Today a bit of change, because I’m gonna review Steve Aoki’s single, well actually a remix song, but with co-operation with remaining members of Soundgarden.. the great piece of sounds and words, immortal - “Spoonman”.
For all of you who don't know Steve or Soundgarden.
Let me start from one of the greatest bands from the “grunge era”, Soundgarden. They started in ‘9o, along with bands like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains and many, many more and created a unique sound of their music. Heavy like tank riffs by guitarist Kim Thayil and powerful, rhythmic bass by Ben Shepherd, always supported by (with precision of a doctor’s scalpel in his hands) Matt Cameron on drums crowned with magical lyrics and persuasive Chris Cornell on the mic. Too much to write about them but in short, really short way, they had an enormous impact on music overall, they pushed so many boundaries and inspired many artists, not only in, so-called “rock world”.
Steve Aoki, a half Japanese half american dude, also born in this country, was growing up on music like Soundgarden, the whole hardcore scene, punk, and later post-punk artists. Like he said - all of them had an impact on him, and shaped the way that he was trying to find for himself in music. For many reasons he kind of started to go in the direction of a more electronic path of expressing his way of creation. One of the biggest reasons was to give people more fun, happiness and joy and to evolve all the time - as it’s clearly hearable in his music. Again, very briefly.. much more can be said about him …
So, the song! I think it’s a fantastic approach and in the same time effort of blending two genres of music, and like many people could think - impossible to blend - but for the person who values evolution in everything - like of course Steve and also myself - will hear the sense in the whole mixed song. The track begins with this delicate wave of sound which predicts Chris Cornell’s words which are slowly filling the space with mainly the meaning - of perceiving the rhythm in your own way. More synthesizers start to fill the room in the song and slowly build up the intensity ..and boom! guitars mixed with heavy synths and bass are coming like a thunderstorm but in a very balanced way. Overall, just listen and feel the energy from both genres.. beautiful tribute to a great band made by Aoki and great cooperation like I said in the beginning between him and Soundgarden which result is this mix.
I have faith that you enjoyed the song, my dear reader and.. hear you very soon with my another review - to feel music, explore and be inside it by the senses in your mind and body 馃槑 … Peace!
POLISH TRANSLATION
Dzi艣 ma艂a zmiana, bo zrecenzuj臋 singiel Steve'a Aokiego, a w艂a艣ciwie remiks, ale przy wsp贸艂pracy z pozosta艂ymi cz艂onkami Soundgarden.. 艣wietny kawa艂 d藕wi臋k贸w i s艂贸w, nie艣miertelny - „Spoonman”.
Dla wszystkich, kt贸rzy nie znaj膮 Steve'a ani Soundgarden.
Zaczn臋 od jednego z najwybitniejszych zespo艂贸w „ery grunge”, czyli Soundgarden. Zaczynali w '90 razem z takimi zespo艂ami jak Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains i wieloma, wieloma innymi i stworzyli niepowtarzalne brzmienie swojej muzyki. Ci臋偶kie jak czo艂g riffy gitarzysty Kima Thayila i pot臋偶ny, rytmiczny bas Bena Shepherda, zawsze wspierany przez (z precyzj膮 lekarza w d艂oniach) Matta Camerona na perkusji, zwie艅czony magicznymi tekstami i perswazyjnym Chrisem Cornellem za mikrofonem. Za du偶o by o nich pisa膰, ale w skr贸cie..bardzo du偶ym skr贸cie, wywarli ogromny wp艂yw na ca艂膮 muzyk臋, przekroczyli wiele granic i zainspirowali wielu artyst贸w, nie tylko w tak zwanym „rockowym 艣wiecie”.
Steve Aoki, p贸艂 Japo艅czyk p贸艂 Amerykanin, r贸wnie偶 urodzony w tym kraju, dorasta艂 na muzyce takiej jak Soundgarden, ca艂ej scenie hardcore, punk, p贸藕niej post-punkowych artystach. Jak sam powiedzia艂 - wszyscy mieli na niego wp艂yw i ukszta艂towali drog臋, kt贸r膮 szuka艂 dla siebie w muzyce. Z wielu powod贸w niejako zacz膮艂 pod膮偶a膰 w kierunku bardziej elektronicznej 艣cie偶ki wyra偶ania swojego sposobu tworzenia. Jednym z g艂贸wnych powod贸w by艂o dawanie ludziom wi臋cej zabawy, szcz臋艣cia i rado艣ci oraz ci膮g艂y rozw贸j - co wyra藕nie s艂ycha膰 w jego muzyce. Znowu bardzo kr贸tko.. du偶o wi臋cej mo偶na o nim powiedzie膰 …
A wi臋c piosenka! My艣l臋, 偶e to fantastyczne podej艣cie i jednocze艣nie pr贸ba po艂膮czenia dw贸ch gatunk贸w muzycznych i jak wielu mog艂oby pomy艣le膰 - niemo偶liwe do po艂膮czenia - ale dla osoby, kt贸ra ceni ewolucj臋 we wszystkim - jak oczywi艣cie Steve i ja r贸wnie偶 - us艂yszy sens w ca艂ym zmiksowanym utworze. Piosenka rozpoczyna si臋 t膮 delikatn膮 fal膮 d藕wi臋kow膮, kt贸ra zapowiada s艂owa Chrisa Cornella, kt贸re powoli wype艂niaj膮 przestrze艅 przede wszystkim znaczeniem – postrzegania rytmu na sw贸j w艂asny spos贸b. Wi臋cej syntezator贸w zaczyna wype艂nia膰 “pok贸j” w piosence i powoli zwi臋ksza intensywno艣膰… i bum! gitary zmieszane z ci臋偶kimi syntezatorami i basem nadchodz膮 jak burza, ale w bardzo zr贸wnowa偶ony spos贸b. Og贸lnie po prostu pos艂uchajcie i poczujcie energi臋 obu gatunk贸w... pi臋kny ho艂d dla wspania艂ego zespo艂u z艂o偶ony przez Aokiego i wspania艂a wsp贸艂praca, jak powiedzia艂em na pocz膮tku, pomi臋dzy nim a Soundgarden, kt贸rej efektem jest ta piosenka.
Wierz臋, 偶e ten utw贸r ci si臋 podoba艂, m贸j drogi czytelniku, i.. do us艂yszenia ju偶 wkr贸tce z moj膮 kolejn膮 recenzj膮 - aby poczu膰 muzyk臋, odkrywa膰 j膮 i by膰 w jej wn臋trzu, zmys艂ami w umy艣le i ciele 馃槑 … Pok贸j!
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