A little cover of the chorus of "What U Gon' Do" (original song made by LiL Jon) I did for fun during my training...
From years beholding me, I'm sure of it, music is something universal, and paradoxically has no general description which fits to it. The one who would say the opposite just would be crushed under the weight of its lack of culture and its closed-minded attitude. Picture : Looking so innocent for a serious text ... Anyway dudes, you can't imagine how definatelly a good sucker Pikachu is ! ha ha :D
MUSIC STYLES & CHU ISHIKAWA
I've been listening to several music kinds for years, and keep on doing this. Gothrock, blackmetal, synthpop, noise, stoner rock, deathmetal, industrial, horror rock, punk, hardcore, glam rock, screamo, heavy, crunk, rap, breakbeat, hard dance, new wave, cold wave, aggrotech, metal fusion, any kind of goth / rock / metal / electro / industrial in fact... Well, it's not that important. Each artist, each band, has its own vision of the music he want to play and compose. Sorry to disapoint fans of technical music, but generally music is'nt only a game of technic. I don't criticize this, I really appreciate lots of technical bands, but there are too much people thinking music is only that. Unfortunatelly. Personally, one soundtrack really caught my awareness for so many years, the one composed by Chu Ishikawa for the cult cyberpunk movie, Testsuo. He composed something really synthetic, bend it with noisy sound (broken glass, machines, etc..), giving then something really of interest, as much as the movie itself ! :) TORTURING SOUND
That's what I like. Work on sounds for hours, find something particular which gives a special look to a song, and more I carry on my way, more it's the case. You felt it on my first E.P, you could feel it too on the introduction of our upcoming album, FROM THE GRAVE. Distorded sounds and machine noises, how amazing are these things ! :) NOISE POETRY
There is poetry in noise which is breaking my heart. I could lose myself for hours only beholding the sound of a note saturating, distording, shaking and vibrating from right to left, pitched till it disappears as fast as it appears. Noise is music. GET DRUNK 2 CRUNK !
Another musical genre without technical needs that I really like ! Crunk music. Fat synthbass, powerfull melody easy to remember, an efficient beat, here it is. I like this half primitive side, even if the sound is very well worked, it lets more place to lyrics and voice. I know this post won't enjoy everyone, but I don't care. There are so many way of appreciating and like music :) About crunk, my fav artist is LiL Jon, called the King of Crunk, music born in 90s that he pushed to a mainstream level. Really, this guy rocks to create aggressive beats, fucking synths melodies and I like his voice. Aggressive too, almost rock ! :) Fight for what you like, for those you love, never try to copy music, ever do the one you want to do, your own cocktail of various influences ! :)
I've been listening to several music kinds for years, and keep on doing this. Gothrock, blackmetal, synthpop, noise, stoner rock, deathmetal, industrial, horror rock, punk, hardcore, glam rock, screamo, heavy, crunk, rap, breakbeat, hard dance, new wave, cold wave, aggrotech, metal fusion, any kind of goth / rock / metal / electro / industrial in fact... Well, it's not that important. Each artist, each band, has its own vision of the music he want to play and compose. Sorry to disapoint fans of technical music, but generally music is'nt only a game of technic. I don't criticize this, I really appreciate lots of technical bands, but there are too much people thinking music is only that. Unfortunatelly. Personally, one soundtrack really caught my awareness for so many years, the one composed by Chu Ishikawa for the cult cyberpunk movie, Testsuo. He composed something really synthetic, bend it with noisy sound (broken glass, machines, etc..), giving then something really of interest, as much as the movie itself ! :) TORTURING SOUND
That's what I like. Work on sounds for hours, find something particular which gives a special look to a song, and more I carry on my way, more it's the case. You felt it on my first E.P, you could feel it too on the introduction of our upcoming album, FROM THE GRAVE. Distorded sounds and machine noises, how amazing are these things ! :) NOISE POETRY
There is poetry in noise which is breaking my heart. I could lose myself for hours only beholding the sound of a note saturating, distording, shaking and vibrating from right to left, pitched till it disappears as fast as it appears. Noise is music. GET DRUNK 2 CRUNK !
