Richard Mergler

friends for summer is an Australian independent artist on IYKYK Records. The project's mission is to bring the same song to as many listeners and languages as possible — Midnight Starry Sea exists in 21 languages and across multiple genres. The yoga and meditation versions — 60 to 72 BPM, single note acoustic guitar, oceanic ambient pads, a female vocal that floats above the production — are among the most stripped-back productions in the catalogue. The same lyric that drives a 145 BPM hard house track also breathes quietly in a 60 BPM yoga ambient version. When you visit the Spotify artist page and see many versions of the same track, that breadth is the concept. One song. Every context summer belongs in.

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