Out of The Blue
by Acumen (aka Milan Kolarovic)
Email | acumen@kolumbus.fi
Website | http://www.kolumbus.fi/acumen
Snailmail | Milan Kolarovic
Hollontie 59
35320 Hirsila
Finland
This song is my tribute to Michael Cretu (Enigma),
and to his evergreen, inspiring music.
|| General thoughts ||
What can I say.. Hundreds of hours were wasted again into this latest
effort of my quest for soul searching. Naturally it feels good to come
up with a new, fresh song idea after being in "radio silence" for more
or less 4 months after "One of a kind".
This song literally came "Out of The Blue". It started way before the
millennium changed, and took quite a while to get completed. The main
inspiration for this song came from the long and patient wait for the
new Enigma album, "The Screen Behind the Mirror". Unfortunately the
album was a small disappointment for me, since it wasn`t as brilliant
and unique as the magnificent 3rd Enigma album. The main thing I miss
is the lack of intensity and passion that the previous Enigma album
was full of. Infact I found it more closer to an ordinary mainstream
pop album than to New Age. Anyway, "Out of The Blue" resembles the
high hopes and expectations I had for the upcoming album.
This was NOT in any way an attemp to mimic or to imitate Enigma`s
music, I simply felt very "new ageish" at the time of composing,
after all the century was about to change and also the ticking
knowledge of the forthcoming Enigma album gave me a good sense
of what I wanted to compose.
|| Samples & Instruments ||
I can`t help to compare my work to coding (coding process?) since this
song has two sides, a bit like demos or graphic artwork. At the same
time it seems very simple with all the note commands and few effects
here and there, but yet at the same time over 90% of the work was been
done "behind the curtains". It`s all based on the samples, strong and
very carefully chosen and mixed samples. I wonder if I learned the
significant meaning of a good sample set/mix from the great
"guru of music", Warder. ;)
Most of the instruments used are sampled from my Korg N364. Drumloops
are mostly mixed from my Sample CD`s. Thanks to all the people who`s
samples I`ve used as addition to my own. A song has to have atleast
few of those 8bit "filthy" sounding samples, specially when the rest
of the samples are so "clean". It gives the song a warm shape and
balance so that the overall sound wouldn`t be too "clinic" and dry.
The 16bit version had few more samples, plus almost all samples were
44,1khz/16bit. The filesize of the 16bit was 10 467kb (unpacked), so
I`ve managed to reduce the size by 6 megabytes without any significant
loss or reduction in the overall sound quality.
|| Concerns this time.. ||
For years now I`ve antisipated the world as we know it come to a bright
end, so that all suffering on earth would stop and humankind would cease
to excist. I always thought that there was a would be a sign to the
start of the end, like a WorldWar 3, etc.. but have I missed the sign?
It`s time to open your eyes aswell mine, see the picture as whole.
3rd WorldWar has in way already started in the form of drugs,
narcotic substances. The war is going on in almost every
country in the world as we speak..
I cannot understand people who search for experiences, who actually
search life itself from drugs like heroine, cocaine, amfetamine, LSD,
etc.. Why cannot we be satisfied with the life we get? .. More and
more people get involved in drugs nowdays, and the experiments happen
in younger and younger ages..
Are people nowdays more disappointed in their lifes, have we learned
to use chemical substances against us, or do we search for extra
excitement from drugs? ..
Solution? .. I don`t have one that could be generalized, since
every one of us must follow our own hearts, but I can tell you
what are my own thoughts in a bit more wider view.
We are born on this planet and at some moment we start wondering why
we are here - what is the meaning of life. We want to know the answer
so that we could justificate our own meaning. Some say "we only live
once, so make the best out of it" or "live every day like it`s your
last". Sounds a bit ironic, but aren`t drugs like the answer and the
final conclusion for this kind of thinking? ..
My goal in life is to earn the right to live it, not by seeking
answers `or sensations from the world around me (drugs, etc..),
but from the world inside me - with as many millions of stars and
galaxies to explore as there are in the "visual world". My goal
is to find the perfect harmony. Drugs only work as an easy way
out, as providing an instant quick sensation(?) that bases on
chemistry - NOT on Reality. Remember this!
|| 1999 Resume ||
A total of 5 songs and 4 remixes were completed in year 1999.
Here`s a list of them:
One of a Kind (2.10.1999/17.10.1999)
Hugi #18 diskmagazine background music selection nro.1
16th in Heavenly Music Competition2
1st in Hawkmoon`s November compo
5th in Ultim8 December compo
Satisfaction Overload: Extended version (13.9.1999)
Satisfaction Overload (1.9.1999)
Assembly`99 MP3 competition entry
8th in Hawkmoon`s October compo.
Pitch-Black (10.8.1999)
Assembly`99 Multichannel competition entry
10th in Ultim8 October compo
8th in Hawkmoon`s September compo
Secret Hours (15.4.1999)
2nd in Ultim8 June compo
1st in Hawkmoon`s May compo
Lore remix (10.4.1999)
My Planet remix (16.3.1999)
Digital Talebearer (21.2.1999)
Analogic Talebearer (4.1.1999)
3rd in Hawkmoon`s August compo
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All comments and feedback, good or bad, are always
more than welcome. Every email will be answered!
Thanks for the past year everybody!!
13.3.2000 Milan Kolarovic (aka Acumen)
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