![Grimes reveals her feelings on the darker side of the Music Industry and how it’s affected her life as an artistThis is great for Grimes, and artists everywhere. These sorts of revelations and stands against the negative aspects of the american music industry should be applauded [remember Frank Ocean’s letter in 2012?] Read her confessions below:I don’t want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living
i dont want my words to be taken out of context
i dont want to be infantilized because i refuse to be sexualized
i dont want to be molested at shows or on the street by people who perceive me as an object that exists for their personal satisfaction
i dont want to live in a world where im gonna have to start employing body guards because this kind of behavior is so commonplace and accepted and I’m pissed that when I express concern over my own safety it’s often ignored until people see firsthand what happens and then they apologize for not taking me seriously after the fact…
I’m tired of men who aren’t professional or even accomplished musicians continually offering to ‘help me out’ (without being asked), as if i did this by accident and i’m gonna flounder without them. or as if the fact that I’m a woman makes me incapable of using technology. I have never seen this kind of thing happen to any of my male peers
I’m tired of the weird insistence that i need a band or i need to work with outside producers (and I’m eternally grateful to the people who don’t do this)
im tired of being considered vapid for liking pop music or caring about fashion as if these things inherently lack substance or as if the things i enjoy somehow make me a lesser person
im tired of being congratulated for being thin because i can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway
im tired of people i love betraying me so they can get credit or money
I’m sad that it’s uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues
I’m tired of creeps on message boards discussing whether or not they’d “fuck” me
I’m tired of people harassing my dancers and treating them like they aren’t human beings
I’m sad that my desire to be treated as an equal and as a human being is interpreted as hatred of men, rather than a request to be included and respected (I have four brothers and many male best friends and a dad and i promise i do not hate men at all, nor do i believe that all men are sexist or that all men behave in the ways described above)
im tired of being referred to as ‘cute,’ as a ‘waif’ etc., even when the author, fan, friend, family member etc. is being positive
(fyi)
waif |wāf|
noun
1 a homeless and helpless person, esp. a neglected or abandoned child: she is foster-mother to various waifs and strays .
• an abandoned pet animal.
cute |kyo͞ot|
adjective
1 attractive in a pretty or endearing way: a cute kitten.
• informal sexually attractive.
I’m tired of people assuming that just because something happens regularly it’s ok
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i have so much love for everyone who has been cool and amazing. I have the best job in the world but I’m done with being passive about any kind of status quo that allows anyone to suffer or to be disrespected
Grimes world tour is officially over, the visions album cycle is officially over, and I’m now taking the time to overhaul everything and make it better
much love to every fan - stuff can be lame sometimes but its really cool to have this support <3](http://25.media.tumblr.com/620096190a002f9de182477d20bf9bb9/tumblr_mlrck5MXii1rudv7qo1_500.jpg)
![Splendour in the Grass Lineup 2013
Let us begin by saying that this year’s lineup has a lot of Australian bands and is headlined by Mumford and Sons [think of this what you will]. It also has James Blake, Frank Ocean, The National, TV on the Radio, Empire of the Sun, Portugal. The Man, Surfer Blood, Palma Violets and a few more worth noting, but we can’t really be sure about. What the organisers have done well is that they’ve managed to pick the best of Australia’s music [except for Drapht, and possibly Flume] with Mitzi, The Presets, Flight Facilities, Boy and Bear, The Rubens, Cloud Control (?) and others playing. Let us know what your opinion is, and what you’ll be heading to Byron on July the 26th for.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/22173730d7bc36e7651d80952738a4a0/tumblr_mlqmb0peB11rudv7qo1_500.jpg)
![Joey Bada$$ - B4DA$$ [Album due out midyear]
Joey Bada$$ announced the title and rough date of his debut album, “B4DA$$” to be out later this year. Let’s take a second to acknowledge how fucking clever that title is. damn. If you’re that slow the title spells out “badass,” and also “before the money.”Joey also announced that recently deceased Pro Era rapper, and friend Capital STEEZ, will have his mixtape released later in 2013 as well. Joey Bada$$’s 1999 is one of our favorite rap albums in years, and we’d love to see how he can improve on it with his first ‘official’ album. We’re excited.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/3437a573f5605058e366bfc47838d726/tumblr_mln8q49DGU1rudv7qo1_400.jpg)
![Every “Random Access Memories” track reviewed and detailed by DAFT PUNK themselves
Daft Punk have offered a track-by-track review of their own album in their conversation with French publication Le Nouvel Observateur. It definitely provides us with a view into the creation and inspirations of this year’s most anticipated album, so far. The duo name such influential artists as Michael Jackson and The Strokes to be key inspirations for ‘Random Access Memories’.
