djinn
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by gargoyle/funky brains
started in october 2002, finished in march 2003
made for spectrum music compo 2003 ('red' section: 4th place)
this tune is dedicated to two very special people
gaby - you are my angel!
jona - thanks for lending me your guitar.
just need to figure out how to play it. :-P
you just wont get it back again, thats for sure!
greetings and thanks go out to the whole scene,
above all my group funky brains,
the #modarchive crowd,
and to zeitgeist and tonka for their critics and comments.
extra special greetings and thanks to christofori/fb,
who pre-recorded the lyrics for me in order to give me a general
idea about pronounziashun. :)
well yeah, this composition is very ...
individual? intransigent? stubborn?
- whats the word for "eigenwillig"? :-P
equipment involved:
amd k6/2 300mhz, 192mb ram, sblive
impulsetracker 2.14
creative wavestudio and a cheap microphone
yamaha pacifica, zoom gm-200 guitar amp modeler
for "djinn", I have used sound samples from songs by:
mystical, diktaattori, arjuna, benloh, cadaver, n-drez, and myself.
song background
when i entered this song in the spectrum music competition,
the following text was included:
'djinni' are ethereal beings from oriental mythology.
they are powerful, supernatural embodiments of the
four elements earth, wind, fire and water.
they have a mind of their own and can rarely be controlled.
this song is meant to express both the "personality" of a
fire djinn and the view of a human being towards it. the djinn
in this song represents everything a human might wish for:
immortality, power, freedom, ability to fly, not being limited
by the weight of a body.
the djinn can set objects on fire. it gives warmth. it destroys.
there is ambivalence in its actions.
on a metaphorical level, the fire djinn is responsible for
setting the heart of the song's protagonist on fire, an action of
the same poetical ambivalence.
the fire djinn is considered some sort of "love demon" here.
every emotion we experience has a physical effect on us.
for centuries the human heart has been considered the
"home of feelings".
whether we experience happiness, love, anger, hate, dismay,
disappointment, relief, etc our heart speaks differently. there
are also many different sorts of fire, from a blazing bonfire to
glowing charcoal.
this is why every emotion could be described with a type of fire.
i have tried to have as many of these fires as possible
represented in one song.
gargoyle/fb, march 16th, 2003
