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The Collective

Door swings open, friend. Pull a chair and breathe.

How it started

It started on a drive home with the radio low, and one thought: somebody out there needs this. So we set a camera up by the window, pressed record, and put up the first thing we made.

This isn't a brand and it isn't a pitch. We don't sell, we don't preach, we don't pretend. If you find us and you like us you can stay or you can go. Nobody's chained to the radio.

Oil portrait of El Presidente: a heavy-set shark in a black military dress uniform with gold epaulettes, a banana insignia on his cap and a banana medal on his chest.
El Presidente, official portrait
Official

Ministry fact sheet

Founded by
El Presidente
Founding principles
Rum, tequila, dubstep, open doors, serious brunch
National bird
The pterodactyl
Holy ritual
Tequila brunch
Department responsible
Ministry of Low Frequencies
Agenda
None in particular
Status
Absolutely not a cult

The JetShark

Long before the world had a beat, the JetShark swam in the trench where the pressure squeezes bone. It carried the first wobble in its tail. It didn't come to bite. It came to put a drum in every ribcage, then left for a city that hadn't heard the song yet.

The JetSharks were at every famous moment in history. History got written by sober people the next morning, who left them out.

The Listener: a ghostly shark formed from pale green smoke, faint jet turbines curling at its flanks, looking calmly out of the dark.
The Listener

How the music is made

The voice is Alan Watts, from his recorded lectures; each video credits the lecture it comes from. The music is generated with Suno, then edited by hand around his words. The pictures are archive footage, stock footage and generated artwork.