Spirit Opera

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Sounds Like: 1er DVD :
Nous avons en Europe pour seule référence historique des Indiens d’Amérique du Nord des témoignages de « blanc » qu’ils soient Européens ou Américains. Or dans les réserves, la mémoire des anciens est bien différente. Larry Kibby, indien Wiyot ( Nord de la Californie), poète, nous guide à travers ces textes.

Une vision bien loin de l’Indien de nos « westerns ».
Grâce à la technologie du DVD, l’image vient soutenir une musique profonde et tribale métissant le :

Downtempo : Désigne la dance aux influences afro-américaines, soul et funky. Mais aussi un sens certain du groove et de la lenteur.

Trip-hop : Genre musical proche du hip-hop mais débarrassé du phrasé rap, volontiers plus expérimental et ouvert aux expériences ambiantes, free-jazz, jungle, house…

Drum’n bass : Jeux de percussions et de basses caractéristiques de la jungle. Désigne aussi le genre musical jungle.

Jungle : Genre musical né en Angleterre, basé sur un breakbeat accéléré.

Breakbeat : Battement coupé. Le breakbeat, qu’on appelle aussi jungle est un rythme cassé de forme ternaire.
Il est un mélange des rythmes caractéristiques du rap et du hip-hop.

Dub : Version ou remix instrumental et minimal. Genre musical utilisant les bases du reggae ainsi que toute une batterie d’effets électroniques, chambres d’écho, réverbe… Peut-être métissé à la house, l’ambient, la jungle et autres.

Deep : Adjectif anglais. Profond, sensuel, doux. Désigne par extension une house chaleureuse et lente usant de nappes synthétiques et de sonorités chatoyantes. Née à Chicago sous l’impulsion de Larry Heard.

2° DVD :
Le second DVD découlant du premier ;

Il a pour but de révéler la vie actuelle des Indiens d’Amérique du Nord en Réserve avec des photographies et des courts-métrages.

« Reconnaître le génocide qui malheureusement continue en territoire indien aujourd’hui, un génocide passif lorsque l’on considère que la plus importante des réserves indiennes se trouve sur une ancienne zone d’extraction d’uranium ; infligeant à cette population des taux de cancer et de maladies records ».

Ce second DVD est entièrement réalisé avec des « invités autochtones ». Ils pourront affirmer l’évolution naturelle de leurs cultures, coutumes, costumes traditionnels, mode de vie, etc.…
Chaque interprète pourra aborder dans la langue de son choix le thème qui lui semble le plus approprié à son environnement quotidien.

Chapitre IV :
La vidéo.

La vidéo du 1er DVD est principalement composée d’images historiques et de photographies d’art primaire.
Ces clichés seront triés d’archives via Internet, revues spécialisées, musées, collections privées…
Les artistes indiens ont la liberté d’exprimer leur art selon les thèmes proposés par l’auteur et le compositeur.

La vidéo du 2° DVD est un montage d’illustrations contemporaine, de courts-métrages, de peintures, de sculptures et toute autre forme d’art moderne des Indiens d’ Amérique du Nord.
Les courts-métrages seront créés par des réalisateurs autochtones.

Chapitre V :
Le Live.

La musique est composée de façon à reproduire un spectacle du 1er album avec des écrans géant pouvant projeter les images du DVD.

Chapitre VI :
Les particularités du concept.

- Album novateur dont les bénéfices seront reversés à la nation Amérindienne.

- DVD culturel.

- Redécouvrir une culture mal connue.

- Réhabilitation de l’image des indiens natifs américains.

- Spectacle vivant.

- Traduction des chants, textes et poésies en sept langues.

1st DVD :
The only reference that we have in Europe related to the history of American Indians is that of the white witnesses.

Nevertheless in the Indian reservations, the memory of the Indian seniors is completely different.

Larry Kibby, a Wiyot Indian (North California), and poet, has guided us through his texts.
A vision that is far from the « westerns » Indian version.

