i think it's time to introduce you to my musical project, that i worked on since 2009. especially since it's now almost 8 years and i haven't disclosed it yet.
when i got back to hardcore in 2008, after a 4 year break, i was very euphoric. i was doing sounds like i used to do again, and the scene that i left years ago still seemed to be around. but i quickly felt this was an illusion; my music didn't feel as interesting to me anymore; it had lost "it"; also the scene was already at its end, and it began to crumble, i lost many social contacts to it, and was suddenly "in the air" again.
so where to go to now? i felt there was nothing i could do artistwise anymore.
my interest in all forms of art, music, movies etc. was still as strong as ever, though. i noticed, that i, and many people like the form of art the most that is not just a work of art, but - a "world" of art. an artistic world of its own.
the works of jodorowsky come to mind, who formed his jodoverse: a work of comic book series and maybe movies soon, that span over dozens and dozens of comics, with different collaborations, concepts, stories, tone, but taking place in the same imaginary world with the same characters that might or might not make an appearance in another new series by him.
a more "overground" example might be star wars and star trek, which also have 100s of works, offshots, sequels and specials, that take place in their same own world.
i realised; this was what i wanted to take a shot at with music. not writing another track, but creating a whole world of tracks.
there are three main principles behind it:
1. interconnections between tracks. a lot of my tracks share a same feeling, imaginery, intent, content. for example, there is not just the emerald planet, but the blue star, nightsky, midnight... space travel, behold the universe... dozens of star themed and cosmic themed tracks by me.
another occuring image is that of a palace, throne room, Enthronement...
or a cyborg, robot, android topic. you can find a lot of these "links" in my tracks.
2. there is also a connection in production. often tracks share a same approach, say "baseline and drums only", or multichannel melodies with the bass synthesizers as the focal point, or similiar fx on synths...
this has already gotten a mind of its own by now. when i watch a movie and find a good sample for example, i think, "can i really use this?" - does it fit to this imaginary production style or world that are my other tracks are in?
it has evolved into a lot of rules, sets, concepts, framework, when producing a track. and often i find i can't break these rules even i wanted to - maybe amend them - and maybe once in a while i could.
3. there is not just a "world of tracks" but i also imagine the tracks to take place in a world of music that is not my own too. a world where rockabilly, new wave, synthwave and oldschool techno are played at the same party and people dig it.
where 70s punk and early goth bands rule, together with speedcore and stockhausen. basically, it can happen that i sit down to produce, and i've feeling in my head, that is like: okay, imagine that this track is being played at a party tonight and the crowd likes big rock anthems and gabber beats, so how could this fit into my production?
it's just an imagination, but it is an influence.
and the funny thing is, that by now this really has a real world extension - or vice versa. most music social contacts i have really dig italo disco and black metal and reggea and funky disco hip hop at the same time, or try to combine these.
so, yeah, i tried to create some kind of an own world here, with its own rules and concepts and intent and framework. i'm not to judge if i succeeded at it, or, most importantly, if this might be interesting to anyone besides my self. but, for sure, for me, it was a wild ride till now!
