luke kurtis

In the artist’s words: Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail. Piano was my refuge as a kid—a quiet world where I could disappear and feel safe. It wasn’t about notes, but about finding a space for feeling when words failed me. What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular? Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny, Steve Reich: Different Trains & Electric Counterpoint Laurie Anderson, Big Science Yoko Ono, Fly Laurie Anderson’s Big Science inspired my mix of electronic, classical, and spoken word. Steve Reich’s Different Trains showed how speech can be music. Yoko Ono’s Fly taught me to see avant-garde sounds through a pop lens—challenging yet accessible. Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song. “suspension (we're all in)” “suspension (we’re all in)” captures the strange stillness I felt in midlife—like time was moving but I wasn’t. It’s a noisy, distorted track with spoken word and pop structure, holding space for tension, uncertainty, and unexpected clarity.