Emiliano Secchi

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Troubled Waters

AmbientDowntempo

Behind the Music

The main goal of my music is to convey a feeling of drama and, to a lesser extent, melancholy. I think it conveys the content in the book very well, specifically in the chapter “Sea Slavery.” Imagining the conditions in which the crew members live is really sad. It is even worse to read that there are people forced to work against their will and who are treated as merchandise. This chapter touches on very strong topics, and the fact that it is told by a person, Ian, who experienced this first hand adds an extra layer to the content.

Emiliano Secchi
About Emiliano Secchi

Emiliano Secchi is an electronic music producer based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Emiliano started his musical project at the beginning of 2017, but his passion for music came much earlier. 

His music went through several stages and genres throughout his short career. Within his productions he has experimented with different subgenres of electronic music: Progressive house, future bass, chillout, future garage, drum and bass, and more.

Winner of the 2021 Scripps Howard Award for Excellence in Innovation in Journalism

The Journalism behind the Music

All music in this project is based on The Outlaw Ocean, a New York Times Best-Selling book by Ian Urbina that chronicles lawlessness at sea around the world. This reporting touches on a diversity of abuses ranging from illegal and overfishing, arms trafficking at sea, human slavery, gun running, intentional dumping, murder of stowaways, thievery of ships and other topics.

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