until tonight about 20 minutes ago, i'd never listened to BoC. and before last week I had never cared for Barber Beats.
lately i found myself in a community that has a surprising number of BB prods and BB-focused labels. it was a matter of time before i started listening to the music (i even got my hands on some codes to get some free shit)
listening to Barber Beats is heavenly on my soul. i love this sound so much. it's been getting me through some rough feelings lately. i really dont get this feeling from any other type of sound.
if you're wondering what i've been bumping:
Mabisyo - Beauty Is Something Simple
Video 2000 - Eternal
Dirty River - False Accusations
all amazing albums, all really replayable, will keep coming back to them for a while I know it.
this music opened up my willingless for new music to come into my life. but honest to God i'd never in a thousand years listen to Boards of Canada...
then one day, i come across this geolocation challenge
let me tell you, when i found out this was a geo challenge i could actually do (literally scroll thru youtube comments) i set aside an evening to do this.
i didnt bother stopping the videos from playing, and that was my mistake.
i was instantly hit by a gritty, noisy tape-recorded song.
Tomorrow's Harvest Transmission, a taped then ripped single-version of Semena Mertvykh, used to tease the release of the album Tomorrow's Harvest
i have spent a Long time listening to music, even some pretty noisy/taped shit, but the emotion i felt from this video was something else.
i have now spent the time writing this little blog/review/whatever listening to Music Has the Right to Children.
it is everything i love about music. genuinely. the use of sampled acoustic drums, pads, unique vocal samples from various sources musical and not.
the carefully chosen ratio variation versus progression. the melodic content.
the conversation on what Music is for, the concepts of tomorrow, the embrace of what comes next but the critique and sadness of it
it is *all* there.