When people ask me why I gravitate towards electronic music (although its not the only music I enjoy and appreciate), this is why. The didgeridoo was developed and played by the indigenous people of Australia almost 2000 years ago (at least thats the earliest known evidence we have of when and where...who knows how long people have actually been playing it). Before most known instruments were even created, people have been gathering together in joyous celebrations of movement and expression around the didgeridoo. The didgeridoo is almost like the Onomatopoeia of instruments...its kind of like being able to beat box, but through a bellowing flute-like wooden pipe. Meaning that, like beatboxing, whatever noises/rhythms/breath patterns you can come up with, you can amplify. To me, the didgeridoo is a very human instrument--its construction is minimal, its sound is primal, and it rings a satisfying bell for anyone who hears one...I dont know why it has such a universal auditory appeal but I believe the sounds it can make, satisfy a very ancient/ancestral satisfaction. And how I feel it relates (rather directly) to electronic music is that all electronic music is, is practically trying to emulate, a digeridoo...the rhythms that move you, the wubs you hear, the bass you FEEL. Theres a reason why electronic music (not an over-arching HORRID generalization of EDM or DUBSTEP) has reached and resonated, and so meaningfully, with so many people...the genres of electronic music are as vast as an ocean...and really, as vast as the possible sounds a didgeridoo (or any production program) can make. People talk about how electronic music is for the new generation. And theyre not entirely wrong, but more specifically, electronic music production is actually just progress of the modern human capability of sound and design. 2000 years ago (at the very least), the didgeridoo was the most modern capability of sound and design...and look what they were capable of. Here we are 2000 years later, trying to replicate those same sounds in our modern, technologically advanced age. I had the most incredible experience this summer watching Marissa (Olive Tree) play her digeridoo at Fractaltribes Fractal Fest...but she wasnt just playing it, she was using it to compete through technical sound with Christopher Carchedis (eelko) truly epic set. To hear Marissa go back and forth with Chris music was this unbelievable experience of seeing this incredible real-time parallel of sound through time. As above, so below. Patrick Boyle Eric Tully Adam Liderman Will Saltus Willy Tex Matt Tito Van Santa Charlie Leibson Jasper T Julian Thomas Ayatt Almasi Kyle Roberge Ryan McGillicuddy Fan de Gonzalo Robert Fractaltribe John Burcham Alex Moran Jackie Moon Govinda Music Zan Dee Brian Levitation Jones Pavel M Garanin Adam Straughn Brendan William Jesse Brede Cole Bleu Jones Ivy Ross Logan Cole Will Kerry Haggerty Katie Clark Brittany OMeara Tim OHearen Eartha Harris Kelsey White Rajah Khetarpal Colin Roy Nate Bilodeau Gregg Sauber
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 23:48:25 +0000