Download - Affirmed
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Download - Affirmed
by Hobb Fri 17 Apr 2015 - 14:45
Download - Affirmed
The title of Djivan Gasparyan's 'I will not be sad in this world' always reminds me of the part in this song where the music quiets down and a sample of a girl's voice says, "So what's your problem then? Why are you so sad?" while a strange angelic voice warbles behind it.
One of the few things I know about Armenia is that the first genocide of the 20th century occurred there, 'Affirmed' is from Download's second album after Dwayne Goettel's tragic overdose when he was 31. No one can accuse either Skinny Puppy or Djivan Gasparyan of being blindly optimistic. So when these artists challenge us to 'not be sad', they are asking us to look at the absolute pitch blackness of existence and affirm it anyways, affirm it as an act of rebellion to the prevailing dark.
If you can stare at the horror shows life has to offer (merciless evolution, capitalist-imperialism, having a decaying body, living a hollow modern life, ect...) and you can still offer a handshake in good faith, still smile in the spring air, still open the heart to create, still hold a few moral principles and scraps of dignity - than you are in a rebellion of immense proportions.
This song is close to religion for me. The stretched-out tones echo between my soul and the horizon, the deep electronic growls make the hair on my arm raise, the higher notes are gospel music. If there is no 'acid-industrial techno' in heaven, I'm not going.
There are some Jamaican samples I can not quite understand, except for one part that I interpret as "acid test" - as in those scalding honest moments on psychedelics where you are face to face with yourself. The final quote is from Svankmajer's adaptation of 'Alice in Wonderland' and is a vital final drop of mortality - like the sprinkling of yeast in dough.
The title of Djivan Gasparyan's 'I will not be sad in this world' always reminds me of the part in this song where the music quiets down and a sample of a girl's voice says, "So what's your problem then? Why are you so sad?" while a strange angelic voice warbles behind it.
One of the few things I know about Armenia is that the first genocide of the 20th century occurred there, 'Affirmed' is from Download's second album after Dwayne Goettel's tragic overdose when he was 31. No one can accuse either Skinny Puppy or Djivan Gasparyan of being blindly optimistic. So when these artists challenge us to 'not be sad', they are asking us to look at the absolute pitch blackness of existence and affirm it anyways, affirm it as an act of rebellion to the prevailing dark.
If you can stare at the horror shows life has to offer (merciless evolution, capitalist-imperialism, having a decaying body, living a hollow modern life, ect...) and you can still offer a handshake in good faith, still smile in the spring air, still open the heart to create, still hold a few moral principles and scraps of dignity - than you are in a rebellion of immense proportions.
This song is close to religion for me. The stretched-out tones echo between my soul and the horizon, the deep electronic growls make the hair on my arm raise, the higher notes are gospel music. If there is no 'acid-industrial techno' in heaven, I'm not going.
There are some Jamaican samples I can not quite understand, except for one part that I interpret as "acid test" - as in those scalding honest moments on psychedelics where you are face to face with yourself. The final quote is from Svankmajer's adaptation of 'Alice in Wonderland' and is a vital final drop of mortality - like the sprinkling of yeast in dough.
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