Surprised to find out last night my partner saying that Gymnopedies by Satie was one of his favourite tunes (surprised because he’s such a Wagner/ Handel freak). Me too, along with Debussy…music impressionism, humour, experimentation, tone/texture, ambience and fighting the dominant classical form and experimenting with non-Western scales…what’s not to like? Also most modern soundtrack music owes a debt to both Satie and Debussy, as does all electronic music.
So it’s very appropriate that I’m listening to Snowflakes Are Dancing by Tomita, with this wintery Xmassy cover on it of Footprints In The Snow (Des pas sur la neige), from Debussy’s Preludes. Magical. Mystical. Moogtastic.
EDIT: Tomita covered Charles Ives ‘The Unanswered Question’? LOVE LOVE LOVE. This as I’ve said very many times before, is the song I’d want at my funeral. The question is: what’s on the other side? The nature of existence? What more is there? It’s the classic song for that and also staring into the other dark; the void of space.
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