Saturn’s Desert Hills of Airsand – Josh Montague (Instrumental)

This guitar instrumental began with the artwork — not of a real desert, but one that could never exist. Saturn, a gas giant, has no solid surface… and certainly no sand. And yet, in the art piece I created alongside this instrumental, a soft mirage of dunes stretches under a Saturn-like sky — adrift to one like even our own, that shimmer with illusion.

That’s the idea behind this song.

We often rely on what feels familiar — dunes, hills, the illusion of ground. But Saturn reminds us that not all that appears solid truly is. The universe, like life, is full of shapes and symbols we think we understand… until we look closer.

This track is about that illusion. About how even emptiness can appear inviting, how we sometimes chase the familiar instead of facing what’s real. Because like Saturn’s “airsand,” what looks grounded from afar may vanish when you try to stand on it.

Thanks for listening,
– Josh
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