Akira the Don is a 🏷️#musician who pioneered the genre 📝Meaningwave — described as a fusion of downtempo electronic production with spoken-word recordings from philosophers, comedians, and cultural figures including 📝Terence McKenna, 📝Alan Watts, 📝Jordan Peterson, 📝Elon Musk, 📝Jocko Willink, and David Foster Wallace. He has been called the "DJ of the 📝Intellectual Dark Web."
He frames his work as an audio 📝Sigil — composed for cumulative listening, with album-length arcs intended to elevate listener consciousness. In his words: "I think of [my music] as an audio hyper-sigil with the intention of elevating the consciousness of all humans who encounter it and ultimately turning everybody into superheroes — which is where we're going. And that's how we save the world and transcend the issues that are manifesting themselves at the moment." His album The Path with Jocko Willink is widely cited as one of the most motivational releases in the genre.
The Path, his album with Jocko Willink, has been particularly influential for me lately — a ridiculously motivational record I keep coming back to.