Friday, September 24, 2004:
I've long thought that that "dancing about architecture" quotation was stupid: obviously the person who coined the phrase hasn't paid attention to many buildings. There are hundreds of buildings that deserve a good dance, whether designed by a modern architect or some Mayan fellow who's been dead for 800 years; and writing about music is as appropriate as writing about love, or death, or hope.
Except sometimes it's damned hard.
Which brings me to today. What can I say about this song? Bass, piano, drums, children playing in the background, a woman in the foreground singing in a language I don't recognize; a woman singing in support, also in a language I don't recognize. The structure of the song is nice: natural but not overgrown, with an easy lazing-on-a-Sunday feel to it. The echo on the background voice puts me in mind of a cavern: the piano a soothing wave, the percussion reflecting shimmering light along the ceiling. The song urges me to lie back and float, let the world drift away.
This song is from a soundtrack I bought to a documentary I haven't seen. Synthetic Pleasures--anyone seen it? Recommended?
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Cantamilla
Tranquility Bass -- CantamillaI've long thought that that "dancing about architecture" quotation was stupid: obviously the person who coined the phrase hasn't paid attention to many buildings. There are hundreds of buildings that deserve a good dance, whether designed by a modern architect or some Mayan fellow who's been dead for 800 years; and writing about music is as appropriate as writing about love, or death, or hope.
Except sometimes it's damned hard.
Which brings me to today. What can I say about this song? Bass, piano, drums, children playing in the background, a woman in the foreground singing in a language I don't recognize; a woman singing in support, also in a language I don't recognize. The structure of the song is nice: natural but not overgrown, with an easy lazing-on-a-Sunday feel to it. The echo on the background voice puts me in mind of a cavern: the piano a soothing wave, the percussion reflecting shimmering light along the ceiling. The song urges me to lie back and float, let the world drift away.
This song is from a soundtrack I bought to a documentary I haven't seen. Synthetic Pleasures--anyone seen it? Recommended?
[Amazon.com]
Labels: electronica
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do you know what the sample is from with that woman singing in this song? i'm trying to find the original!
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olen
@ 6:16 PM, April 07, 2007
∼ posted by
olen
@ 6:16 PM, April 07, 2007
No, I don't; the liner notes don't say. I'd love to find the original as well.
On another note entirely, it's a pity I was using Haloscan for so long; it's like a Lacuna Inc.; all the old comments were eaten. There may even have been a comment about it but I wouldn't know.
∼ posted by Tuwa
@ 6:58 PM, April 07, 2007
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On another note entirely, it's a pity I was using Haloscan for so long; it's like a Lacuna Inc.; all the old comments were eaten. There may even have been a comment about it but I wouldn't know.
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Tuwa
@ 6:58 PM, April 07, 2007
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