Vibrations and Consciousness
Swiss-born, East London-raised artist/producer Jung Mergs hails from the Plus TRBE collective. He has gone from strength to strength, showcasing his wildly unique subject matter, flow and musicality. Inspired by the sounds from his London- hometown as well as internationally, you can hear elements from different genres fusing to form something original yet distinctive. Jung’s aims are to widen the emotional palette of music by delving deeper into the earth experience and putting that into the music.
‘Vibrations and Consciousness’ is the first instalment from Jung on his Plus TRBE Recordings imprint. Hard hitting realisations of the continuous and hopeless matrix cycles in 'cogwheels.exe', versus the juxtaposition of rebelling against the odds, vivid dreams of success and experimenting with psychedelics as displayed in '320d' is a common theme of the emotional rollercoaster that the project thwarts you into. '320d' powerfully depicts the moments of Jung riding through his ends in his car, spitting braggadociously, with an almost reckless conviction in his vision. Through those experiences, Jung expresses the importance of achieving a spiritual balance between those two states which is effortlessly and beautifully depicted in ‘5AM in East London’ and where 'Motions' serves as the sonic interlude before that where this perspective finally clicks in to place. While introspective and personal themes are present in '5AM', Jung speaks to the collective consciousness of a whole generation who are in this position of fighting to make their dreams reality. However, navigating these pitfalls of the system is something that he does not do alone. In 'Low Tones', Jung describes the first encounters with soon to be co-founding members of the Plus TRBE label. Adorned by gorgeous vocals, "soon fly, fly in my dreams" is the mantra chanted by the talented singer-songwriter Tulin.