Valeska Rautenberg

This calls for appreciation of a magical song, a magical collaboration between We Are All Astronauts and myself and so many people loving the song as much as we do.

You can read the full story about its coming to life by We Are All Astronauts here

… After listening to Ether and talking about the themes that inspired it, Valeska began doing what she does best and just let the ideas and words flow out. I’ll be honest, the initial rough demo brought tears to my eyes as the first ascending phrases come in. They perfectly capture the mood and the meaning. From a producer perspective, adding the vocals gave me an opportunity to go back and finesse the sounds as I carved out a space for the vocal to sink in. I’ll always love the instrumental, but now can’t imagine the music without the beautiful song and lyrics that weave the story through the sound …

And here is the Spotify link (but you’ll find it on all of the other platforms, too)