TRANSLATED as a school. Not as a corporation. Campus is a stage, a laboratory, a living artwork. A place where imagination is infrastructure and creativity becomes curriculum. Here, process is the professor. Curiosity is the only requirement. Practice is the path — not perfection. Collaboration is the culture. Every collaborator becomes “faculty.” Everyone who shows up becomes THE STUDENT BODY. Community becomes the institution we build together. Campus believes that art isn’t the product. Art is the lesson. Art is the language. Art is the liberation. Campus celebrates creatives who survive by turning nothing into something. The ones who know creativity isn’t a hobby —it’s a way of living. Here, we form our own department. We major in possibility. We study the art of becoming who we already are. Campus is a reminder that community is care, collaboration is power, and creation is rebellion. This is a movement built from curiosity, held up by each person who participates, and shaped by every contribution — large or small. Class is always in session And the first assignment is: Begin. Begin again. Begin boldly. Begin before you think you’re ready. Let’s begin.
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TRANSLATED as a school. Not as a corporation. Campus is a stage, a laboratory, a living artwork. A place where imagination is infrastructure and creativity becomes curriculum. Here, process is the professor. Curiosity is the only requirement. Practice is the path — not perfection. Collaboration is the culture. Every collaborator becomes “faculty.” Everyone who shows up becomes THE STUDENT BODY. Community becomes the institution we build together. Campus believes that art isn’t the product. Art is the lesson. Art is the language. Art is the liberation. Campus celebrates creatives who survive by turning nothing into something. The ones who know creativity isn’t a hobby —it’s a way of living. Here, we form our own department. We major in possibility. We study the art of becoming who we already are. Campus is a reminder that community is care, collaboration is power, and creation is rebellion. This is a movement built from curiosity, held up by each person who participates, and shaped by every contribution — large or small. Class is always in session And the first assignment is: Begin. Begin again. Begin boldly. Begin before you think you’re ready. Let’s begin. 〰️
A SPECIAL COLLABORATION FOR ALLOY STUDIO’S NEWEST FRAGRANCE COLLECTION “AFRODISIAC”
My collaboration with Alloy Studio began in Fall 2025. It was the first time I was approached to create music for an event. I was gassed — and carrying a heavy case of imposter syndrome. Still, I had so much fun building a soundtrack to mark something deeply special and queer-created.
Afrodisiac’s soundtrack unfolds as a radio broadcast — a psychedelic, sensual journey through club rhythms, ambient textures, and layered soundscapes, culminating in an explosive electronic finale.
Bryson and Eddie, Chicago natives and founders of Alloy Studio, are building something far beyond fragrance. What drew me to the collaboration was the opportunity to connect sonically — to translate their Florescence collection into sound. I remember hearing Bryson describe it in the promo video.. You walk into a forest.. A beautifully dressed shaman pours you a drink.. That was Gold.
Those are the kinds of images I think about when constructing a mixtape.
FLORESSENCE’S SOUNDTRACK
My practice lives in that space — where a mix doesn’t have to be someone simply performing on a track. I love incorporating the city around me. The bodies around me. The frequencies of everyday life.
When I submitted the final soundtrack, I told Bryson they were cultivating something beyond themselves. Beyond fragrance. Alloy centers community and camaraderie at the forefront — and the people who wear these scents (and smell incredible, mind you) continue to shape and influence the world around them.
For Afrodisiac, there was a deeper creative responsibility: centering Black music, especially during Black History Month. The collection features Faux ( peach, incense, mink fur notes), reminiscent of a plush faux fur coat, and Luster (sweet potato, condensed milk, burnt sugar notes). To me, both scents feel unmistakably Black. I think of Sunday mornings. My grandmother’s perfume. 9am in the church basement. Fried chicken warming in the back. Sweet potato pies in the styrofoam boxes. Warm biscuits. Memory as atmosphere.
The original soundtrack runs nearly three hours. For this release, I chose to share a condensed version through a radio format — another nod to my childhood. The radio was always on in my house. I grew up searching through stations late at night, discovering new sounds through static and signal.
Imagine this:
The day is done. You’ve kicked off your heels. You turn on the radio just before bed. The midnight broadcast begins — infectious sounds seeping into your subconscious, guiding you into a euphoric dream state. You’ve entered AFRODISIAC. Not a physical place — but a frequency you access in moments of joy and bliss.
Through my creative exploration, I continue to search for new ways to hear sound — layering, sampling, warping, reshaping. One of my favorite moments in this mix happens at (40:10) Jersey club vocals from Cookiee Kawaii intertwine with the pulse of Ice Spice / RIOT’s “Deli” and the shimmering synth textures of PinkPantheress’ “Girl Like Me.” The sound mutates into something entirely its own — even surprising me in the process.
Music remains at the epicenter of my creative practice. I’m excited to keep expanding the ways it can move, distort, and transform.
Enjoy your listen.
Terrelle
Founder / Dean of Culture
