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Joy Division

c0nsilience

c0nsilience

Aug 13, 2008
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Oklahoma
www.synapticgroove.com
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co-founder, SynapticGroove
#1
Hi JMJ,

Hope all is well. Are you a fan of JD? If so, is it Hook's phrasing or the emotive atmospheres as a whole that resonate with you?

It seems that quite a bit of the work you do has a cathartic quality threading it...an 'essence' or pure spirituality; music as a language that many hear, few understand and even fewer articulate well.

What are your thoughts?
 
#2
Wow. Well, yes...JD is one of my favorite bands and influential on several levels. Hook is hands down my favorite bass player ever.

I yearn for opportunities to make/participate in music that is cathartic and has that essence/transcendence. It's a lifetime goal. Sometimes I succeed better than others. With the M83 record that I'm playing on/producing/co-writing, I feel really close to that space at the moment. It's been almost a year of profound emotional involvement which I wouldn't trade for the world. So this record goes there.

But life performance is the quickest route, for certain. And that is something I miss.

JMJ
 
#4
Many thanks Justin. I've been inspired by Joy Division for a very long time, so I fully understand the 'many different levels' comment.

It's still strange to me that the majority of people try to classify music, it's as though a genre or 'label' can identify/redefine something that, when good, transcends words entirely.

I'm looking forward to hearing your work with m83. Other than the very latest offering from Radiohead, I've been less than inspired with the majority of modern music screeching through the stratosphere.

Do you think a blossoming musician can be heard this day and age through all of the advertorial white noise?

I enjoy the technology, but find autotuning the passion out less than desirable.
 
#5
Sure I do - I see rad bands all the time who turn it out. You can't stop the fire. Shi**y records will get made non-stop, and it simply makes the challenge of finding good ones more of a challenging pursuit. You have to look at it "glass half full" otherwise you'll stop buying records altogether.

JMJ
 

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