Another musical genre without technical needs that I really like ! Crunk music. Fat synthbass, powerfull melody easy to remember, an efficient beat, here it is. I like this half primitive side, even if the sound is very well worked, it lets more place to lyrics and voice. I know this post won't enjoy everyone, but I don't care. There are so many way of appreciating and like music :) About crunk, my fav artist is LiL Jon, called the King of Crunk, music born in 90s that he pushed to a mainstream level. Really, this guy rocks to create aggressive beats, fucking synths melodies and I like his voice. Aggressive too, almost rock ! :) Fight for what you like, for those you love, never try to copy music, ever do the one you want to do, your own cocktail of various influences ! :)
FANGBANGERS MAKE ME WANNA PUKE
Roots have been forgotten. Stepheniemeyerian vision is everywhere. Cute, gentle, sweet (well, I assume the fact that I really liked the fourth book, lots of things was really well done in this book, but the end). We are far from "vampirism epidemy" of XIXe century in east europa. Nowadays, vampire is considered as "so hot" (lol lmao), and the only thing brainless people are asking for is "bite me bite me" (pc4pc lol lol lol). Well. I'm not that sure they would really enjoy if they get their neck broken with violent bites... VAMPIRISM & INTERPRETATIONS
Anne Rice did good things about vampires with her vision : a sanguinarian being, using its skills to better feed of its prey. And even if the romantism side of her books was changing from original myth, it was not anoying. A roleplay really well done is Vampire The Masquerade : Bloodlines. I even think that creators of True Blood may be inspired by it for some things ^ ^ I'm not against adaptations of vampirism, but some of them "so cute" get on my nerves. OWN VISION
I'm interested in vampirism for so many years, I was really young when this interest for vampires began. Vampire, I feed myself from energy of things and beings all around me. In vampiric language, we would speak of "psychic vampirism". But I don't think it's really that which can describe me. Emotions, meetings, experiences, failures and victories, beauty of a person, of an instant, came from nowhere, as much things which are constituting my spiritual food and make who I am now. Concerning to blood, it always have been a great value for me, on a poetic side, and on another one.. I won't speak of this here and now. I think there are enough shitty soaps and movies playing on the sensual / sexual side of vampires to evoke anything about it and see my words being betrayed and used for bad ways. There is no respect, too much benefits made on this myth of vampirism, it became a marketing argument, it's disapointing sometimes. Even in my lyrics I include blurred images, little concepts in transparence, about vampirism. It's in me, I don't feel the need to exhibit everything about it. In this world, to keep certain things only for us isn't a bad thing.. really. pix : Nicolas Normand.
Roots have been forgotten. Stepheniemeyerian vision is everywhere. Cute, gentle, sweet (well, I assume the fact that I really liked the fourth book, lots of things was really well done in this book, but the end). We are far from "vampirism epidemy" of XIXe century in east europa. Nowadays, vampire is considered as "so hot" (lol lmao), and the only thing brainless people are asking for is "bite me bite me" (pc4pc lol lol lol). Well. I'm not that sure they would really enjoy if they get their neck broken with violent bites... VAMPIRISM & INTERPRETATIONS
Anne Rice did good things about vampires with her vision : a sanguinarian being, using its skills to better feed of its prey. And even if the romantism side of her books was changing from original myth, it was not anoying. A roleplay really well done is Vampire The Masquerade : Bloodlines. I even think that creators of True Blood may be inspired by it for some things ^ ^ I'm not against adaptations of vampirism, but some of them "so cute" get on my nerves. OWN VISION
I'm interested in vampirism for so many years, I was really young when this interest for vampires began. Vampire, I feed myself from energy of things and beings all around me. In vampiric language, we would speak of "psychic vampirism". But I don't think it's really that which can describe me. Emotions, meetings, experiences, failures and victories, beauty of a person, of an instant, came from nowhere, as much things which are constituting my spiritual food and make who I am now. Concerning to blood, it always have been a great value for me, on a poetic side, and on another one.. I won't speak of this here and now. I think there are enough shitty soaps and movies playing on the sensual / sexual side of vampires to evoke anything about it and see my words being betrayed and used for bad ways. There is no respect, too much benefits made on this myth of vampirism, it became a marketing argument, it's disapointing sometimes. Even in my lyrics I include blurred images, little concepts in transparence, about vampirism. It's in me, I don't feel the need to exhibit everything about it. In this world, to keep certain things only for us isn't a bad thing.. really. pix : Nicolas Normand.
NOTHING TO SAY. LISTEN TO MOPAI'm really fucked up tonight, so I won't write an article as I normally do.
But, I invite you to watch the beautiful trailer of MOPA's videoclip, After You.
I just can't wait for their upcoming album, I'm a great fan of these three
sitting guys =) Their first ep was awesome, but it gonna be huge for
the album : they worked with Ross Robinson for it ! :)
ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETEEN KILOMETERS
Ink's appearing in drops on Broc's lips when he thinks about it. A frozen ink, like his own skin, for so many years. The waiting's whispering to his ears and only the coldness of its metallic absence survives. This, this piece of dead flesh, shapeless, which use to beat fifty to eighty times per minute in every chest of any normal human. It doesn't beat for so long in Broc's chest. What an obsolete function that a heart beating. Anyway, he could'nt make it work back, the thing's rusted, and there are certainly not some oil drops which could make the strange mecanism work back. Forget the medical vision. Imagine some clockwork, with bones, and dispersed rags of flesh.. Put the weight of experience and its inseparable venom, then you'll get the perfect illustration : an artefact more vodoo doll like, than an organ. One thousand five hundred nineteen , maybe a bit more, certainly a bit less. The promise of a counterspell, the possibility of another stroke of fate. Broc's waiting as hard as he can, a photograph in the hand. One thousand five hundred nineteen kilometers, maybe a bit more, certainly not less...
