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Smoke and Origination - Out Now |
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| Location: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Country: |  Canada |
| Last Login: | Jun 28, 2008 (547 days back) |
About Me |
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Buy It Now At Cdbaby Buy It Now on I-Tunes or Audio Lunchbox Hailing from Toronto Canada, Christopher, who found most conventions and current musical climates quite disagreeable, is a 3rd generation student drop out of Bela Bartok. Originally a classically trained guitarist, Christopher transmuted into a multi-ethnic dual gender vocal firestorm and fringe composer. The first incarnation was the 2001 release "wer Next Projekt" which according to writer Garry Sharpe-Young was "A truly remarkable piece of work." According to wikipedia.org, "'wer Next Projekt' is a genre-defying album released in 2001. It includes a mix of exotica, classical, metal, and electronica. `This record is impossible to describe' (was) often associated with this release. The contents of `wer Next Projekt' ended up being licensed heavily to independent films, interpretive choreographers, and other media artists due to it's unique sound and adaptive characteristics to visual media." Fast forward 5 years of relocating, reinventing, whimsical auditions for Finnish metal bands, studio fires and floods, "Smoke and Origination" is released; a 68 minute opus that shares some of the same discordant ambitions Brian Wilson laid down in "Pet Sounds" back in the 60's. Unlike the sunny disposition of Brian Wilson's opus, "Smoke and Origination" documents urban sprawl and the cannibalistic homogenization of western life. The fact the album is in one key is possibly a metaphor for the horrific redundancy of new development, corporate borne communities, and how these environs decimate the psyche; rendering it unable to properly articulate, emote, leaving the protagonist a frustrated immature consumer. The environment is never directly assaulted in the album, in favour of documenting situations and emotions that happen to exist within that environment. Instead of channeling the usual spiritual calm that westerners perceive in world music, Christopher amplifies the dark, jarring aspects of the music from Arabia to Africa; a raw cabal of bloody nerves flailing against a beaten back. While the west searches elsewhere for consumable peace, Christopher's re-invention of world beat serves to remind that they will never find peace; no matter how sweet Starbucks makes the flavour. Despite Christopher's contempt for retro chic, each composition on `Smoke and Origination' is built around motifs JS Bach composed centuries before. Examples of this include the mangling of Bach's "Air" motif in the vignette "Purpose?." As for the use of Bach's work, not even Christopher knows. "I attribute that to a higher meddling power of sorts." What is apparent throughout the record is a vicious reconstruction of pop/rock formulas; using approaches found in the avant garde and often reviled progressive rock and metal subgenres. Christopher's unaffected 'au naturale' gender bending vocals glues all the seemingly disjointed pieces together to create an innovative concept record we here at Ikonowerk believe defies any comparison. Other Titles Available |
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Music:Member Since: 6/29/2006Band Website: christopher.mu Band Members: Christopher ~ Composer Influences: Join The Christopher Mailinglist Enter your name and email address: Name: Email:   Subscribe Unsubscribe Sounds Like: Merchandise from `Smoke and Origination' Management: Download Christopher Songs: Apple I-Tunes AudioLunchbox Bitmunk Buymusic CatchMusic Digipie DiscLogic EMEPE3 EMusic Etherstream iSound Lindows Loudeye MP3tunes MusicMatch Record Label: ikonowerk Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Gothic / Experimental / Other) |
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My Blog |
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George Carlin Is Missed |
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| George Carlin passed away yesterday at age 71.
I will miss his biting commentary on Western Civilization. It's a tragic loss that his perspective was silenced.
Comedy innovation aside, he was an unfl... Posted by Christopher Official MySpace Page on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:12:00 PST |
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Torched Laughter Studio Diary: Mixing Update |
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| It's silly to keep using ..day 12 or ..day whatever'.' I really have to stop doing that. Most of the days are so uneventful I am hard pressed to write any sort of update.
Some brief notes:
&nb... Posted by Christopher Official MySpace Page on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:12:00 PST |
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Coffin Control |
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| The ultimate work he created was his own coffin.
It was designed to be an exact replica of Pope John Paul II's coffin. The master carpenter apologised about how it was impossible to procure ... Posted by Christopher Official MySpace Page on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:47:00 PST |
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Torched Laughter Studio Diary: Mixing Day 3 |
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| Mixing didn't go so well because I'm not thrilled with the current reverbs I have. The ones I do have are good for providing space for a lot of tracks, but not very good for solo instruments or sparse... Posted by Christopher Official MySpace Page on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:13:00 PST |
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Torched Laughter Studio Diary: Mixing Day 2 |
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| Ice on the foot, let's get to work.
There is some debate in the mixing world whether you apply EQ or Compression first. The usual method would be to apply compression. In the past I would apply... Posted by Christopher Official MySpace Page on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:08:00 PST |
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Torched Laughter Studio Diary: Mixing Day 1 |
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| I broke a toe. (So I am told)
I take this as a tell-tale sign that I am close to completion of this record. Nothing ever gets completed without some ridiculous unforeseeable incident. Take ..S... Posted by Christopher Official MySpace Page on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:15:00 PST |
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Torched Laughter Studio Diary: Editing Completed |
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| I finished up editing and cleaning up all the tracks some time last week. So far, without any eq'ing and effects the tracks really shine. It's now a treat to hear the playbacks versus the cringing I w... Posted by Christopher Official MySpace Page on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:38:00 PST |
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Torched Laughter Studio Diary: Mixing In Progress |
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| Instead of talking about how mixing is going, please see the below picture.
Driftwood discovered on one of the many country sideroads in the area. It was removed from said sideroad and now resides ..... Posted by Christopher Official MySpace Page on Wed, 21 May 2008 06:51:00 PST |
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Torched Laughter Studio Diary: Mixing - An Introduction |
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| Mixing in the digital age is the equivalent of a shitty IT position.
It is repetitive, dull, and draining. Cut and Paste, Click and Drag, insert, export, apply, delete, automate, bypass, edit... Posted by Christopher Official MySpace Page on Mon, 12 May 2008 04:59:00 PST |
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Studio Diary: Finding the Voice |
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| Songs can be a search for self. They are powerful analogies that reveal parts of your personality all from the safety of your home or crack den. Fight or flight? Interacting with others? Your natural ... Posted by Christopher Official MySpace Page on Thu, 08 May 2008 03:20:00 PST |
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Sin, Ikonowerk, Marc Fratto from Insane-o-rama Productions, steve, Amethystium, MF34™, Mike V of Hidden Sanctuary, Russell, Ron, Telemov, Lady Pantheress Radio, Eridanea, Zach, + The 69 Eyes Croatia +, ~æmdis sadi~, Venia, Sven "Withered Roses", Official Carol Tatum/Angels Of Venice, Colin, Frank, David, LauKyTa, Official Website of VAN, COBRA, MANGRYINCPROMOTIONS, Evil Masquerade FANS, Casper, Tatiana Tsai, Apparition, © VilleTheLivingDead, Martha, J-Rock And Patty The Radio Girl, Michaela, LP is Away Moving From IN to UT - See U in 2 mo, Ivy, Suedehead [the March Violet], Siria, Jamser, Montefury, ☠~*Amy*~☠, Aleister Crowley Film, Cara, Rockdynasty Promotions, Josephine, ProGGnosis, THE BLESSED VIRGIN LARRY, nullified nostalgia, digital_mermaid
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