resilient beings

new community-inspired album out now

Inspired by a deeply personal three-year journey of being cracked open and alchemized by life’s challenges, Max’s Ribner most recent album, Resilient Beings, is a collection of modern-day mantras and torch-bearing songs to bring the listener a sense of coming home to self.

In spirit of the collective, gathered as a community in May 2025 at Echo Mountain Recording where 15+ artists, community choir and the friends of 'Appalachia' area came together to bring these songs to life.

The songs are written with intentions of giving humanity a palm on the back, for our generation / future generations, slowing down, creating longer lasting relationships and piecing ourselves back together.

LISTEN HERE

'We are Resilient Beings, More Powerful than we think'

The Journey & Making of Resilient Beings

We are walking through a sonic doorway, together.
In this space, everyone belongs.

The one carrying sorrow. The one carrying joy. The one who’s been pushed to the margins.
This is a place where perfection gives way to rawness, to humanity, to the ancient sense of belonging many of us have never truly known.

Resilient Beings is more than a project—it’s a cultural bridge. Away from screens, back to eye contact. Away from isolation, back to the circle. It is an invitation to co-create a future where art helps us heal, remember, and rebuild.