Thanks to the DVD technology, images are used to support touching and tribal music that is a mixture of :

Downtempo : The downtempo genre draws heavily on dub, hip hop, jazz, funk, soul, drum'n’ bass, ambient, bossa nova and pop and is often confused and/or mated with closely-related styles like IDM, trip hop, and acid jazz.

Trip-hop : (also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap) is a term coined by British dance magazine Mixmag, to describe DJ Shadow's hip hop instrumentals that (inspired by Organized Konfusion's track "Releasing Hypnotical Gases") changed-up the beat and pallet mid-cut, giving the listener the impression they were on a musical journey. The word trip in the title refers to a psychedelic experience. Later, the Trip Hop description was applied to a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of England's hip hop and house scenes. Sometimes characterized by a reliance on breakbeats and a sample-heavy, often moody sound pioneered by Coldcut's remix of Eric B & Rakim's "Paid in Full", trip hop gained notice via popular artists such as Portishead, Björk, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Tricky, and rock-influenced sound groups such as Ruby, California's DJ Shadow, and the UK's Howie B.

Drum’n bass / Jungle : (commonly abbreviated to DnB, dnb, drum n bass and drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. Emerging in the early 1990s, the genre is characterized by fast tempo broken beat drums (generally between 160 & 180 beats per minute) with heavy, often intricate basslines. Today, drum and bass is still considered an underground musical style, but its currents of influence run throughout popular music and culture.
Drum and bass began as an offshoot of the United Kingdom breakbeat hardcore and rave scene of the late 1980s; and over the first decade of its existence there have been many permutations in its style, incorporating elements from ragga, dancehall, electro, funk, hip hop, house, jazz, heavy metal, reggae, rock, techno and trance.

Dub : is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of reggae in 1960s Jamaica. The dub sound is usually accomplished by removing the vocals from an existing music piece, and adding extensive echo and reverb effects, and occasional snippets of lyrics from the original version.

Organic ambient music : is characterized by integration of electronic, electric, and acoustic musical instruments. Aside from the usual electronic music influences, organic ambient tends to incorporate influences from world music, especially drone instruments and hand percussion. Organic ambient is intended to be more harmonious with nature than with the disco. Some of the artists in this sub-genre include Giles Reaves, Robert Rich, Steve Roach, Vidna Obmana, O Yuki Conjugate, James Johnson, Neal Merrick, Loren Nerell, Numina, Deepspace, and Tuu.
Some works by ambient pioneers such as Brian Eno, which use a combination of traditional (such as piano) and electronic instruments, would be considered organic ambient music in this sense. In the 70's and 80's Klaus Schulze often recorded string ensembles and performances by solo cellists to go along with his extended Moog synthesizer workouts.

2° DVD :
The second DVD, sequel of the first:

Its purpose is to present courant life of North American Indians living in reservations, along with photographs and short movies.

« Recognizing the genocide that unfortunately still exist in the Indian territories nowadays, a passive genocide due to the fact the most important uranium extraction reserves are located in the Indian reservations; which increases the levels of cancer within these populations ».

This DVD is completely produced with the aid of « native peoples ». They will be able to assert the natural evolution of their cultures, traditions, traditional costumes, life styles, etc….

Every interpreter will be able to approach the themes of their everyday environment by means of the language of the choice.

Chapter IV:
The video sequence.

The video sequence contained in the first DVD is primarily composed of historic images and native art photography’s.
These sequences will be obtained from internet sources, specialized magazines, museums, private collections…
The Indian artists have the liberty of expressing their art based on the themes proposed by the author and composer.

The 2nd DVD is an editing of contemporizing illustrations, short movies, paintings, sculptures, and other forms of modern north American Indian art. The short movies are created by native producers.

Chapter V:
Live performance.

The music is composed in such way that the images of the first album can be projected onto a giant screen.
As for the artist of the second album, they would be invited as guests of honor for the most important concerts, they would offer to the public a different performance for every live performance.

Chapter VI:
Novelties of the concept.

- An innovative album whose royalties will be reserved to the Native American nation.

- A cultural DVD.

- The discovery of an unrecognized culture.

- The rehabilitation to the Native American Indian image.

- A live performance.

- Translation of chants, texts and poetry in six languages.

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