Antiguos Astronautas - Andy Martin (2022)

Antiguos Astronautas is based on the concept of the “Ancient Astronauts” who are believed to be pre-Columbian civilizations in the American continent with very advanced knowledge

I never know what to think about this “ancient astronauts” stuff. If the idea is that ancient human civilizations were advanced enough to get to space or whatever, I guess that’s one thing. Not very easy to prove, but it’s a cool lens to put on our history, I guess. Sometimes it’s more like the idea that ancient peoples were pulled out of the mud by some extraterrestrial or non-human gift-giver. This is a notion that goes back to Prometheus-type myths and I can’t help but think that we’re not giving ourselves enough credit as a species.

I feel like it leads to an attitude that we can just hope for deliverance. Look, nobody is coming to save us: we have to figure stuff out. But what do I know?

The music is dense, dubby, trance-inducing house, which I don’t always get into. It does get your head bobbing, tho.