Шарманщик

Сегодня чудесным образом открылось мне наконец значение слова Grinderman - название прошлогоднего альбома Ника Кейва. Почему-то я никак не мог связать напуганную и раздражённую обезьяну на обложке и глагол молоть (to grind). Образ бездомного шарманщика и его несчастного спутника всплыл в рецензиях на детские рождественские книги. В догонку, вот отличная по-песенная интерпретация альбома от Кейва и соратников. "In the video we made for the song Grinderman, the ape, trapped by the lurid porno lights, flails ineffectually, while off-screen, the organ-grinder, God, the Grinderman, cranks the handle that makes him dance. This would seem to be some kind of clue", says Cave.

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Sixtoo

Sixtoo is a Canadian who mixes electronica with live instruments to create a mash-up of abstract hip-hop, a dark rendition of dub, noir-beat. All in all, makes for a good background music. I don't mean it in a bad way, Kruder and Dorfmeister, for example, produce great background music, chilled, trippy and humorous. I can work to it easily. I guess it should be and probably is played in elevators around the globe -- makes an elevator ride a relaxing and pleasant experience. Sixtoo's music is a notch too dark and sarcastic to be accepted in shopping malls. For now. But, in malls of the future, it could, for example, be comforting customers shopping for a new iBanksy.

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