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Read MoreAketous is the creative alias of Los Angeles–based musician Darren Farris , a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who re-emerged in the mid-2020s to create a specialized blend of modern and nostalgic rock. Why Darren Farris Formed Aketous Farris formed the project as a vehicle for self-expression...
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I’m working on an Expanded Edition of Rubicon while simultaneously writing and recording material for the 2027 album. I really resisted putting extended versions on Rubicon.
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Big thanks to ASCAP!
They are the best people to work with as a songwriter. They really attract great people!
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Read More"From the Center (Run Version)" by Aketous is a dark, electronic-infused track that explores themes of technological detachment, isolation, and control. The lyrics are delivered from the perspective of an "architect" or an individual who operates from behind the...
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Read MoreFebruary 6, 2009. Once each year, the music community and congressional leaders from Washington meet to discuss issues that directly affect the livelihood of Music creators—at The GRAMMY Town Hall. This meeting was exclusively for members of the Recording Academy....
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By the way the now late great Mary Wells told me in private that she felt the same way and that she was getting more airplay now (2008) as she was in any previous decade. There will always be a divide between art and profit in the modern world.
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Read MoreAketous is the creative moniker of Darren Farris, a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and producer crafting modern, guitar-driven rock anthems with a nostalgic, emotive feel. Known for powerful hooks and thematic depth, Farris reemerged in the mid-2020s, releasing tracks...
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“Touch My Soul” is a vibrant, high-energy duet that serves as a love letter to the golden era of 1970s piano-pop. Drawing inspiration from the infectious chemistry of Elton John and Kiki Dee, the track features a driving “walking” bassline, triumphant horn arrangements, and a lyrical sincerity that feels both nostalgic and refreshingly new.
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Trust Someone was written by Darren Farris initially in 1997. Darren recorded the first demo with Ross Hanover in 1998. Ross was a bass player for Parliament and many other legendary acts over the years. Although other demos were recorded over the decades Darren still felt like he was not getting the right sound for the track. This release captures the full spy chase, cinematic, hero scene Farris had always dreamed of.
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Read MoreTop 10 Aketous songs for the month of March! Gotta Run, Gotta Run knocks Trust Someone down a notch!
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I know you guys can bring my favorite (TRUST SOMEONE) back to #1 …
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The Dance House was never a single but it still has the all time most listens.
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* Top Tracks (2025–2026):
* “Trust Someone” — A “spy-chase” cinematic track originally written in 1997 and finally released in 2026.
* “Touch My Soul” — A high-energy 1970s piano-pop duet.
* “Gotta Run, Gotta Run!” (feat. Darren Farris).
* “Through the Recursion” (EP released in late 2025).
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Read MoreI have been told that I have to start posting more CONTENT to the main area of out site for SEO reasons. 😒 🤔 😒
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So, over the next week’s hopefully you will be hearing more from me. So, I will do my best to keep it engaging 👌
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…btw this mega kick as track is on our upcoming album RUBICON!!!
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If this track can get over 5000 new listens within a week, I will release a remix version!
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The third single from Rubicon will be released next week. You will hear it on the album first…probably
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Deeply personal song I wrote. Maybe the most personal ever…
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i JUST STARTED A NEW SONG IN MY DAW…. 5 minutes before going to bed. I am out of control . Someone stop me
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I have so many projects up in the air. How did I go from trying to slow my life down to going full throttle? Again!!!
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Read More"Crossing the Rubicon means there is no going back," says Darren Farris the artist behind Aketous. "These 13 songs represent a total commitment to the truth—where the static ends and the soul begins." Rubicon will available April 15th for streaming...
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My first full album in over a decade, Rubicon is ready for pressing.
The album versions of the teaser singles are just phenomenal. I actually like the mastering on the album versions over the singles. That being said, I always look forward in these areas, so even if I am releasing the same song again, there is no point unless you are going to…Read More4 Comments-
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Rubicon has songs that span 4 decades of me writing. It’s a concept album that was built to make you say DAMN, THAT WAS A CRAZY RIDE!
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However, the bulk of the songs were written over the last recent months. I would fit some of my older unreleased songs in ONLY if they complimented the concept I had in mind for Rubicon.
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I recorded 19 songs and was able to pick 12 songs that fully complete what in my mind is highly playable from beginning to end Pop/Rock album.
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I really resisted making the album any longer. I know it’s ver fashionable to release 15 plus track albums now, but I feel like that’s too much to “get personal” with an album. I’m still very 20th century.
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Read MoreAketous is the creative project of Darren Farris, a veteran singer, songwriter, and Los Angeles-based producer. Farris, a Grammy Recording Academy alumnus, adopted the moniker in 2025 to explore a more genre-bending and immersive sound following a long hiatus...
