RECORDINGS OF THE SIREN - CHAPTER 2: ILLUMINARI, THE INTRODUCTION (SNIPPETS FROM OUR PROPOSAL)
Progression in art is something that requires a complete abandon of sorts. It is that courageous step forward, right out of the box, in brazenly sure footing. ILLUMINARI represents the feminine principle in a world of duality. Our message is the light of existentialistic exploration and the clarity of inner truth. Our tool is the path of musical expression and artistic movement. We recognise that in this material reality, the masculine principle, the route of reaching outward for truth, is the more active, dominant one, and so our purpose is to illuminate our listeners to release themselves from the hold of the overtly physical and discover the deeper, realer life within. If but only one person awakens this light within them, ILLUMINARI would have served its ultimate vision, to ignite the guidance of the heart and soul. This is the picture we are painting in all its audacity and what we believe our contribution is to the collective.
There is no mediocrity in what we are attempting to do. It is cutting edge sound, no more, no less. We intend to be as experimental as possible while balancing a core, natural melody that resonates with instinctive good feeling. Our debut album is a Trip Hop composition, which is a fusion of funk, soul, jazz with Hip Hop drumming, entitled “Illuminari At The Threshold”. The second one, which is in its beginning stages right now, will be a Hip Hop album intensively fresh, without a trace of commercialised Pop Hip Hop. The group will continue to explore other genres within the electronic style but maintain the avant garde intention and invention. A single but possibly different member of the band will direct the message of each album to allow a single-minded stream of consciousness to flow out through each compilation. Every member of ILLUMINARI takes on very specified roles and has full leadership and ownership over their allotted arenas. This is our ideological system of work to facilitate optimum efficiency in a creative environment. And as art evokes the diversity of assent, dissent, joy, discomfort and so forth, sourcing for advice might be useful in some cases but it is imperative that one person always owns the final say. Unsolicited opinions are encouraged to be disregarded. It is to us, best to keep everyone strictly within his or her own jurisdiction, and we have read that Apple works with this same idea as well. Most importantly, there is a lot of love, passion and dreaming that is going into the project from each individual member. There is a strong belief in making great things possible and a brave leap of faith that followed taking the unbeaten path.
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