So many techniques and emotions would come together to emphasize the multiplicity of being. Stacks of dozens of voices recorded again and again to create the effect of many people - all living within his body.įrom piercing falsetto, to theatrical baritone, to his famous androgynous drawl.
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Full gospel choir, men growling, all him. In a moment of clarity, Asaf decided that all the voices in the album would be his own. Somehow this mixture of characters and sounds was able to tell a clearer picture of how I felt. I would take something from each one and mix it all into a schizophrenic jungle of characters, all working from within myself. “I was listening to Thom Yorke, The Fugees, David Bowie, Old school Jazz, even contemporary pop like Billie Eilish or Kanye West. Every song seems to echo with deep roots that search inwards and with structures that seem groomed and precise.Īs those roots searched for nutrients, Asaf, tired of the same musical inspiration, started to look into seemingly strange waters: 90’s hip-hop, modern pop, gospel music.
Take time and let the song grow naturally.” Cut, trim and remove big parts for the song to use its energy to grow stronger roots and a stronger structure. Local farmers showed me that by cutting many of the branches, more air was reaching the inside of the tree, more sun, making it stronger and more resilient to parasites and disease. I was astonished to see how much of the tree had to be cut in order to help it live better. “I remember learning to cut olive branches to prepare the trees for next year. Months went by and the songs were still slowly mutating. They were cut, groomed, thrown away, replanted. It seemed like the presence of nature and silence around him were seeping into his art. While previous albums such as Different Pulses or The Reckoning were penned down in a matter of weeks, something was changing now. The process would prove to be very different from the past. A lot of green fields and olives, a lot of blue skies, and a lot of quiet and seclusion. The setting he chose was an old farmhouse in Italy that had been turned into a recording studio/writers-retreat. To live differently and to write differently. To experience time and space in a different way than during those years of endless movement and changing views. Transcending from ignorance into knowledge.Īfter a 10-year non-stop touring regimen, Asaf, approaching his 40th birthday, decided to take “at least one year off the road”, and reflect upon his life, career and art. That moment, which through the unveiling of a previously hidden element of a story’s plot, the character is confronted by his or her true identity. Five in the Morning-Roni Yedidia feat.Anagnorisis is a literary term, coined by Aristotle, for that sudden moment of revelation of a character.I would have bled and cried for all the years That I'm not as yet aware that I have asked I know that in your heart there is an answer to a question I hope that I can find a place where it could be To sync our different pulses into a blinding lightĪnd if love is not the key.
I try to push the colors through a prism back to white
Its roots are at my feet, I walk so it won't rest Regurgitate my words, I write so I can feedĪnd Death grows like a tree that's planted in my chest My life is like a wound I scratch so I can bleed He amazingly manages to sound so relevant and at the same time different than everything else out there. You can really feel that he's matured as a singer and songwriter.
He has such a unique voice that it's so easy to make it a gimmick but here it goes wonderfully with the music and it's just right. Now Avidan is flying solo and he's off to an amazing start. I only heard a few songs from their later albums, but I liked the fact that they were trying out new things even if it didn't always guarantee success. The song itself is also great and goes perfectly with the video. Avidan rose to fame with the Mojos-I still enjoy listening to their first album except for Weak which got on my nerves because it was played so much. This is much more than a video clip and really a work of art directed by the very talented Vania Heymann (remember the name!).