the paradox is what draws me in. I like the fluidity of opposites, in my view the world is full of differing views, with time we lose the tension of words and emotions. How often we get drawn into a polar dimension of the right and the wrong, only to realise later that it all had to do with a few neuro-transmitters. yes... the sublte workings of our own mind.
sound has a way to stimulate these transmitters, to some it may be harsh to some it is absolute calm. the world will be about all of these differing views and opinions.
media content programmers have to kick one habit, the one that makes a guy say " i love this music, but i dont think it sells" i wonder if there is any artist who creates music so as to sell, if that is your only source of income you need to do the odd job, but when one does something for the love of it, you really are at a far, far, away place from selling your produce. i picked out this track as a reflection of the mood of times we are in, the global meltdown has left some of us numb, come to think about it, those days are somewhat behind us, it was yesterday's news, today i retrospect, but there is also the hope-filled moment of the present that calls out one to push, though it may not seem to be reflective of what one is trying to achieve, one thing that we could take as a learning from the crisis is that basing our lives on abstract numbers that slide up and down in red and green to govern the mood of our entire civilization, seems to be pretty uncool. it seems to substitute the melody of hanging around together and singing favorite tunes ( this too has been replaced by karaoke) or is it that our ability to converse is challenged by panic that today we have turned to IDM for solace.... irrespective of my views. IDM is by far coming out as the most progressive-boundary-pusher-genre.... just that the big record labels and content programmers need to go over the hill of hype to appreciate the art of composing all over again.
if you wondered what is the connect between IDM and the meltdown.... there is only one, of ends and beginnings... is teenage angst being belted out of the school of non-confirmity. i had my days, i too love it.. but of times where there is not much to say.... IDM surely fills in the silence
i tired and i tired to get the original video for this, but to my surprise for all that we know about tehcnology and how people are playing with it to re-cut some of the shots, or interpretations, i couldn't find anything impressive enough for a showcase here. That really isnt the point of this blog, is it? people dont get around here to watch music videos, hopefully they spend sometime to read, reflect and share. I was born later than the time of this creation, nevertheless it moves me, moves me to write about it, more importantly to share that the world seems to really be in the dark side of the moon, if not then maybe now, uncertainty paints a picture, no matter how obscure. we may not have lived that time, but these words, chords, voices, psychedelia coming together has never left us.... a hit that ran on the billboard for 14 years... you will get the record label way of looking at music on wikipedia. and if you want more info then you can download, visit your local music shop or borrow or dig it out of your library, no matter what we may do to get to this song, there is something unique about it, its not about song construction or look how cool it was to create this. the wow effects are on some of the comments on youtube, a 14 yr old listening to this song and his dad being amazed or "you wont know it till you hear it"...and things like that. for me i was a teenager, and i surely had missed the starting line, i know that most of us like to see ourselves recognizing some of the starting lines we missed, but the crazy energy of the song is a good enough reason to run, run towards our goals, interestingly there is a good dose of humane thinking that goes into the song, and i guess the only reason for its success and more so acknowledgment by the masses who beleive that there is a way to solve the mystery behind losing the starting line. finally it ends abruptly, mellow in the wallow for a breakthrough, finally there was a reason not to feel guity anymore, about being responsible for change, about being who we are. HUMAN
you can play that one more time if you wish, as a person in the world of communication, media arts, advertising and thru my other varoius escapades in the music business, events, fashion shows, ceremonies, and countless beach, mountain, road travel music following life, this small video makes the point on live gigs come alive.
music + light & effects programming + social concepts - a heady mix of memorable experiences. what daft punk pioneered in modern music, i would like to use that term to quantify the development of electronic music from 1997 to the worldwide acceptance of techno-electro- punch lines with words as it evolves in this video, has taken mankind into the smooth ride of the new millenia, were we expecting some sort of a dramatic shift as we were planning to leave behind a century in the fag end of the industrial development and its after-effects. did we wish for something more meaningful at the dawn while living real-time with an abstract concept of Y2K, no wonder how we may want to remember that day, we all beleived that we would surmount the tryst with technology taking control over our lives.
in the last nine years, we have grown quite fond of our tools, we are in love with them, but the real point is, me alone with my gadget can never replace a live experience.... thousands or millions, live gigs have taken the game to a new level with technology becoming seamleassly integrated with music.
I have been a believer about the power of music to move people, its an infectious thing about being young.
While I try to get my head around to think of what will be the core that brings me back into the realm of human dignity, i just wanted to start with this song... we are renegades no doubt, we have a lot to talk about and thats what is important, unfortunatley the mind seems to pull ourselves out of the conversation, but we also do possess an old weapon called intellect, it surfaces only when we can see beoynd our own petty self of mortality, its true that we live here on this planet for a very short time compared to the way the universe is designed, however insignificant we may think of oursellves to be we still do possess a mighty heart to be able to share ideas, thoughts, and views and plans to make the world a better place, who knows when would we again visit earth, if we dont destroy it.
