Spectrum by Stoneburner

Mental health is on everybody's mind these days. Thank you Naomi Osaka and Simone Bile for that. It takes a lot of courage to step forward and admit that you are struggling.

However, this is not really a major topic in the music industry. In general, we are presented with polished images of beautiful people. The reality is much grimmer - according to one study, 73% of musicians suffer from mental illness. All those fun stories of sex, drugs, and rock'n roll ain't that much fun once you start to look under the hood.

Steven Archer has never been one to shy away from a direct, honest conversation and his latest track "Spectrum' puts the topic front center.

"Spectrum" explores human emotion - joy, exuberance, darkness.

"Spectrum" is not just music - it is a statement.

There are many of us.
You are not alone!


From Steven Archer:
I have never interacted with people well. I don’t understand them and often they don’t understand me. I’m fine doing what I do in my corner of the world, which oddly enough is something else they didn’t understand.

Why?

Because I am in the one percent of the population with Autistic spectrum disorder.

It’s pretty minimal for me, I can, as they say, “pass.” You wouldn’t know it talking to me at first, but eventually, I will put you off by not responding in a way that is the social norm. As I write this I’m sitting in a bar with friends and the only time I had anything to say was when someone asked me to explain the weird-ass midi guitar controller I’m building. Which caused me to go into just otaku level of details about it. Because it’s fuckin cool.

The spectrum runs from people like myself all the way to, for example, a kid I went to school with who completely lacked the ability to prioritize sensory information and everything in between.

The more we come to understand this condition (I don’t like calling it a disorder) the more we see how many creative and innovative people are on the spectrum. And all of them have fought through the stigma that goes along with being different and trying to function in a world that you just don’t fit in.

This song is about my personal experiences and as a way of reminding others that they aren’t alone.

Stoneburner is the solo project from Steven Archer that combines tribal fusion electronic dance music with experimental sounds. Steven Archer is a multifaceted musician, artist, and writer. He is best known for his work with the electronic rock band Ego Likeness (Metropolis Records) as well has is abstract electronica project ::Hopeful Machines::