
Steve Ison
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12/19/2012 3:39:23 PM
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IAC GEMS #9 Keep Your Eyes Wopen by MALEEDIVY
Keep Your Eyes Wopen by MALEEDIVY is such a magical gem of a track i discovered on Steve Aprils 'Thanksgiving' station..6 women from the Czech Republic all singing accapella.I was just thinking this would absoloutly blow me away if i happened to chance upon it live somewhere..
The prescence,freedom and joy here is palpable,Its like they're totally at one with some primordial essence and spirit in the music.
The lead singer seems so awake and full of life,it's as if she's just opened her arms and started flying while she's singing..
The song itself is great.A kinda fusion of Reggae,African,blues,soul n pop with a beautiful free-spirited melody and great chords provided by the backing vocalists..
Love the sudden eerie chromatic shift just before she sings 'Here I Am'..
Haunting,strange and evocative yet totally natural,human and organic too..Timeless music
There's such a playful spirit here i love as well- they seem to be having an absoloute blast performing together..
Woh..The magic of the human voice !
The other track they've got up here 'Damned Day' is a total joy too..
Delightful
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Shoe City Sound
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12/22/2012 7:43:17 PM
Funny coincidence that I did just see an acapella group of 4 Russian singers perform (men though). It was totally amazing. They did all sorts of stuff from Medieval to folk to modern stuff - don't think they did any originals though. But the sensation in the room was unreal. One guy just blew a single note on the pitch pipe and they exploded into 4 part harmony with every dynamic from super soft to unbelievably rich and loud.
So I agree I would love to hear MALEEDIVY live, definitely. And couldn't agree more about the magic of the human voice. It astounds me that of all the animals and birds whose call we recognize, ours is the most incredible call of all. Harmony, what a concept - too beautiful to be true ... not meaning to be melodramatic - this touches a nerve with me obviously haha
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