Truly the benefits of having recently ripped my entire cd collection is beginning to show itself like the bare legs of women on the first warm days of spring. I decided that tonight I would do some work overhauling my weblogs (as once again I’ve decided that writing IS important to me, and I really should write more). Being a person who thinks best when there is some rhythmic electronic beat pulsating in my brain, I fired up me trusty old winamp and scrolled through the collection looking for just that something special. My eye caught Seb Fontaine’s Prototype 1 CD , an absolute classic that came out in 1999, and was the anthem sound to my Y2K new years eve party night, and one that I hadn’t heard in a loooong time. So I loaded it up, and went back to work.
I wasn’t even paying attention to what I was listening to, as I was getting very intense into the work at hand, making everything on my weblogs just so, when I became aware of the hairs on the back of my neck start to rise in some sort of primal way, and feel my lips pull back in a half smile, half frenzied snarl of lust. Some tune was banging out that I couldn’t remember the name to, but at a subconcious level a flood of experiences unlocked and flowed over me!
Wow! For the next 7 minutes I was taken on a ride that was almost orgasmic in its effect! I couldn’t sit still, at one point I got up and started jumping around my computer room like I was back on the dance floor in Si Hall’s flat in the middle of Amsterdam on fuckin new years eve, man! WHOOO HOOO! I could almost feel the exctasy flowing through me once more, and see the laughing faces of the people that were there that night. I closed my eyes at one point and almost, nearly almost, could hear the sounds of the party lilting through my living room, as if I was back there. Ahh, the bliss! A time of love and glory my friends. It was a night to remember, and one that I will take with me for the rest of my days!
The tune happens to be number 7 on the second disc; I Dream – (with Tilt). And even now, nine years after its first debut, I still think this is one of the best progressive electronic compositions ever made! This is one you crank up loud and ride the rush! Mind you, the whole of the second cd is just goddamned fookin amazing, ey! And seriously worth listening to.
This revelation with music is one I have recur in my life at long but regular intervals; I’ll go a year without really feeling intense about anything, and then I’ll have this moment of enlightenment that totally blows me away as I come across an old tune, or music composition that almost makes me cry with pleasure and memory.
I guess that’s what makes the experience so fantastic; to have it fade, and then come upon me again with an intensity that rocks me to the core.
Andy.
The The power of music; and the best tune ever! by Mentalechoes, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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