Set To 88 releases “1996,” a two-minute electronic rumination on memories, technological change, information overload, and the growing distance between the world people remember and the one they experience today, looking both backward and forward. The track is named after a moment of contemplation on how much the world around us changes over time.
Set To 88 threw the track out to an international community of producers and artists. The invitation allowed other creators to reinterpret the song within their own genres, cultures, and musical identities, making the release bigger than one version. Artists and producers in Germany, France, Australia, Canada, the Philippines, and the United States have already taken up this collaborative concept.
Those contributions have re-imagined “1996” in house, EDM, electronic, and experimental ways, demonstrating how one musical idea can take on different identities depending on who gets it. The track keeps growing through new perspectives as technology and culture keep shifting. Set To 88 makes “1996” about how memory, technology, and creativity keep shaping each other.
