While the Time Sleeps
This track reflects a unique period in life when the concept of time does not yet exist for us. It represents childhood, a time when we are unaware of our age and do not yet comprehend that life is finite.
In this world, there is no anxiety about the future or regret about the past - only the radiance of the present moment, a pure sensation of joy, kindness, and boundless love. In childhood, the world seems immeasurable, infinite, and full of wonders, and that very feeling permeates "While the Time Sleeps."
The title can be interpreted as "While Time Sleeps," symbolizing those moments when a person is completely immersed in the present. Though as we grow older, we become aware of time’s finiteness, sometimes we manage to return to this state, especially during deep creative processes or moments of profound inspiration. When you're so engrossed that you lose track of time - that’s when "time sleeps again."
In this world, there is no anxiety about the future or regret about the past - only the radiance of the present moment, a pure sensation of joy, kindness, and boundless love. In childhood, the world seems immeasurable, infinite, and full of wonders, and that very feeling permeates "While the Time Sleeps."
The title can be interpreted as "While Time Sleeps," symbolizing those moments when a person is completely immersed in the present. Though as we grow older, we become aware of time’s finiteness, sometimes we manage to return to this state, especially during deep creative processes or moments of profound inspiration. When you're so engrossed that you lose track of time - that’s when "time sleeps again."
Øneheart, Dean Korso, leadwave, Au5
Musical Atmosphere and Emotional Core
Conceptual Placement in the Album's Narrative
The music in this track conveys the feeling of infinite light and harmony. Airy textures and soaring melodies create a sense of weightlessness, purity of perception, and deep gratitude.
However, the true beauty and depth of the composition come from the live string orchestra recorded in Manchester. Its sound adds emotional warmth and grandeur, evoking something eternal and dear - like childhood memories bathed in soft light. The orchestral arrangements highlight the idea of a lost paradise, a place we can sometimes return to in special moments.
However, the true beauty and depth of the composition come from the live string orchestra recorded in Manchester. Its sound adds emotional warmth and grandeur, evoking something eternal and dear - like childhood memories bathed in soft light. The orchestral arrangements highlight the idea of a lost paradise, a place we can sometimes return to in special moments.
"While the Time Sleeps" logically follows "Momentary Drift." If the previous track was about birth and the first steps into the world, this one represents childhood - before we become aware of time’s limits.
This is a stage where there are no doubts, struggles, or existential questions - only simple, powerful, and pure emotions: love, joy, openness, and absolute presence in the moment.
Symbolically, this track reminds us that even as adults, we can return to this state - when we are fully immersed in a creative process, inspiration, or genuine happiness. In such moments, time sleeps once again, and we become children once more.
This is a stage where there are no doubts, struggles, or existential questions - only simple, powerful, and pure emotions: love, joy, openness, and absolute presence in the moment.
Symbolically, this track reminds us that even as adults, we can return to this state - when we are fully immersed in a creative process, inspiration, or genuine happiness. In such moments, time sleeps once again, and we become children once more.
Collaboration with Au5 and His Role
Au5's Biography and Career Highlights
This track was created in collaboration with Austin Collins, known as Au5 - an American electronic producer renowned for his work in Melodic Dubstep and his outstanding sound design skills.
Au5 is known for his ability to craft music that feels both vast and intimate, building multilayered compositions with immaculate sound. In "While the Time Sleeps," he helps create a sonic landscape that allows the listener to lose themselves in time, as if returning to the brightest moments of their life.
Au5 is known for his ability to craft music that feels both vast and intimate, building multilayered compositions with immaculate sound. In "While the Time Sleeps," he helps create a sonic landscape that allows the listener to lose themselves in time, as if returning to the brightest moments of their life.
Austin Collins (born September 18, 1992), better known as Au5 (pronounced “A-U-Five”), is an American electronic musician originally from New Jersey. He started musical training very early, taking classical piano lessons from the age of 4. Around 13 he began learning bass guitar and experimenting with digital music production.
Au5’s music spans many genres: dubstep, trance, house, drum & bass, ambient, glitch hop, and more. He is best known for blending the melodic elements of trance with the power and complexity of bass music.
Career highlights
Began releasing music around 2012 and joined the Monstercat label after winning a remix contest for Seven Lions.
Released standout tracks like Halcyon (with Fractal) and Snowblind (feat. Tasha Baxter), both gaining wide recognition.
Left Monstercat in 2015 to explore new directions, later returning with more releases.
In 2019 he released the LP Divinorum.
In 2023 he released his latest LP Bridges Between under Ophelia Records.
Austin Collins, known as Au5, is a genre-defying electronic artist whose work combines intricate sound design with emotional depth and spiritual intention. For more than a decade he has been an influential force in electronic music, recognized for his ability to merge the melodic essence of trance with the intensity of bass music.
The name Au5 reflects his vision: Au for gold, symbolizing inner light and potential, and 5 for motion, mystery, and the fifth element - ether. Together, they express transformation: raw material becoming something luminous.
Since his debut album Minimality in 2010, Au5 has released more than 200 tracks, collaborated with artists such as BT, Tritonal, Slander, and Mr. Bill, and toured with acts including Infected Mushroom, Liquid Stranger, and Seven Lions. His music has appeared on respected labels like Monstercat, Armada, OWSLA, Enhanced, and Wakaan.
Au5 has been a long-time friend of Dean Korso. In 2020 Dean invited him to contribute to the documentary Creativity Code, a film exploring the nature of creativity, the balance between intuition and technology, and the ways artists unlock inspiration. Together they composed original music for the film’s trailer, marking an important moment in their collaboration.
Often described as a “producer’s producer,” Au5 treats music as exploration — balancing intellect, feeling, and danceable energy. His sound is vibrant, deep, and otherworldly, crafted to awaken connection, authenticity, and inner truth.
Au5’s music spans many genres: dubstep, trance, house, drum & bass, ambient, glitch hop, and more. He is best known for blending the melodic elements of trance with the power and complexity of bass music.
Career highlights
Began releasing music around 2012 and joined the Monstercat label after winning a remix contest for Seven Lions.
Released standout tracks like Halcyon (with Fractal) and Snowblind (feat. Tasha Baxter), both gaining wide recognition.
Left Monstercat in 2015 to explore new directions, later returning with more releases.
In 2019 he released the LP Divinorum.
In 2023 he released his latest LP Bridges Between under Ophelia Records.
Austin Collins, known as Au5, is a genre-defying electronic artist whose work combines intricate sound design with emotional depth and spiritual intention. For more than a decade he has been an influential force in electronic music, recognized for his ability to merge the melodic essence of trance with the intensity of bass music.
The name Au5 reflects his vision: Au for gold, symbolizing inner light and potential, and 5 for motion, mystery, and the fifth element - ether. Together, they express transformation: raw material becoming something luminous.
Since his debut album Minimality in 2010, Au5 has released more than 200 tracks, collaborated with artists such as BT, Tritonal, Slander, and Mr. Bill, and toured with acts including Infected Mushroom, Liquid Stranger, and Seven Lions. His music has appeared on respected labels like Monstercat, Armada, OWSLA, Enhanced, and Wakaan.
Au5 has been a long-time friend of Dean Korso. In 2020 Dean invited him to contribute to the documentary Creativity Code, a film exploring the nature of creativity, the balance between intuition and technology, and the ways artists unlock inspiration. Together they composed original music for the film’s trailer, marking an important moment in their collaboration.
Often described as a “producer’s producer,” Au5 treats music as exploration — balancing intellect, feeling, and danceable energy. His sound is vibrant, deep, and otherworldly, crafted to awaken connection, authenticity, and inner truth.
