When life hits you with a reality so bizarre it feels like fiction, some artists pick up a pen, but Beltran picked up a synthesizer.
The Brazilian DJ and producer recently turned a near-fatal experience in Thailand into a sonic journey of its own. He’s now opened up about the unnerving story behind his new track, “Banyan Tree (Thai Mix).”
It all began with a motorcycle crash in Phuket that left Beltran hospitalized with broken bones, stitches and, as he humorously recalls, stolen flip-flops. The ordeal reached its fever pitch when he found himself in a chaotic taxi ride back to his hotel—barefoot and shaken, yet somehow inspired.
“The story was so insane I had to do a track of it,” Beltran said in an Instagram post.
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With a vocoded voice delivering the lyrics, the track plunges listeners into an arrangement where pumping percussion collides with acid-tinged basslines and industrial soundscapes. The synths, plotting and deliberate, seem to reflect the chaos of his journey as if asking, “Is this really happening?”
You can listen to the new track below and download it for free here.
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