About
General
Excerpt
from "Afrodesia'. (Aphrodisiac:
833k)
MP3 , Midi version available on request.
Mix down on a Terratec EWS64XL soundcard and a Yamaha DB50XG
sound module.
The Music
Africa, the origin of rhythm. Rhythm, the driving force of life and
nature.
Passionate drum patterns keep rolling and moving. It's like an exchange game: solo
instrumental questions are answered by other instruments.
Dawn
It's early in the morning, just before
dawn.
You awake from a dream and are about to enter another. Nature
awakes ... slowly
at first, just sounds and faint rhythmic phrases on drums ... but soon the rhythms are getting more complex and
louder ... Suddenly
everybody rushes by ... singing people going to the market ... others rush off to
their work ... running and in a hurry before it is getting to hot to do anything
at all.
This could be Africa. Well, musically spoken.
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Afrodesia
The title is a contraction between Africa and Aphrodisiac, a kind of
stimulating love drug. Choosing this title kind of expresses my feelings
for this 'forgotten' continent and my 'passion' for strong rhythmic
music. Most modern pop music like blues, jazz, rock, pop, Trance and
dance find their roots in African music. It is also said that the origin
of mankind finds its roots in Africa .....
The meaning
I do not write music 'with a message', -like a protest song-, nor is
my music politically engaged. But it tears my heart to pieces when
looking at the bloody wars and battles of different tribes in Africa,
the shortage of food and water, the sharp contrasts between wealth and
poverty, the epidemic diseases ....
Think about this for a moment .... there could be an other dawn tomorrow
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You awake from a dream and are about to enter a nightmare ....
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