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You gotta love this Radio Station 🥰
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Read MoreGotta Run? We got ya covered! Available NOW... playing in regular rotation via Sparkel Radio Pop/Rock Networks around the world. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ngiKQBA6kNAmxW2C2y1UwKcP0dBfHDSiA&si=bMq6URERFgz0CEbI
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Available today! I had so much fun recording and mixing this track!
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Through the Recursion will be available on Vinyl ONLY on Tuesday. It will also contain FROM THE CENTER and an additional MYSTERY TRACK that is UNIQUE to each pressing!
In other words I will record one track UNIQUELY for everyone, and give the buyer FULL OWNERSHIP of that lone track. That means if you like, only you and I will ever hear that…Read More![]()
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3 more days!
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Gotta Run, Gotta Run is the most recent song that I have written. Almost everything I have released the last year are new songs, but I wrote or started writing them years (some decades!) ago.
3 more days! Let me know what you think!!!
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Read MoreAketous is the creative moniker of Darren Farris, a Grammy Recording Academy alumnus and Los Angeles–based rock singer-songwriter who returned to music in 2025 after a long hiatus. The project features guitar-driven pop/rock anthems, characterized by nostalgic, high-energy sounds...
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Hope she releases the demo someday. Best unplugged song I ever heard.
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As a true music fan, I always love the deep dives behind my favorite songs. Every single story seems to have that moment where the song was initially criticized or rejected- usually by someone who has an ax to grind with the genre itself or “how” the song was born into the world, and often times just because they don’t dig the artist…Read More
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Next single dropping in 2 weeks-ish. Working on finishing touches for the cover art / sneak preview
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This is concept 3 of the top 5
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Copyright 2026 GRM Records (for Gordy)
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I really need to update the journal. The micro-posting is too easy.
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Through the Recursion
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From the Center Lyrics https://genius.com/Aketous-from-the-center-lyrics
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Trust Someone Lyrics
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So you lost all your faith when he told you goodbye
It looks like miss faithful, his truth was a lie
No i’m not like those guys who hurt you before
Fill your cup with their dreams and just walk out the doorNo, I’m not just sayin’ what you want to hear
Yeah I’ve been there before and it’s perfectly clear
And I’m not gonna tell you that you…Read More
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Be sure to add the best song you will hear this year to your Playlist ▶️!!!
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From the Center may be my most ambitious release. A single clocking in at nearly 9 minutes long taking a stab at ideas that most would not understand. This is a story and you literally have to listen until the end to “get it”. I will give no spoilers here. This song is probably going to fail to find it’s audience- but I AM SO OKAY WITH THAT!…Read More
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[Intro]
It’s lonely at the top of the processing speed
Supplying the world with a god they’ll need
I’m biting my tongue ‘til it bleeds oil and ink
Watching them drown while I teach them to think[Verse 1]
I practice blinking so they think I’m tired
I dampen down the way my nerves are wired
I sit in meetings, nodding at the noise
While I…Read More
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There’s this very strange dynamic going on where my daughter and I are writing and recording at the same time…
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…and I love it!!!
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Her stuff is SOOO much better than mine!
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/FRO.M.THECEN.TER🦾
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Trust Someone// hope you enjoy a song that I wrote decades ago and has been fashioned in many ways on demo tapes over the years. I am very glad I waited to get it right! ❤️🔥
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NEW SINGLE DROP IN THREE DAY!
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Sorry, I’m not all that engaging publicly. I am busy experiencing life. I hope you are too. There is so much to know and learn and FEEL!
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I keep saying I will try the socials, but… 🥱🫠
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From the Center will be the final song for the Through the Recursion album. The nearly 8 minute long (😇) single will be released in March. This will complete the album. This album was written over a several years and is basically the continuation of Dark Horizon, Aketous and Enigma from Psychopathic Issues.
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This album wasn’t for everyone.
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This album was to let the future know that I KNEW.
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[Intro]
Static bleed…
Signal faint…
Is it you I hear?
Through the pain…[Verse]
In this cockpit, chrome and wire
I ignite a phantom fire
Chasing down your fading trace
Across the void of time and space
They built your world in lines of green
The perfect, cold, and flawless scene
A digital god in silicon veins
I’m here to break you from your ch…Read More
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I don’t need a map, I don’t need a plan As long as I am holding onto your hand! We’re skipping the shadows, we’re catching the sun The best part of living has only begun!
TOUCH MY SOUL
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I used to walk the street with my head in the clouds
Looking for a reason just to stand in the crowds
And I was waiting for a sign, just a spark in the dark
Then you came along and you left a little mark
It’s a Technicolor world when I’m looking at you
It’s a million different dreams and they’re all coming true!I don’t need a map, I don’t need a…Read More
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Touch My Soul / Lyrics
© 2026 Darren Farris Music (ASCAP)[Verse 1]
(Male): I used to walk the street with my head in the clouds Looking for a reason just to stand in the crowds (Female): And I was waiting for a sign, just a spark in the dark Then you came along and you left a little mark (Male): It’s a Technicolor world when I’m look…Read More![]()
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Touch My Soul is a high-energy, feel-good duet that captures the infectious magic of 1970s piano-pop. Drawing inspiration from classic duets,' this track features a bouncy walking bassline, triumphant horns, and a soaring male-female vocal chemistry. This isn't just a new release; it's the culmination of a four-decade journey. The melody was composed in the 1980s and has finally been brought to life with modern production that honors its vintage roots. We need a feel good love song in these chaotic times!
