Lost by Nujumi

Lost explores the disquieting overlap between personal isolation and the haunting presence of unfulfilled societal aspirations. Living in Cairo has brought a sense of displacement and eerie solitude, heightened by witnessing a metropolis caught between hyper-modernized aspirations and a harsh everyday reality. This track is shaped by influences from retro-futurists like Kraftwerk, whose sounds envision the techno-metropole as a capitalist dream turned dystopia.

Drawing on the writings of Merlin Coverley and Mark Fisher, Lost meditates on the British psyche’s fixation with futures foregone—a haunting sense of missed social and political opportunities that feels especially acute in the face of Cairo’s contrasting images of progress. By blending mechanized rhythms, synthetic voices, and repetitive, mantric motifs, Lost channels a distinct “wyrd” emotionality, embracing discomfort as a means to confront both personal and collective hauntings. Rather than defining new directions, this piece deepens my journey into the eerie resonance of a world where technology, history, and place collide, creating new spaces for reflection and reverie.

Nujumi Sound is the platform through which composer and producer Daniel Merrill, releases locational /psychogeographic works.

Different locations are realised through different musical identities:

Nujumi = Egypt

Latter Roanoke = US / North Carolina

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