“Give Life Back to Music” “One of the ambitions of this disc is to provide both something light and elegant. Here is John Robinson Jr., who plays drums. It was this “Off The Wall” album by Michael Jackson. What’s great in a performance like hers is the infinity of possible shades: something we had not used with the electronic programming … Disks produced by Quincy Jones have always fascinated us by their precision ultimate that has never been achieved by any technology whatsoever. It’s a little basic difference between “Thriller” and “Bad.” In the latter, the securities are of a very high level, but the performances are less qualified.”“The Game of Love” “We sing with vocoders. At a time when human voices are processed to become robotic, we found exciting to make a more humane as possible robotic voice. The idea of artificial intelligence approaches the man … An emotion of something that is not human but tries to be.”
“Giorgio by Moroder” “We met several years ago and has always been for us a kind of mythical figure, a little mysterious. His personal journey following the music. The idea came to us a little bit of a documentary based on an interview we conducted. The voice of Giorgio Moroder was recorded with multiple microphones several different times … So we finally recorded about three hours of interviews in which he recounts his life as a musician. This piece is a metaphor for musical freedom: we have always tried to break down the barriers between genres, between good and bad taste, the stuff connected and unconnected. Giorgio is a bit of a model of its kind. He was born in a small provincial town, began studying music in hotel lounges, the opening act for Johnny Hallyday, starts doing stuff progressive rock. To hear him say, in 72 years, “ah, I made electronic music forty years ago,” it’s fascinating.”
“Within” “Gonzales plays the piano on the song. He’s a friend and a great pianist, one of the best musicians of his generation. “Within” is one of the first songs we recorded. It is very minimal: a little rhythm section, bass, piano. Create the most with very little, this is the idea behind this title.”
“Instant Crush” “Julian Casablancas of The Strokes sings. We are both great fans and we learned that he wanted to meet us. It was this demo that was lying, he came, he listened and he was thoroughly! It has a kind of gift. We, basically, we love rock and the concept of the rock band, but there were so many strong things that the emergence of a new voice at one point became difficult. Recently, The Strokes and MGMT – with dimensions and sensitivities – succeeded. Julian has a punk rock side, a super strong emotional impact in its melodies. It was important to have this album to feel surrounded by our contemporaries.”
“Lose Yourself to Dance” “This piece is the simplest definition of our desire: an album and worked very simple at the same time, with a low axis, drums, guitar – and robots! This is the opposite of something overproduced. Our fantasy was to redo the dance music with drums … The record that way has brought us enormous satisfaction, we are proud that it is a real drums on the album and not a box to rhythms. There are two drummers on the disk: John Robinson Jr., who holds the record for the most recorded drummer in the world, and Omar Hakim, who started with Stevie Wonder in 16 years …”
“Touch” “This piece is the crux of the album. It is the starting point of the entire disk that holds the meeting with Paul Williams. A sound engineer we know we presented. Paul Williams [composer of film music, including “Phantom of the Paradise” and actor] visited us in the studio. From this meeting was born something very cinematic, very narrative. “Touch” clearly defines the psychedelic aspect of “Random Access Memories” . This piece has 250 tracks, so this is the most complicated, the most crazy.”
“Get Lucky” “Pharrell Williams sings this song: it was natural to invite our album. It is a born performer, complete, which produces a lot of elegance. It has not always had the opportunity to show he could be a great singer, so that we can include it in the pantheon of legendary performers. There is no imaginary line that separate the great artists of the past and present who are all worse than before. We wanted to give the impression of being in a capsule in the studio, isolated from the world. One can believe in 1978, but our idea is to travel this music in the present and in the future, see what happens and see if this enthusiasm is contagious.”
“Beyond” “Another piece done with Paul Williams who wrote the lyrics. It is a cosmic super song with very poetic lyrics and very pure. We talked a lot with Paul Williams of the direction of this album, and it was worth it to put words to our ideas.”
“Motherboard” “A futuristic piece, which could be the year 4000 …”
“Fragments of Time” “Our reunion with Todd Edwards [composer house] after” Discovery.”
“Doin ‘it Right” “The angelic voice is Panda Bear [group Animal Collective]. We love what he’s doing solo, as well as the approach of his group. This piece – the only electronic song on the album – is the last recorded. The result is a kind of relaxation. Probably the title once the most futuristic and contemporary.”