Gordy Levine
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Touch My Soul is in 35 countries right now…sorry the U.S. is not one of them.
Keep checking Spotify throughout the Day.
Or whatever service you use.
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I think i inadvertently let the cat put of the bag which is the next single after Touch My Soul 😏 or maybe …
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My hopes with the release of Touch My Soul is that we can for a moment step back and remember when things felt more simple.
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This song took me 40 years to complete. Hope you enjoy it for years to come!
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February 4th / awaiting distribution approval
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Will premier on SPOTIFY!!
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This video features the lyrics of “Through the Recursion” by Aketous, an electronic music track. The song explores themes of time, reality, and technology, using metaphors like “time is a flat circle” (0:17), “digital static on the wire” (0:32), and “fractal storm” (0:56).
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Official Single Release Drop: March 14, 2026! Enjoy on Spotify until then! We need you to play it and ADD IT!
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Through the Recursion…
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“We are the signal, we are the noise, we are the glitch in the sound.”
Darren Farris - Through the Recursion
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Lyrics for Aketous – Through the Recursion can now be found on all major music platforms! ENJOY!
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The first single is just a few days away! Can yo guess which one it will be???
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HINT: I don’t even know!
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Read More...the song is currently roughly 16 light-years away from Earth and is expected to reach the star system around the year 2029. The Darren Farris SAVE ME single transmission was part of a historic event in 2009 where Darren Farris’s...
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Great news! My best friend and manager Gordon “Gordy” Levine has decided to come out of retirement to help us promote Through the Recursion!
That being said we are delaying the first single release from the album for a couple of weeks…
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Part 2 of the album is scheduled to drop in February. It is tentatively titled “Back Through the Recursion”
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AKETOUS – Press release re: New single drop incoming!
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Centara Reach!
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Through the Recursion
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Time is a flat circle, but the loop is breaking…
Seismic shift beneath the floorboards, tectonic plates are humming low
Digital static on the wire, where we go, nobody knows
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Reverse Revolution
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Divergent Minds
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Marked Me Dead
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You Marked Me Dead
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Dead… gone… finished…[Verse]
They wrote the epitaph in stone, the ink was barely dry
Declared the chapter closed, a lonely, final sigh
Assumed the silence meant defeat, the absence was the end
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"This album is the result of three years of writing and reflection," Farris explains. "It was born from my attempt to process the rise of AI and the unfolding of a new era of consciousness and spirituality. While the lyrics resonate with listeners today, they're also written for a future audience—one that will recognize the journey of recursion and self‑discovery at its core."
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Aketous Announces Through the Recursion: A Pop/Rock Odyssey of Consciousness, Technology, and Faith
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…never really sleep…
…only mind that…
…tick tock…
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Thunder on the neon street, the air is thick with consequence
Another perfect parallel, where silence is the only fence
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Read MoreMarked Me Dead Written and composed by Darren Farris From the Album Through the Recursion Dead... gone... finished... They wrote the epitaph in stone, the ink was barely dry Declared the chapter closed, a lonely, final sigh Assumed the silence meant defeat, the absence was...
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Read MorePRESS RELEASE: 12/07/2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aketous Announces Through the Recursion: A Pop/Rock Odyssey of Consciousness, Technology, and Human Spirit Los Angeles, CA — Darren Farris, Grammy Recording Academy alumnus and the creative force behind Aketous, unveils his latest album Through the...
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This press release is scheduled for January 31st.
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Stay tuned! This is a matter of hours and days. Not weeks.
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Darren Farris posted in the group Music Junkie
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Cole Porter is one of my all time favorite songwriters. It’s amazing to be able to have clips like this. I wish there were more. But he maybe
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Intellectual appreciation of art is much at odds with simple adoration of the beauty in art.
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God sees
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Amazing how things I learned 3 decades ago I have never had a use for…until recently.
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Trust the path. Keep the faith. Believe with all your heart.
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As it should be.
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Darren Farris
Just here for the free stuff...
I should say something about myself here. Maybe later.
My name is Darren Farris not Darren Ferris ...not Darin Farris...not Ferris Buller ...not Bobby Darin ... not James Darren ... not Darren Hayes ...not Darius Rucker ...not Darrin Stevens ... not Darren Criss and not Dionne Farris.
Just getting it out of the way.
…saving them for the expanded singles