Aux-In

THE RANDOMIZER

Back with a feature that I call The Randomizer. If you're new to my journal, it works like this: I close my eyes and point to selections from a paper printout of my Master List of almost 400 songs. If I land on a selection that's already been marked out, then I repeat the process until I find picks that I have yet to write about in this journal.

Exhibit A:


Remember when I wrote at the beginning of my journal that I always liked the whole female singer-songwriter thing? No? Well I did, I did write about that. It's even better when it's this type of combination (electronic noise w/lush female vocals). However, if you want the singer-songwriter motif w/out the dubstep, hit up Alexandra's YouTube to find more videos of her singing all by her lonesome. That's true for any of the other artists in this journal, too.

And who's Alexandra? That's Alexandra Seijnaeve to you, punk. She's a singer-songwriter from Belgium. Venemy, the producer, is also from Belgium. As for the song, I like the stutter effect at the intro, and also the main chorus where it goes, "Releeeeeese me," and then the followup, "Hear my soul, beating out of control." Other parts are slightly off, but that's no matter.


Song: A nice combination of a positive, bouncing-beat intro juxtaposed with the right amount of dirty drops for all your party-based needs. I have watched this clip several times, so I can't help but hear the guy's British accent when I play this instrumental on its own, even though it's not present in the song itself. That's how burned into my brain it is.

Video: Beginning with a few panning shots of flat-development rooftops*, the video depicts a day like any other day, in any other city. A few seconds later, the video tips its hand by revealing a shot of Big Ben, and now we know that London is the setting. From there, an alarm clock goes off and we see a young woman waking up and later joining her father for breakfast. When he utters the words, "So I spoke with your mother the other day," that signals to me that this is a father trying to talk to his detached, wayward daughter about her future. All is well and good until his tone turns demeaning, thereby serving for the daughter's motivation for the rest of the video, and also as the meaning of the track's title.

*Apartment complexes.


This is over-mixed and over-pitched, but then again, I only care about the vocals because of the powerful energy they bring to my soul. The drop, however, could be improved with a more cohesive, progressive mix. "The Other Side (Tick Tick)" is available as an instrumental as well, and if you want the longer version than what's presented here, a YouTube search will get you going in the right direction.

So there you have it for this post. Having a paper printout just came about on its own. It's old-school tracking, but I find that keeping a paper list makes for a much quicker look-up and increases efficiency when sorting through all of this new-school ****.

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