaliza by Human Nature on The Calling (Twisted Elegance)
  21. If I had a Heart by Fever Ray (Rabid Records)
  22. Break
  23. Mirage by Saltus x Pathwey on Mirage (Street Ritual)
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  25. Drownt by Clipping. on The Deep (Sub Pop)
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  27. Transitions by Sleeper & District on Terraformed EP (Chestplate)
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  29. The Raven by Biome on Hybrid Remix (Osiris Music UK)
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  31. Survivor ft Rani by AMIT on 4 Stories EP (AMAR)
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  33. Rule of Language by Kryptic Minds on The Divide / Rule of Language (Osiris Music uk)
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  35. Axolotl by The Veils on Twin Peaks (Rhino Entertainment)
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  37. Fire and Ice by Seven on Seven (Seven)
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  39. Hubris by Sevdaliza on ISON (Twisted Elegance)
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  41. Everywhen by Massive Attack on 100th Window (Circa Records)
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  43. Who Am I by Peace Orchestra on Peace Orchestra (G-Stone Recordings)