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Two albums were created during the Immersive Ideal sessions. This song is from the first of them. We'd like to release both in 2012, in succession.
To read more about Beauty Pill's Immersive Ideal, click on any one of the links below. Or as many of them as you like.
July 2011 residency
http://bit.ly/rBRZMK [page 18]
http://bit.ly/psAIik
http://wapo.st/mcuU6n
http://bit.ly/mfZoRV
http://bit.ly/qV7w9E
http://bit.ly/ppX1TL
January 2012 installation
http://wapo.st/xIlc31
http://bit.ly/wvLvhs
http://bit.ly/zVcSHh
http://bit.ly/xCaLVn
http://bit.ly/viR5YG
http://bit.ly/y97gbS
http://bit.ly/wtl3ES
http://bit.ly/wr9gLz
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AFRIKANER BARISTA
Here again, here again, here again, here again
Swept in with the rush of revenants
who need to get amphetamized
Some mistake you for Australian
You correct the ones you like
Here again, here again, here again, here again
The wit is closely calibrated
to summon out a blushing smile
I know exactly where you're from but
I wanna be the one you like
African African
Afrikaner barista
Here again, here again, here again, here again
Blood bloody subjugation
The history between us now
But origin's not destination
You gotta move on somehow
African African
Afrikaner barista
barista
I wanna be the one you like...
(c) (p) 2012 chad clark
song (charcoal sketch) by chad clark
music (mural) by beauty pill
a special collaboration with chris kallmyer www.chriskallmyer.com
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photo of Basla Andolsun during the Immersive Ideal sessions by Nestor Diaz
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- CrashKam
- Albois
Albois at 2.31 on October 21, 2012 23:42
Quite a lot of fun listening to. So many sounds that come together.
- bjonesAAB
- beauty pill
beauty pill on June 23, 2012 19:16
@propagandery: Thanks for the kind words! RE: scoring: we've done one score for a theater piece (http://bit.ly/K2xAem) and we're excited to continue down that path.
In fact, I have an enduring fantasy of contributing music to Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" sequel. It's just a fantasy, but it's a nice one.
- propagandery
propagandery on June 22, 2012 19:05
when can I get this track on my iPod? seriously, can't stop listening to it lately. been writing a script and this plus Ann the Word have been on repeat to help set the mood. you ever consider doing a film score?
- Sonoscapist
- colelyman
- mwa42
mwa42 on March 06, 2012 13:33
Man, I can't wait for these releases. It's very cool to trace a line from the first time A Good Day playing in the background stopped me in my tracks to once again feeling that stirring, that hair on the back of the neck rising up feeling. Thank you for your work!
- Phantom Helix
Phantom Helix at 1.57 on February 19, 2012 16:50
I love the way you peel the layers of a "triplet onion" in this song and the chorus in particular. Mathematic and intellectual musically, but still groovy - hard to balance those characteristics.
- ediemoss
ediemoss at 3.58 on February 06, 2012 02:26
And it begins...the cliff you fall back off of and this anthemic embrace enveloping you all the way down.
- monoymonorecords
- beauty pill
beauty pill at 5.11 on January 31, 2012 01:16
@tereutereu: Thanks so much for the kind words. Although Trent Reznor is definitely not an influence on our music --- not dissing his work, just not that familiar with it! --- I respect him as a serious artist whose work means a lot to people. And I've personally never heard Dirty Projectors. I know that Jean is a fan and I'm sure she'll be flattered by the comparison. I've been meaning to check them out! Thanks again!
- tereutereu
tereutereu at 5.11 on January 30, 2012 21:44
This part is so Trent Reznor in the best way. The whole track kinda has a Reznor does Dirty Projectors vibe. It's a really fantastically textured, mutated, funky feel all the way through.
- beauty pill
- beauty pill
beauty pill on January 25, 2012 17:17
@livingbasshead: Thanks for the observation and encouraging words. With pop songs, you sometimes have to condense complex ideas. No room for undue exposition. So it's a discipline of conjuring shade and insinuation. Thankfully melody, texture, rhythm are there to support this... or I'd be fucked. :)
- livingbasshead
livingbasshead on January 25, 2012 11:01
I've read these lyrics several times now. It's quite amazing how you manage to paint the picture, get the subject material right on the button and invoke emotional connection in so few words. You have a natural gift as both wordsmith and musician / producer.
- CommodoreVic
CommodoreVic on January 25, 2012 06:36
The intro reminds me a bit of Think Tree with more slink, and less frenetics. Groovy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6cwlRih9ak - beauty pill
beauty pill at 4.57 on January 24, 2012 21:37
@Albois: This is certainly the intent. Very encouraging to read, thank you!
- lumeet
- Albois
- livingbasshead
livingbasshead on January 20, 2012 22:15
The dog bowl thing would be great in a 5.1 mix ;-)
As for the lyric, I may well throw that into casual conversation in the near future... - beauty pill
beauty pill at 0.01 on January 20, 2012 15:41
@livingbasshead: Most times when you hear a sound in the new BP music and you wonder "What is that sound?" the answer is usually: dogbowl. A whole world of textures can be found in a dog's metal water bowl.
- beauty pill
beauty pill at 2.56 on January 20, 2012 15:38
@livingbasshead: @livingbasshead: Thanks. That line is so simple, I had to look up whether I had heard or read it somewhere else. I thought "Surely this is a quote I'm stealing from *someone* and I've just forgotten the source." But so far, I have not found the source. So I think I coined it. (If someone can prove me wrong, I'll gladly cop to it!)
- beauty pill
- livingbasshead
- livingbasshead
livingbasshead on January 20, 2012 08:29
Wow - so much work has gone into this track. If this is a typical taster of the new album, no wonder it's been so long (health issues excluded). I'm interested to know if the groove inspired the lyrics to this track? Either way it fits and works. I hope 'Ann The Word' makes it to the new album...
- livingbasshead
- livingbasshead
livingbasshead at 0.01 on January 20, 2012 08:20
man, what is that? a gob stopper rolling round a tin bowl?
- caribbeanmichael
caribbeanmichael at 4.42 on January 19, 2012 19:17
Dig this little chord change lots. Lots. And the line: You correct the ones you like.
- nathanleigh
nathanleigh at 4.20 on January 19, 2012 18:02
holy crap! really happy that after a decade of making some of my favorite music ever you guys can still totally surprise and delight me in ways i never saw coming. that's true genius. can't wait for more!
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