Greetings Fellow Earthlings, Creators, Artists, Listeners and Curators Welcome back to the Portal, where we explore new FG content in the form of Music and Visual Art in the context of Web 3. For this entry I present to you the track "Insanitizer V1.0". Originally written during the CoVid pandemic in 2021, it is an introspective piece that explores the very melancholic atmosphere that prevailed during that time, often accompanied by a sense of hopelessness brought on by the isolation imposed ...

Greetings Fellow Earthlings, Creators, Artists, Listeners and Curators Welcome back to the Flooting Grooves Web3 Portal. I would like to recap the concept of the Portal. It has a two-fold function: 1) To drop new FG content in the form of new music, accompanied by visual art. 2) To explore together aspects of Web3 and why I decided to release music in this way. For this Portal Entry I have decided to release a Live Mix of Flooting Grooves Downtempo, performed at Vibronica Festival 2021 in Ukr...

Greetings Fellow Earthlings, Listeners, Creators and Frens, This is a special edition as it is my intention to put a spotlight on the current situation in Palestine. We currently live in a crazy world. One that would shock even George Orwell, the author of 1984, possibly the most important reference we have of the idea of a dystopian world. It is a world in which freedom of speech is becoming a thing of the past. Thought control is not such a far away idea. A prime example is the deliberate c...

Greetings Fellow Earthlings, Listeners, Creators and Frens, Welcome back to the Portal, where we explore Web3 together and you also have the opportunity to engage right now by minting this entry as well as the embedded NFTs in it. Even though NFTs have been around for a few years now, I am sure that many of you are still asking “What’s the buzz about NFTs?” or “What’s up with these overpriced JPGs?”. The acronym does not divulge much of the nature of it, but it sure sounds cool to say “I just...

Welcome to Flooting Grooves Web3 Portal. Some context. Flooting Grooves is the solo project of Pearce van der Merwe, a citizen of Planet Earth. I have been producing psychedelic electronica since 2005, the silver flute being my first weapon of choice, melting, fusing and mixing friendly synthetic electronica with the world of acoustic sounds. Since 2021 I have been dipping my toes into the world of Web3 through NFTs, however this is only the start !! A strong believer in the principles of Web...

Greetings Fellow Earthlings, Creators, Listeners and Frens, Welcome to Flooting Grooves Web3 Portal Entry#003. The Portal is an ever evolving idea that incorporates: 1. Flooting Grooves & Family content - i.e. Flooting Grooves musical content which features a) new tracks, b) mixes and/or c) sketches, all of which are accompanied by some form of visual artwork. What does that mean exactly? Let’s unpack. a) New tracks are complete tracks written and produced by Flooting Grooves (or collabs with...

Greetings Fellow Earthlings, Creators, Listeners and Frens, Welcome back for the second entry of Web3 Portal. Web3 is still very new technology and we are not very used to the way it works. It is however evolving at a furious pace for obvious reasons. Here are 2 paragraphs taken from the mirror.xyz support page: “What if you could be rewarded for publishing free articles or collecting your favorite articles on Mirror? Protocol rewards are the latest iteration on Mirror’s Writing NFTs. Now, Mi...