Foundation Hope

Dutch project Foundation Hope was formed in 2003 by Joep Smaling. Trying to reflect the sharp contrast between religious/illusory thought and the crudeness of everyday reality and mankind musically. At the same time it is a question on what the fundaments of our hope are, in times when not only parts of the world are at war or otherwise suffering, but also wealthy individuals in western secularised civilisation seek relief in anti-depressants and are aware of the hollowness of consumerism and hedonism, living in a world gone mad without the belief in a purpose to it all. This was the basic, albeit somewhat pretentious, idea behind the project. Luckily, music speaks no language and can induce mood and feeling directly. So listeners might as well abandon the whole idea behind Foundation Hope and interpret the drones, strings, melancholic tunes, confusing vocal-samples and cinematic moods as they wish. May the aural presence of Foundation Hope bloom in their heads and cause whatever it causes. Music is, after drugs, the strongest weapon when it comes to mood-engineering. The material has been mastered by Peter Andersson (RAISON D'ETRE).