Blame It On The Sunlight - disquiet0258 by Daniel Diaz

These last few days, beginning of December, almost winter in Paris, we had a beautiful sunny weather that lasted for a whole week (and going). Sunny and cold (for Paris standards, as Marc points in his introduction, this could be considered an indian summer in Detroit or Moscow). Some get a kick of summertime and heat, but for me nothing compares to winter days, with cold air and blue sky, mild sun shining. That’s my own personal adrenaline shot.

The low side here: we have a pollution crisis; cars are restricted, public transport free. You’re supposed to feel the intoxicating affect of the small particles in your nose and eyes and throat. But I can’t help it; I go maniac, ridiculously happy.

So I got a request to make an instrumental track reflecting that contradiction: beautiful weather spoiled by pollution. The track accepted had a nice soft sytnh sound with glitches and noises breaking the beauty.
But I prefer this, my first option. Perhaps due to an overdose of noise with last week’s junto, I couldn’t quite go for noises to spoil this one. All I could do is adding some synth sparkles. But it was refused: there’s not pollution! Too nice! too naive!!

So here’s for you, my innocent take on the sunny side of Paris. I know that “Sonic Climate” calls for a more ambient approach, but I couldn’t’ help it, I’m too maniac for ambient, let’s go naive while we can..

Take a deep breath, feel the cold air needles in your lungs, face the blue sky and go jogging by the river!

Quoting Miles: “It’s sweet...like candy”

Recipe:
Wurlitzer 200
Cello (thank the wonderful Damien Jarry)
Assorted synthesisers, arpeggiators and string samples

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