An intense and rewarding listening experience, the record encompasses the energy and production techniques of studio-produced beats, but replacing synths and drum machines with natural/acoustic sounds and instruments for an emotionally potent style.
Built on contrasts – experimental without losing accessibility, electronic and acoustic, complex and simple, dark and energetic whilst intricate and calm – there is a sense of journey and progression, and, in bandleader Joe Acheson’s words, “the brooding reflections of a solitary walk through the still, restless night”.
The story of this video follows a man feeling the pressures of modern city life. Feeling like an outcast, the protagonist dons a mask as he journeys through the typical debaucheries of the city night time. Presented from the protagonists point of view, the video highlights his contempt for a society that has become one of lights and glamour.
For the most part of this video the character’s purpose is unclear until the end where it is revealed he is about to make a statement...
A la belle étoile
J'ai vu ton visage gris
T'avais un chagrin d'amour
Les mensonges, c'est désespéré
Où est la cavalière?
Tu n'es plus brave
Je t'ai perdue dans la foule
Tu as coulé sous les flots
Brighton, United Kingdom (1998 – 2007) Electrelane were a all-female band from Brighton, England.
They were formed in 1998 by Verity Susman (keyboards, farfisa organ, lead vocals, guitar, saxophone, clarinet) and Emma Gaze (drums).
Listening to them live, it seems like you are in front of a new college so-excited band, but the not-evident structures of tracks and the all-time really rough sound makes it lovely.
Since they knew no drummers, the group decided to focus on a minimalist approach to music...
And I learnt that '20,000 leagues (under the sea)' was not only a title of a book.
What drives you to take photographs?
"The world seems to me increasingly incomprehensible, and there are times when I feel there isn't anything that I know for certain. For me, making photographs (or painting, or whatever) is necessary to translate the unintelligible reality of being into a more coherent form. Or at least to illustrate my best guesses.
There is vastly more "nothing" in the universe than "something", and I try to create images that recognize the grace by which anything at all exists."
At the end When i find you There is disco in my head And now i have an army
It is not because I love Budapest, but the following pop-revolution comes from Hungary.
Hungary; a country where international careers in music are few and far between. However, vibrant signs of life were sighted years ago: back then an all-round musician by the name of Erik Sumo, who in real life is called Ambrus Tövisházi, successfully introduced himself with his debut album My Rocky Mountain (2005).
Back then pop, dub, jazz and Hungarian folk-elements were crossed with extremely catchy melodies.
By now, the Erik Sumo Band is a seven-strong project and their album The Trouble Soup (2010) is a bubbling cauldron of great pop-anthems.
Explosive synthesizers, eastern passages, indie and progressive in three-minute operas, that could have been penned by the Pram, Arcade Fire, Flaming Lips or the B 52's.
It's crystal clear, the Hungarian pop saga has to be rewritten.
Muzika e Shqiperise e pare me syte e nje tekniku te tingullit.
Hala Strana (aka Steven R Smith) eshte nje amerikan, dhe si shume te tjere, bie ne dashuri me melodite dhe traditat e Shqiperise.
Studjon ca tinguj, qe rralle mepare kalonin pragun e deres se shtepise, per nga njohja dhe popullariteti ('Motra Dhe Vellai').
Pervec aciditetit te muzikes (pjese te gjata, me sonoritete te hekurta ku instrumentet karakteristike, si klarineto, shpesh humbin ose vonojne te vihen ne dukje), spikat ngjyra dhe pikepamja e kthjellet qe ky ruan per cdo regjistrim ('Pogonishte' nga albumi Fielding, 2008).
Natyrisht, vete albumi Heave The Gamble Roof (2007) eshte modern; nje lloj dhurate post-rock ('Havazi I Dy Motrave') per kuriozet e thjeshte, por na paraqitet edhe si nje perle, jo vetem per ata shpirtra melankolike te muzikes se bukur/humbur juglindore te Ballkanit.
// in english
Albania's traditional music seen with the eyes of a sound enginner. Hala Strana (aka Steven R Smith) is an American who, like many others, falls in love with melodies and traditions of Albania.
He studies some sounds that in the past rarely crossed the threshold of the villages, for their recognition and popularity in a region (listen to 'Motra Dhe Vellai').
Besides music acidity (long suites with the iron-like sounds where characteristic instruments, as clarinet, often are lost or delay to be highlighted), he preserves a colorful point of view about eash track ('Pogonishte' from the album Fielding, 2008). Naturally, the album itself Heave The Gamble Roof (2007) comes as a modern post-rock gift ('Havazi I Dy Motrave') for simple curious people, but it is presented to us as a jewel, not only for those melancholic souls of beautiful/lost southeastern Balkans music.
