{"id":271,"date":"2020-02-16T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eulalie.fun\/?p=271"},"modified":"2022-12-02T20:56:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T11:56:30","slug":"liner-notes-of-a-day-at-the-videodrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eulalie.fun\/en\/liner-notes-of-a-day-at-the-videodrome\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc41\u200d\ud83d\udde8Special\ud83d\udc41\u200d\ud83d\udde8 The Liner Notes of &#8220;A Day At The Videodrome&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My new album &#8220;A Day At The Videodrome&#8221;\u00a0 was released on Dream Catalogue, 18 February .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was first approached by Dream Catalogue to release an album, I initially wanted to make music that would be my own \u2018Dreampunk&#8217; and soundtrack of a fictional cyberpunk movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the soundtrack of the fictional film shifted towards real life motifs as the everyday became closer to the movie.<br>because the world now is really like in a movie.<br>So I created a film themed music based on sampled sounds from everyday life, like the weather forecast and the sound of a car. It is also the respect for 2814 &#8211; &#8220;Birth of the new day&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time I tried to express my own version of &#8220;Dreampunk&#8221; with the calm soundscapes and aggressive beats that I like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cover art is made by HKE , The head of Dream Catalogue . I really love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1.In hindsight<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Someone is looking at the city at night from a high place.<\/em><br><em>There is no one there.&nbsp;<\/em><em>It&#8217;s just her.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a remake of a song called \u201cHindsight&#8221; I did for the No Problema Tapes compilation.<br>The first half of the ambient has been stretched out and the guitars have been added to give a more raw ambient sound.<br>(I often make Pad sounds with guitar, and about half of the synthesizer-like sounds on my releases are played with guitar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What I said in this song &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;I was just watching.<\/strong><br><strong>In this city where people are disappearing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I had nothing to do with it. Have all the fun you want, make all the Insist you want. It&#8217;s none of my business because I&#8217;m not a part of it, and I don&#8217;t care what I say&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2.Raining Again<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A woman woke up in the morning.<\/em><br><em>And in that world it is raining every day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track consists of ambient sounds with sampled rain sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cyberpunk and rain are very close to each other, as you can see in &#8220;Blade Runner&#8221;.<br>And often the rain creates important scenes in films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In film, rain can be a beautiful description, a metaphor for tragedy, or a hint of something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What I said in this song &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Rain again today<\/strong><br><strong>Always raining&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3.Automatic Driving<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>She finishes getting ready and goes out , <\/em><em>operates the car&#8217;s electronic key and gets into the car.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently took a ride in my friend&#8217;s car<br>It was a small car, but it had an automatic driving function.<br>you don&#8217;t have to hold the steering wheel when you are driving on the highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the mirrors could be switched to the digital monitor, and It also had automatic braking.<br>I saw it and felt that the world of science fiction was not as fancy as I had imagined, but it was definitely coming true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What I said in this song &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ll take you there.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Today&#8217;s News In Numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>She checks the news and confirms that the world is driven by numbers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a sampling of scenes from the TV where the figures are found.<br>It was inspired by hearing the news about the virus infecting people spoken in exactly the same tone as the weather forecast broadcast tomorrow&#8217;s maximum temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I often feel that the world is driven by a lot of numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sampling of the weather forecast is also intended as a tribute to &#8220;Signalwave&#8221;, a sub genre of Vaporwave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What I said in this song &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nothing.<\/strong><br><strong>But the announcers told us a lot.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Centralization Of Dream<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>She closes her eyes , goes into a dream, she loses the border between reality and dream.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a sampling of a Japanese reporter&#8217;s voice discussing the US presidential election in TV, which I overheard while I was sitting in the dentist&#8217;s waiting room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journalists keep saying &#8220;central province&#8221;, which is sounding more and more like &#8220;Centralization&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What I said in this song &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nothing.<\/strong><br><strong>But reporters are keen to talk.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. A Sound Of An Abundance Of Rain<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>She listens to speeches<\/em><br><em>The sound of incessant applause mingles with the sound of rain.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a sampling of a support speech given by Paula White, President Trump&#8217;s spiritual advisor.<br>I&#8217;m not that supportive of her, but It was so interesting as an audio that I edited to use it as a vocalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose the song title because the word \u201cA Sound Of An Abandance Of Rain&#8221; is frequently used.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe to her the sound of applause felt like the sound of rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an actually speech of the election of a country with great responsibility in a world where a lot of things are happening , like the division of the world and the spread of infectious diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a sampling of reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What I said in this song &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nothing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7. A Day At The Videodrome<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>She finds her way what she to do through the crowds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song, which is also the title of the album, was inspired by the film &#8220;Videodrome&#8221;.<br>It&#8217;s nonsensical, cynical and a bit devastating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the title of the film so much that I used it for the title of the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it possible to recognize the boundary between virtual and reality?<br>Exciting and extreme videos are becoming more and more common in the world.<br>While more and more videos are realistic, the reality is just as ridiculous as the movies.<br>Is it possible to perceive the current reality as reality?<br>Can you be sure that what now you are seeing on your screen is real or virtual?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s the message I got from the film &#8220;Videodrome&#8221; and from the current reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What I said in this song &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Aim well.<\/strong><br><strong>Ready , Set , go.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new album &#8220;A Day At The Videodrome&#8221;\u00a0 was released on Dream Catalogue, 18 February . 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