# Unknower | Music and writing Source: https://unknower.io/ All public content and links are readable without JavaScript. Enable JavaScript to use filters or submit a commission brief. SOUND · WORDS · WORLDS # UNKNOWER Unknower is the creative identity of Steven A. Williams, spanning music, writing, and immersive experiences. The idea determines the genre. UNKNOWER ## The idea determines the genre. Unknower is the creative identity of Steven A. Williams, spanning music, writing, and immersive experiences. Writing ## Essays, notes, and ideas. The blog is part of Unknower’s writing archive, alongside music and books. [Is Intellectual Property Becoming Obsolete?](https://unknower.io/blog/ip-obsolescence)[Ghost Towns: Four Kinds of Ghosts and the Well They All Drink From](https://unknower.io/blog/ghost-towns)[What Music Taught Me About Pain](https://unknower.io/blog/what-music-taught-me-about-pain) Books ## Mortality Code A trilogy by Unknower. Latest release ## Featured music [ ![Official cover artwork for Inner Deserts](https://unknower.io/images/releases/inner-deserts/inner-deserts-2026-cover.png) Official artwork July 2026 Inner Deserts Release ### Inner Deserts Released July 2026. ](https://unknower.io/releases/inner-deserts) Selected music ## A growing archive [ ![Official cover artwork for Window Weather](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/unknower.io/projects/window-weather-cover.png) Official artwork 2025 Window Weather album ### Window Weather AI-generated music experience inspired by my memories gathered traveling around the coast of Iceland. ](https://unknower.io/releases/window-weather)[ ![Official cover artwork for Sea / Soil / Sky](https://unknower.io/images/releases/sea-soil-sky/sea-soil-sky-cover.jpg) Official artwork 2022 Sea / Soil / Sky Release ### Sea / Soil / Sky ](https://unknower.io/releases/sea-soil-sky)[ Artwork not supplied 2020 Repetition Release ### Repetition ](https://unknower.io/releases/repetition)[ ![Official cover artwork for Unknower](https://unknower.io/images/releases/unknower/unknower-cover.jpg) Official artwork 2017 Unknower Release ### Unknower ](https://unknower.io/releases/unknower) A note on making with AI ## AI Advising & Consulting Practical, one-to-one guidance for creators who want to use AI tools confidently and make work of their own. [About AI advising](https://unknower.io/ai-consulting) One creator’s experience A Decentraland creator went from AI experiments that had not worked to making and publishing items independently. [Read the case study](https://unknower.io/ai-consulting#case-studies) About ## The project and the person behind it Unknower is the creative identity of Steven A. Williams, spanning music, writing, and immersive experiences. The music blends industrial electronics, progressive and heavy music, hip-hop and trap production, experimental composition, and concept-driven songwriting. The idea determines the genre. The archive documents the music, writing, ideas, and creative process without forcing the work into one fixed genre. ### Musical languages #### Industrial electronics Texture, pressure, and machine rhythm #### Progressive & heavy Weight, structure, and dynamic form #### Hip-hop & trap Production language and rhythmic design #### Experimental composition Form follows the idea #### Concept-driven songs Narrative, metaphor, and research #### Creative process Demos, revisions, notes, and production ### Recurring themes agency versus inevitability mortality grief isolation identity technological alienation spirituality responsibility Insights ## Latest from the Blog [ Thoughts 7 min ### Is Intellectual Property Becoming Obsolete? I think it's entirely possible that we're heading toward an age of relative abundance, where many of the things we currently spend our money on become so inexpensive and accessible that they're essentially free. Oct 31, 2026 ](https://unknower.io/blog/ip-obsolescence)[ Deep Dives 5 min ### Ghost Towns: Four Kinds of Ghosts and the Well They All Drink From Ghost Towns is a snapshot of one stage of my life, a time when everything felt like a horror movie I couldn't walk out of. I'm not going to tell you how each story ended. I think the album speaks for itself. Oct 31, 2026 ](https://unknower.io/blog/ghost-towns)[ Thoughts 5 min ### What Music Taught Me About Pain For most of my life, I’ve been drawn to music that makes people slightly uncomfortable. Not chaotic noise for its own sake—but music with tension. Songs that feel unresolved. Tracks that wander into strange places, hold you there, then finally let go. The kind of music where the release only works because the pressure beforehand was real. For a long time, I thought this was just a personal taste quirk. Eventually, I realized it shaped how I think about suffering—and even how I think about God. Dec 28, 2025 ](https://unknower.io/blog/what-music-taught-me-about-pain)