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Wʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴀʀᴛ ᴛʜᴏᴜ?

Wʜᴏ ғʀᴏᴍ ʙᴇʟᴏᴡ

Hᴀsᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ ʀɪsᴇ?

Uɴᴡɪʟʟɪɴɢʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ sʟᴏᴡ

Fʀᴏᴍ ʙᴇᴅs ᴏғ ᴇᴠᴇʀʟᴀsᴛɪɴɢ sɴᴏᴡ

Sᴇᴇ’sᴛ ᴛʜᴏᴜ ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴏᴡ sᴛɪғғ

Aɴᴅ ᴡᴏɴᴅʀᴏᴜs ᴏʟᴅ?

Fᴀʀ ᴜɴғɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴏʟᴅ

I ᴄᴀɴ sᴄᴀʀᴄᴇʟʏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ

Oʀ ᴅʀᴀᴡ ᴍʏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜ

I ᴄᴀɴ sᴄᴀʀᴄᴇʟʏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ

Oʀ ᴅʀᴀᴡ ᴍʏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜ

Lᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ, ʟᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ

Lᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ ғʀᴇᴇᴢᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ

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The Cold Song by Klaus Nomi

Cold Song 2013 - Remodeled by DJ Hell, Klaus Nomi

incredibly thankful and delighted with the klaus nomi official restorations

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Caroline Bijl - Cold Song

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PETER PRINGLE - “THE COLD SONG”

The history of electronic music is replete with musical instruments that are by and large treated as a joke, or, at best, a mere novelty. Even the most famous and widely-utilized of these pre-Moog innovations, the theremin, is rather quickly stereotyped as that instrument you play without touching which was used in all those 50s B-movie soundtracks. While these facts are, indeed, true, the theremin is an instrument with as much potential for creating affecting and respectable art as any other, and being pigeonholed as a trinket unsuited for serious exploration has done the world of music no favours. I’d even argue that the dismissal of such instruments leads to a more general ghettoization of electronic music itself, even in its more “respectable” forms.

One artist who I truly admire for bringing out the sincere beauty of obscure electronic instruments is the venerable Peter Pringle. When he isn’t working with musical instruments of the ancient world, from hurdy-gurdies to Egyptian lyres, he’s usually showing off his impressive collection of electro-wonders, like on this piece, which he’s adapted for the Haken Continuum.

“The Cold Song,” also known in traditional operatic conventions by its first line, “What Power Art Thou…?” was written by the 15th Century English composer Henry Purcell, and features in his famous opera King Arthur. (Yes, opera in English...a little uncanny.) Sung by the lord of winter upon being awoken from his icy slumber, it calls for a unique “stuttering” vocal delivery, suggesting the shivers of the snowy spirit. It was originally written for a countertenor, which attracted the late, great Klaus Nomi to cover it on his self-titled debut, and I’d bet a few readers who know their New Wave have heard it there, first. Pringle is no operatic diva, for sure, but his adaptation for the icy, chimelike tones of the Haken Continuum is downright beautiful, instrumentally speaking, and a brilliant statement of the power an electronic instrument can bring to an old favourite.