And so your life's been a success And you have pleasure in excess Don't worry it will all end soon The crack of doom is coming soon And so your future's looking bright And you've reached the giddy heights Don't worry it will soon end It is all shallow and pretend
1. An artist's conduct in his life:
– An artist should not lie to himself or others
– An artist should not steal ideas from other artists
– An artist should not compromise for themselves or in regards to the art market
– An artist should not kill other human beings
– An artist should not make themselves into an idol
– An artist should not make themselves into an idol
– An artist should not make themselves into an idol
2. An artist's relation to his love life:
– An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist
– An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist
– An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist
3. An artist's relation to the erotic:
– An artist should develop an erotic point of view on the world
– An artist should be erotic
– An artist should be erotic
– An artist should be erotic
4. An artist's relation to suffering:
– An artist should suffer
– From the suffering comes the best work
– Suffering brings transformation
– Through the suffering an artist transcends their spirit
– Through the suffering an artist transcends their spirit
– Through the suffering an artist transcends their spirit
5. An artist's relation to depression:
– An artist should not be depressed
– Depression is a disease and should be cured
– Depression is not productive for an artist
– Depression is not productive for an artist
– Depression is not productive for an artist
6. An artist's relation to suicide:
– Suicide is a crime against life
– An artist should not commit suicide
– An artist should not commit suicide
– An artist should not commit suicide
7. An artist's relation to inspiration:
– An artist should look deep inside themselves for inspiration
– The deeper they look inside themselves, the more universal they become
– The artist is universe
– The artist is universe
– The artist is universe
8. An artist's relation to self-control:
– The artist should not have self-c ontrol about his life
– The artist should have total self-control about his work
– The artist should not have self-control about his life
– The artist should have total self-control about his work
9. An artist's relation with transparency:
– The artist should give and receive at the same time
– Transparency means receptive
– Transparency means to give
– Transparency means to receive
– Transparency means receptive
– Transparency means to give
– Transparency means to receive
– Transparency means receptive
– Transparency means to give
– Transparency means to receive
10. An artist's relation to symbols:
– An artist creates his own symbols
– Symbols are an artist's language
– The language must then be translated
– Sometimes it is difficult to find the key
– Sometimes it is difficult to find the key
– Sometimes it is difficult to find the key
11. An artist's relation to silence:
– An artist has to understand silence
– An artist has to create a space for silence to enter his work
– Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean
– Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean
– Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean
12. An artist's relation to solitude:
– An artist must make time for the long periods of solitude
– Solitude is extremely important
– Away from home
– Away from the studio
– Away from family
– Away from friends
– An artist should stay for long periods of time at waterfalls
– An artist should stay for long periods of time at exploding volcanoes
– An artist should stay for long periods of time looking at the fast running rivers
– An artist should stay for long periods of time looking at the horizon where the ocean and sky meet
– An artist should stay for long periods of time looking at the stars in the night sky
13. An artist's conduct in relation to work:
– An artist should avoid going to the studio every day
– An artist should not treat his work schedule as a bank employee does
– An artist should explore life and work only when an idea comes to him in a dream or during the day as a vision that arises as a surprise
– An artist should not repeat himself
– An artist should not overproduce
– An artist should avoid his own art pollution
– An artist should avoid his own art pollution
– An artist should avoid his own art pollution
14. An artist's possessions:
– Buddhist monks advise that it is best to have nine possessions in their life:
1 robe for the summer
1 robe for the winter
1 pair of shoes
1 begging bowl for food
1 mosquito net
1 prayer book
1 umbrella
1 mat to sleep on
1 pair of glasses if needed
– An artist should decide for himself the minimum personal possessions they should have
– An artist should have more and more of less and less
– An artist should have more and more of less and less
– An artist should have more and more of less and less
15. A list of an artist's friends:
– An artist should have friends that lift their spirits
– An artist should have friends that lift their spirits
– An artist should have friends that lift their spirits
16. A list of an artist's enemies:
– Enemies are very important
– The Dalai Lama has said that it is easy to have compassion with friends but much more difficult to have compassion with enemies
– An artist has to learn to forgive
– An artist has to learn to forgive
– An artist has to learn to forgive
17. Different death scenarios:
– An artist has to be aware of his own mortality
– For an artist, it is not only important how he lives his life but also how he dies
– An artist should look at the symbols of his work for the signs of different death scenarios
– An artist should die consciously without fear
– An artist should die consciously without fear
– An artist should die consciously without fear
18. Different funeral scenarios: – An artist should give instructions before the funeral so that everything is done the way he wants it
– The funeral is the artist's last art piece before leaving
– The funeral is the artist's last art piece before leaving
– The funeral is the artist's last art piece before leaving
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