Sometimes the best bits of life are the ones that just happen when you stop planning, stop trying to control it and just go with it. Golsie’s “Mystic Dawn” is very much of that spirit. It’s a wild, groovy, funky piece of music about the joy of the unexpected, the magic of a great night out and the freedom of just going with it. It’s the 4th single from his upcoming 2nd album and it really brings out the more energetic side of Shahaf Wieder’s personality. It’s a song about taking memories of restless nights and wild times and turning them into a celebration of just being alive in the moment. Rather than take a very serious approach to the subject, “Mystic Dawn” is built on a very simple premise: at times you just need to break away from the routine and that’s the only way to get your energy back and re-energise your enthusiasm for life. The song is inspired by a few such wild moments which Golsie has now been able to relive through the music. It’s that ability to look back on a memory and still feel the excitement of the original experience that is the song’s key appeal. It’s not a song about having a good time in the abstract. It’s a song about how certain experiences can change your perspective, reconnect you with yourself and remind you that life doesn’t have to be an endless cycle of the same thing. **”Sometimes the night you never planned becomes the memory that reminds you how good it feels to be alive.”** That’s the very essence of “Mystic Dawn”. It’s a song about the kind of happiness that can’t be scheduled or explained. Sometimes a change of direction just happens; sometimes it’s a conscious decision to do something different; and sometimes the right people just come together and you have an experience that you could never have made on your own. That’s the energy that Golsie is interested in. The song’s groovy, funky character is absolutely in keeping with that sense of movement and release. The song’s focus on pure enjoyment is a nice contrast to music that is all about heartbreak, uncertainty and introspection. “Mystic Dawn” is a song that makes space for another facet of the human experience: the need to celebrate, to reconnect, to laugh and to just let the moment take you somewhere. It’s a song that encourages you to embrace spontaneity not as an escape from life but as a reminder of all that life has to offer when you’re fully present.
A huge part of the “Mystic Dawn” experience is the music video which Golsie describes as the most ambitious visual piece he’s ever done for a song. It grew out of the same restless, exuberant energy that inspired the song itself and eventually brought him into contact with a director and producer whose vision was very much in line with his own. What started as a creative link became a very ambitious production on a very tight budget, with the help of a team of really talented people who put in their time, their skill and their heart. It’s a good example of the independent music scene in that you don’t necessarily need a lot of money to have a very good creative vision. You need imagination, you need commitment, you need people to be prepared to work together and you need people to be prepared to just go for it. For Golsie the video was an extension of the song’s spirit in that it was about capturing the memories and the energy of the night and the experience of the song in a visual format. It’s a project that in many ways stands as equal to any of the more expensive productions out there in terms of ambition. The process of making it is very much in keeping with the song’s message about the way that the right opportunity can just present itself and you can be struck by the sheer possibility of it. The various elements of the project just seemed to come together in a very cosmic way and that allowed the team to take an ambitious idea and turn it into a finished product with very little money. It’s not just a promotional piece in the normal sense of the word. It’s another expression of the freedom of the independent artist. The music and the video are both products of that same energy of spontaneity and collaboration and the desire to take an idea and make it something that people can experience. The artist in question is Shahaf Wieder (performing as Golsie) who is a singer songwriter, producer, sound engineer and multi-instrumentalist based in Tel Aviv. He has a background in computer engineering which brings a certain level of technical rigour to a very hands on, experimental creative process. As the frontman of Golsie & The Waves he blends indie rock with a very wide range of influences and his independent work has allowed him to develop his ideas through all stages of the process. His 2022 debut album “Keeping Track of the Wind” was entirely written, produced and recorded by him. “Live @ Alive” in 2025 was a high energy live album built around analog gear. Those are the releases that provide some context for the creative direction of “Mystic Dawn” but the single in itself has a very specific purpose which is to capture the excitement of the wild moments and to provide something that you can go back to and re-live long after the night is over. “A great creative idea can take very limited resources and make them into something truly extraordinary if the people involved believe in the vision.” That is absolutely true of the video as much as it is of the song and it’s a principle that underpins Golsie’s approach to independent music in general.
What makes “Mystic Dawn” so good is the sheer honesty of it. Golsie isn’t trying to turn a wild night into some profound life lesson. He’s not suggesting that happiness is achieved through some kind of dramatic transformation. He’s simply celebrating the little decisions we make, the little things that happen that break the routine and bring a sense of possibility into our day. The memories are his own, but the feelings are absolutely universal. We’ve all been there, in that moment where a normal evening becomes something special, where an encounter you didn’t expect changes the entire atmosphere of the night, where being with the right people just makes time seem to go differently. Those are the moments we remember because they remind us that life isn’t all about obligations, plans and responsibilities. There is a value in simply being present and not demanding that every experience has some grand purpose. Golsie’s description of those memories returning through the song is a perfect illustration of how music can preserve an emotional experience and make it available again and again. A memory that might otherwise be lost can be re-experienced, re-shared and re-lived. That’s particularly pertinent for an artist who works in both music and visuals, using different media to explore how sound and image can capture the feeling of a particular moment. As the fourth single from his forthcoming second album, “Mystic Dawn” is also a statement of another stage in Golsie’s journey as an independent artist. His work has moved from the entirely self produced approach of Keeping Track of the Wind to the analog, live energy of Live @ Alive and this latest release adds another dimension through its focus on groove, the spontaneity of the moment and the visual. There’s very little detail at the moment regarding the upcoming album but the single is a very clear statement of the direction he’s going in emotionally. It’s an invitation to break the routine, to reconnect with the world and to allow room for the kind of experiences that bring us real happiness. It’s also a reflection of the value of collaboration within an otherwise independent creative process. Golsie has the technical skills and the ability to play a wide variety of instruments to craft his music but the video shows how bringing in other creative minds can open up the possibilities. The end result is a project that is built on shared energy, from the memories that inspired the song to the people who helped to bring the visual to life. “Life becomes more memorable when we stop waiting for the perfect moment and just start living in the one that’s actually happening in front of us.” That’s the message of “Mystic Dawn” and it’s a very straightforward one. It’s a celebration of the nights that recharge you, of the people that bring out the fun in you and of the unexpected experiences that are worth remembering. The groovy, funky feel of the song and the ambition of the accompanying video are all indicative of an artist who is willing to go with the idea wherever it takes them. For anyone looking for music that just gets you to loosen up, to leave the routine behind and to just enjoy the moment, “Mystic Dawn” is a very direct invitation to “let the night happen, just let it happen and let the memories come”.
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