THE STATE OF THINGS
You know what we’re afraid of? A music industry built primarily to drip feed dopamine and keep us doom scrolling.
A world where artists' worth is based on metrics, not the transformation they inspire.
The concept of an album being rendered meaningless. Creatives becoming convinced that catering to depth is a fruitless exercise.
We remember walking around with headphones on, listening to an album top-to-bottom, the music shaping who we are.
If we're talking doom-and-gloom, the worst case scenario isn't even just less great music being made.
What we really stand to lose is the feeling that music is CENTRAL to human life.
We made it our lives' mission to blaze a new trail out of the music industry jungle. To do things the exact opposite of most trends we're seeing today.
To focus on cultivating a strong community of like-minded creatives, not chasing vanity metrics.
Monk's Temple Records exists to be your companion in reclaiming a more profound connection to music and redefining the ecosystem it exists in.
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