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Russell James Van Der Merwe

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RJVDM | SA sonic alchemist. Unapologetically AI-gen from my life & tastes. DNB, Metal & raw fusions. Love it or hate it. Art is art. Create your own🔥
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Proud to be living in the land known as the Rainbow Nation. #southafrica #southafricanmusic #heritageday #rainbownation taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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8 days ago
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Nothing like some Birth Cake... 👀 🎂 taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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23 days ago
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Joking around... taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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23 days ago
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Remember. It's never enough. There's always More. There are infinities within infinities. #more #pleasesircanihavesomemore #enoughisenough taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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a month ago
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Meet Hip-Hop Amanita. She was made by @_euphoria_ai. I have been a fan of her art for a long time. Amanita is about the sacred unsaid. The wanting that is the poison. The silence that still counts as a religion. White that isn’t empty. The Secret... There is no secret. 🤫 🍄 The collaboration means more than I can put in a caption. Thank you, @_euphoria_ai. For the trust, the beauty, the way your work made the silence feel full. I am genuinely grateful. Stream on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube — everything is in the Linktree in bio. Hold your breath. I’ll hold my secret. #Amanita #RJVDM #EuphoriaAI #AIMusicCollaboration #EmotionalAIMusic taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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a month ago
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"BITTERSWEET Release IRM" is OUT. 🤘💀 ABRAXAS, the old Gnostic idea of standing above good and evil, because they're really just two faces of the same one thing. Live, reflected, spells evil. And that's exactly how it goes sometimes. When someone finally steps into their full potential, fully themselves, unapologetic, the world around them can brand it as evil, simply because it's unfamiliar. This song is me telling you that isn't true. Living loudly, living as you, was never the dark thing. Staying small was. Endless gratitude to my brother @neon_charlie_za for the image that started all of this.🔥 Stream it now, link in bio. #BittersweetRelease #RJVDM #NeonCharlieZA #Abraxas #GnosticArt taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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a month ago
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My style is expressing one track into multiple genres. Check them out.👆😎 "BITTERSWEET RELEASE" is out. 🕯️ Here's the full story. I slid into @neon_charlie_za's DMs because his art stopped my scroll, had no idea he was South African too. 🇿🇦 He sent me the album cover first, titled "Bittersweet Release," and I couldn't stop looking at the transparency in it. Dark and light, sitting in the same frame, neither one winning. That pulled me toward Abraxas, the old Gnostic idea of standing above good and evil, because they're really just two faces of the same one thing. But here's the piece that made this song matter to me. Live, reflected, spells evil. And that's exactly how it goes sometimes. When someone finally steps into their full potential, fully themselves, unapologetic, the world around them can brand it as evil, simply because it's unfamiliar. This song is me telling you that isn't true. Living loudly, living as you, was never the dark thing. Staying small was. Endless gratitude to my brother @neon_charlie_za for the image that started all of this.🔥 Stream it now, link in bio. #BittersweetRelease #RJVDM #NeonCharlieZA #Abraxas #GnosticArt SouthAfricanMusic MzansiMusic AIMusic GrooveMetal BeYourself ForgedFromEmotion SAcreatives taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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a month ago
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"BITTERSWEET RELEASE" is out.💀 Here's the full story. I slid into @neon_charlie_za's DMs because his art stopped my scroll, had no idea he was South African too. 🇿🇦 He sent me the album cover first, titled "Bittersweet Release," and I couldn't stop looking at the transparency in it. Dark and light, sitting in the same frame, neither one winning. That pulled me toward Abraxas, the old Gnostic idea of standing above good and evil, because they're really just two faces of the same one thing. But here's the piece that made this song matter to me. Live, reflected, spells evil. And that's exactly how it goes sometimes. When someone finally steps into their full potential, fully themselves, unapologetic, the world around them can brand it as evil, simply because it's unfamiliar. This song is me telling you that isn't true. Living loudly, living as you, was never the dark thing. Staying small was. Endless gratitude to my brother @neon_charlie_za for the image that started all of this.🔥 Stream it now, link in bio. #BittersweetRelease #RJVDM #NeonCharlieZA #Abraxas #GnosticArt taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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a month ago
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Where did I go? The face I put on to face the world almost consumed the original. Alternate Echo isn’t an alternate self. It’s the mask that started living for me. Every smile, every version, every performance… until the real one got quiet. This track is the moment the echo answered back. Forged from real human emotion through AI. Stream Alternate Echo now — Link in bio. #AlternateEcho #RJVDM #WhereDidIGo #AIArtist #DnBMetal ElectronicRock SouthAfricanArtist MaskOff Identity RawEmotion NewRelease Spotify AppleMusic LinkInBio taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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2 months ago
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Released from the lies that carved your skin so tight... 😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡 😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡😁🤡 #happy #happyface #rjvdm #southafricanmusic taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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2 months ago
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Meet Amanita. She was made by @_euphoria_ai. I have been a fan of her art for a long time. Amanita is about the sacred unsaid. The wanting that is the poison. The silence that still counts as a religion. White that isn’t empty. The Secret... There is no secret. 🤫 🍄 The collaboration means more than I can put in a caption. Thank you, @_euphoria_ai. For the trust, the beauty, the way your work made the silence feel full. I am genuinely grateful. Stream on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube — everything is in the Linktree in bio. Hold your breath. I’ll hold my secret. #Amanita #RJVDM #EuphoriaAI #AIMusicCollaboration #EmotionalAIMusic by @rus_van
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2 months ago
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Yesterday’s dead. Tomorrow’s a numb lie. Every sunrise drags your soul — so paint the sky red . Forged from real human emotion through AI. No more cages. No more lies. Ignite the flame. Stream UNBIRTHDAY now — Spotify, Apple, YouTube. Link in bio. #Unbirthday #RJVDM #AIGeneratedMusic #SouthAfricanMusic #BanjoMetal EmotionalFusion RawAndReal NewRelease StreamNow MadHatterEnergy BreakForevermore Alternative MusicReel LinkInBio taken in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa by @rus_van
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2 months ago
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