Philly Music!
We're approaching the end of the holiday season and all its festivities. Most of us have spent time with families and friends, celebrating the season and hoping that 2020 will bring a fresh start. ... But what if all those hopes, good wishes, and celebrations could last year round and not be restricted to this one short season! ... Such is the concept behind Brooklyn artist 185668232's song "mERRY_e'VERY_dAY".
And, appropriately, they were the first words the artist wished the audience as he opened up his recent show at Bushwick's Wonderville on December 26. Wonderville is a bar, a game arcade, and a performance space, all three.
When I first arrived there I was wondering how much the people's talking and the whirring and ding-ding's of the game consoles were going to interrupt or possibly overpower the performance on the stage. But two plus two was put together for me as I learned that that was the whole point. 185668232 was taking the sounds of the room and building it into a piece before our very eyes and ears.
Or, at least, before other people's eyes and ears.
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VILLAINS OF THE EVENING! ::: I couldn't stay for the whole thing. The villains of the evening were New Jersey Transit and SEPTA whose recent train cancellations and fantasy connections caused me to have to leave too soon.
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Whoa, Wait! Why is this "Philly Music"? This is Bushwick! ... The piece was written when my friend, Iam, (aka 185668232) lived in Philly, before his move to Bushwick. However, when originally released in 2012, this track was known as "mERRY_e'VERY_dEI_" and was on an album titled "pRODUCt pLACEMENt". Both the album and song have been renamed. The album is now "cULTuRE jAMMiNG" and the song's spelling has been changed to "mERRY_e'VERY_dAY"
The song starts out in a quiet way, and about the halfway point a foreboding element starts to appear from nowhere. The scary part recedes and we hear a familiar and reassuring melody, although it's transmitted with a certain fragility, signalling that making _e'VERY_dAY mERRY will take effort and needs attention so it doesn't slip away!
While 185668232 has a show coming up in L.A. in the next few weeks, here is the click to the Facebook page where you can keep up with all future events ::: 185668232 on Facebook (CLICK HERE).
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