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A Today's Discovery: Wall-Shaking Organ Music


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I think no one into indie and electronic music would deny that one of the best records released in 2007 was Justice's Cross. Talking about more underground music, certainly there have always been records sounding more ominous, distorted, and mangled. But when a whole genre (say, rhythmic noise or dark ambient) is characterized by a specific – or even unpleasing for the most ears, – sound, that is quite different. Within mainstream music Cross does quite look like a white crow among its imperturbable companions. For a more exact metaphor, this imaginary pack of crows is covered in coal – so that to make a stronger emphasis on how much of an albino derelict a white one looks like in their company. (Or to be extremely precise, as opposed to dominating in the industry polished and overproduced sound of both electro- and rock albums, with its warped synths it's rather Justice's debut – together with a Crystal Castles' eponymous one, – actually covered in coal.)

The thing is, today I stumbled on a classical piece which pretty much impressed me to the same extent as Cross back in days. Improvisation sur le 'Te Deum' – written, by the way, by a French electro-duo's compatriot, – sounds more of a raw arena rock than generic organ music. In a field of classical music Charles Tournemire, its composer, at all looks (slightly?) not fitting in – exactly like uncombed Justice's tunes sound on a dancefloor (in a recent interview the duo's Xavier de Rosnay admitted that he never heard non-remixed versions of their songs in a club). That's jazz that emboldens improvisation, in a barely standing on its last legs classical music there is no place for it – a situation I'd rather see to take a different turn: lots of long-deceased mastermind composers were able to freely improvise rather than mechanically play memorized opuses. Back to Tournemire's composition and what it has to do with Justice, the introductory chords immediately brought their Genesis to my mind; honestly, just add a straight beat and that would almost be it.

Perhaps it's not that surprising as it might seem, considering Justice themselves referred to a 2007 album as an opera-disco; given that The Knife recently composed no-gimmick opera as well, it's hard to say electronic and classical music have no cross-points. No matter what, noticing such is always quite curious. Check out Tournemire's improvisation below:

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