"The real creator knows that he has not
created anything. Existence has worked through him. It has possessed
him, his hands, his being and it has created something through him. He
has been instrumental. This is real art, where the artist disappears.
Then there is no question of ego. And then art becomes religiousness.
Then the artist is a mystic-not only technically right but existentially
authentic" --Osho's quote
Like these gentle and profound words of wisdom spoken by iconoclastic
philosopher Osho which AleXander has posted on his website, AleXanders
own music speaks in the same deeply spiritual way, which is why I have
loved AleXanders music from the first time I heard it. Brooklyn-born
independent singer-songwriter and producer Alexander Schelin has
released his long-awaited debut solo CD, Sex No Longer In A Form, with songs
to draw from his inner visions and colorful experiences from having been
born into a family of Circus Trapeze Artists to having honed his
performance skills on countless stages across Atlantic City, Las Vegas
and New York City. With groovy, stylish, both musically and lyrically
driven songs like "Typical Girl", title track "Sex No
Longer In A Form", "Suffocation" and "Let's Make It
Clear", the album pulsates from start to finish and back to the
start with sophisticated urban sensibility, pumping, organic beats that
literally move and shake. It's an album that showcases the culmination
of Alexander's dedication to the ideal, the transcendental beauty more
readily understood through music, the realm of the unseen. The earthy,
in-your-pocket funk is where his searching soul finds limitless
expression, drawing vivid contrast to the other world he makes us see:
the high gloss, sexualized and superficially idealized world that in
comparison to his agape love-focused reality is a rhythmless, chaotic
void. All in all, his music is so enviably beautiful, it would fit right
in on the trendy catwalk from New York to Milan.
SeX No Longer In A Form, an inspired work in the great tradition of
holistic album-making, is a welcome new voice on the independent music
scene. On one hand, it's bringing to light the shackles of doubt brought
upon us through self-image, a necessary calling to awareness in a
growingly more materialistic time. On another, it's a more abstract
statement about what it is to have labels, such as the gendered, at all,
and how our sense of morality and self worth are intertwined with such
labels. He simultaneously makes us dance to the music and to listen to
the part of us that cries out from under the facade of unattainable
physical and moral perfection. He makes us question the validity of such
ideals and pinpoint what really matters. His music expresses all that it
is to be human, and in the end, we can find sanctuary in the timeless,
tried and true message of hope, that through love, mercy and compassion,
we can move beyond mere existence and find love and acceptance for
ourselves and those around us, setting us free. "You'll be the
judge of you...if God is love, it's true". Throughout this
authentic gem of an album, the "All is One" message of love is
clear, and it speaks to everyone who has ears to hear.
..written by Sali
Oguri
