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Objects are given to us by means of sensibility, and it alone yields us intuitions; they are thought through the understanding, and from the understanding arise concepts. But all thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us. – Critique of Pure Reason (pp.65)

“What is it really?”

01. View To The Future – Die Aussagekraft Der Elektronischen Musik
The 7th Seal (1997)
02. Ursula Rucker – Black Erotica
Ma’at Mama (K7, 2006)
03. Under Byen – Fugle Og Ild
Kyst (Danish Vinyl Production, 1999)
04. Naked City – Fleurs Du Mal
Absinthe (Avant Japan, 1993)
05. J.S. Bach – Partita no.2 in C minor bwv826 – iv sarabande
Martha Argerich Live from the Concertgebouw 1978 (2000)
06. Antonio Vivaldi – Aria. Gelido in ogni vena (web)
Cecilia Bartoli – The Vivaldi Album / Il Giardino Armonico (1999)
07. Blonde Redhead – Harmony
La Mia Vita Violenta (Smells Like Records, 1995)
08. Múm - The Ballad Of The Broken String
Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is Ok (Morr Music, 2000)
09. Lennie Tristano – Requiem
Lennie Tristano (1955)
10. Thurston Moore – The Shape Is In A Trance
Trees Outside The Academy (Ecstatic Peace, 2007)
11. Omara Portuondo – La Sitiera
Bueno Vista Social Club presents Omara Portuondo (2000)

Note: Last of the dream series. This is an odd list containing even stranger works. I have to say I like all songs in it. They are after all suppose to be soundtrack inside my head. The list itself is a little frankenstein-esque, with two half baked ideas stiched together. Originally a simple parade of songs with mode changes then bunch of electronic and avant-garde additions completely change the whole direction mid way. I suppose it still gets the job done, painting the moment of transformation when certainty turns into something other than that. Almost frighteningly sinister. Eg. The precise function of popular songs as carrier of ideas, metaphor and direct meaning, odd modes, transitions, different tonality, different languages, etc. I am not sure if this list is that practical. There is no abrupt volume change, but the tones are very strange in some section, not to mention the subject matter. People are definitely going to put out funny look. so .. be warned. K. Have fun.

see also: Melody and Pattern
image : Margherita Manzelli. (Italian, born 1968). Hysterical Lace. (2001). Pencil and watercolor on paper, 30 x 22 1/4″ (76.2 x 56.5 cm).