Ink's appearing in drops on Broc's lips when he thinks about it. A frozen ink, like his own skin, for so many years. The waiting's whispering to his ears and only the coldness of its metallic absence survives. This, this piece of dead flesh, shapeless, which use to beat fifty to eighty times per minute in every chest of any normal human. It doesn't beat for so long in Broc's chest. What an obsolete function that a heart beating. Anyway, he could'nt make it work back, the thing's rusted, and there are certainly not some oil drops which could make the strange mecanism work back. Forget the medical vision. Imagine some clockwork, with bones, and dispersed rags of flesh.. Put the weight of experience and its inseparable venom, then you'll get the perfect illustration : an artefact more vodoo doll like, than an organ. One thousand five hundred nineteen , maybe a bit more, certainly a bit less. The promise of a counterspell, the possibility of another stroke of fate. Broc's waiting as hard as he can, a photograph in the hand. One thousand five hundred nineteen kilometers, maybe a bit more, certainly not less...
I really hate all these people tattoing / piercing themselves just to behave like their neighboors. Fucking copy / paste / classify society. Piercing, Tattoes, it should have a sense for everyone, not being a free act just made to look like what's cool or not - . - Well, I won't debate about it, just give my opinion.
PIERCING
I've no tattoes, but I have some piercings. I did all of them after thinking about it. As I dress myself, ideas for piercings came from personnal drawings, private stories, special desires, etc.. What I like in piercing, is this particular moment when the needle go through your skin. It's pure adrenalyn moment ! Moreover, I assimilate piercings as pages of our own story. You can take off the piercings you don't want anymore, to replace them by new ones which are then getting a more personnal dimension : it's neither a gift, nor a choice made with the agreement of someone else, but yours. By the past, I did this. I wore pearcings and took'em off before replace it by new ones, or modificated some old (like with a stretch). Piercing is really something I like, it's a bit like tattoes, a part of your life, of you desires, that you would like to mark.
TATTOOES
As I told you, I don't have any tattoo. And I won't ever understand most of teenage who are making full-arm tattoes. Most are just little sheeps only able to do like their idol, it's ridiculous. How would they assume these graphics on their skin when they'll be 25, 30, 40 years old ? I don't have any tattoo, yeap, but however, I thought and drew out the main theme for my future right tattoed arm. It will be dedicated to my own world, this general-purpose universe called Undead Rockstrial. I think I would stop ink to above my wrist, not totally full arm. And it would take time, cause I want to describe an evolution of my universe with this arm. Then, for one year, I draw only shoulder graphics, the beginning, and elbow, the center of this world. Nothing is randomly left, I think about everything, and I will choose the tattoo artist with a lot of care ! I don't care the time I would have to wait, only results and original thoughts are important. To me, tattoo is a flesh calendar.
PIERCING
I've no tattoes, but I have some piercings. I did all of them after thinking about it. As I dress myself, ideas for piercings came from personnal drawings, private stories, special desires, etc.. What I like in piercing, is this particular moment when the needle go through your skin. It's pure adrenalyn moment ! Moreover, I assimilate piercings as pages of our own story. You can take off the piercings you don't want anymore, to replace them by new ones which are then getting a more personnal dimension : it's neither a gift, nor a choice made with the agreement of someone else, but yours. By the past, I did this. I wore pearcings and took'em off before replace it by new ones, or modificated some old (like with a stretch). Piercing is really something I like, it's a bit like tattoes, a part of your life, of you desires, that you would like to mark.
TATTOOES
As I told you, I don't have any tattoo. And I won't ever understand most of teenage who are making full-arm tattoes. Most are just little sheeps only able to do like their idol, it's ridiculous. How would they assume these graphics on their skin when they'll be 25, 30, 40 years old ? I don't have any tattoo, yeap, but however, I thought and drew out the main theme for my future right tattoed arm. It will be dedicated to my own world, this general-purpose universe called Undead Rockstrial. I think I would stop ink to above my wrist, not totally full arm. And it would take time, cause I want to describe an evolution of my universe with this arm. Then, for one year, I draw only shoulder graphics, the beginning, and elbow, the center of this world. Nothing is randomly left, I think about everything, and I will choose the tattoo artist with a lot of care ! I don't care the time I would have to wait, only results and original thoughts are important. To me, tattoo is a flesh calendar.
" OMG !!!! B.'S COMING TO FRANCE, YEAH YEAH TRUST ME ! "
NEW DESIGN FOR MY PROFESSIONAL MYSPACE !
500 000 visits on myspace
More than 130 000 views on our clip
4000 fans on facebook. This week, numbers have been incredible !
Thanks to all of you for your support See you tomorrow, I'm tired tonight, I had a big day,
spent to design t-shirt graphics for a famous french shop.
