'Parallel Reality by Steve Rosenberg
14 Feb 2023
The Russian authorities have created an alternative reality. From morning till night the state media here tells you that "Russia did not invade Ukraine", "Russia never starts wars, it only finishes them." The messaging is is powerful and many Russians repeat these phrases almost word for word. I've tried to express in music what it feels like living in Russia right now, in a world where reality is turned upside down, back to front and inside out.'
I guess he has tried to make it sound jarring and angular on purpose to reflect the disconnect between what his upbringing and his bosses are telling him, and the messaging he's hearing from the culture where he has apparently lived for over 15 years. Or it just sucks, would be an alternate explanation... How can you work for the BBC and not feel like you're living in a parallel reality, all the time?
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