“Contact” “A piece made with DJ Falcon and recorded during the last mission of NASA’s Apollo 17 voice is that of Captain Eugene Cernan, the last man to have gone to the moon. It is a voice that literally just space. And it tells speaks for itself …”
May 21st. Wear something tight. lol](http://25.media.tumblr.com/f30ccfd6f05a76104f727805fcc6b50c/tumblr_mlhy4oDfol1rudv7qo1_500.jpg)
Daft Punk have offered a track-by-track review of their own album in their conversation with French publication Le Nouvel Observateur. It definitely provides us with a view into the creation and inspirations of this year’s most anticipated album, so far. The duo name such influential artists as Michael Jackson and The Strokes to be key inspirations for ‘Random Access Memories’.
“Give Life Back to Music”
“One of the ambitions of this disc is to provide both something light and elegant. Here is John Robinson Jr., who plays drums. It was this “Off The Wall” album by Michael Jackson. What’s great in a performance like hers is the infinity of possible shades: something we had not used with the electronic programming … Disks produced by Quincy Jones have always fascinated us by their precision ultimate that has never been achieved by any technology whatsoever. It’s a little basic difference between “Thriller” and “Bad.” In the latter, the securities are of a very high level, but the performances are less qualified.”
“The Game of Love”
“We sing with vocoders. At a time when human voices are processed to become robotic, we found exciting to make a more humane as possible robotic voice. The idea of artificial intelligence approaches the man … An emotion of something that is not human but tries to be.”
“Giorgio by Moroder”
“We met several years ago and has always been for us a kind of mythical figure, a little mysterious. His personal journey following the music. The idea came to us a little bit of a documentary based on an interview we conducted. The voice of Giorgio Moroder was recorded with multiple microphones several different times … So we finally recorded about three hours of interviews in which he recounts his life as a musician. This piece is a metaphor for musical freedom: we have always tried to break down the barriers between genres, between good and bad taste, the stuff connected and unconnected. Giorgio is a bit of a model of its kind. He was born in a small provincial town, began studying music in hotel lounges, the opening act for Johnny Hallyday, starts doing stuff progressive rock. To hear him say, in 72 years, “ah, I made electronic music forty years ago,” it’s fascinating.”
“Within”
“Gonzales plays the piano on the song. He’s a friend and a great pianist, one of the best musicians of his generation. “Within” is one of the first songs we recorded. It is very minimal: a little rhythm section, bass, piano. Create the most with very little, this is the idea behind this title.”
“Instant Crush”
“Julian Casablancas of The Strokes sings. We are both great fans and we learned that he wanted to meet us. It was this demo that was lying, he came, he listened and he was thoroughly! It has a kind of gift. We, basically, we love rock and the concept of the rock band, but there were so many strong things that the emergence of a new voice at one point became difficult. Recently, The Strokes and MGMT – with dimensions and sensitivities – succeeded. Julian has a punk rock side, a super strong emotional impact in its melodies. It was important to have this album to feel surrounded by our contemporaries.”
“Lose Yourself to Dance”
“This piece is the simplest definition of our desire: an album and worked very simple at the same time, with a low axis, drums, guitar – and robots! This is the opposite of something overproduced. Our fantasy was to redo the dance music with drums … The record that way has brought us enormous satisfaction, we are proud that it is a real drums on the album and not a box to rhythms. There are two drummers on the disk: John Robinson Jr., who holds the record for the most recorded drummer in the world, and Omar Hakim, who started with Stevie Wonder in 16 years …”
“Touch”
“This piece is the crux of the album. It is the starting point of the entire disk that holds the meeting with Paul Williams. A sound engineer we know we presented. Paul Williams [composer of film music, including “Phantom of the Paradise” and actor] visited us in the studio. From this meeting was born something very cinematic, very narrative. “Touch” clearly defines the psychedelic aspect of “Random Access Memories” . This piece has 250 tracks, so this is the most complicated, the most crazy.”
“Get Lucky”
“Pharrell Williams sings this song: it was natural to invite our album. It is a born performer, complete, which produces a lot of elegance. It has not always had the opportunity to show he could be a great singer, so that we can include it in the pantheon of legendary performers. There is no imaginary line that separate the great artists of the past and present who are all worse than before. We wanted to give the impression of being in a capsule in the studio, isolated from the world. One can believe in 1978, but our idea is to travel this music in the present and in the future, see what happens and see if this enthusiasm is contagious.”
“Beyond”
“Another piece done with Paul Williams who wrote the lyrics. It is a cosmic super song with very poetic lyrics and very pure. We talked a lot with Paul Williams of the direction of this album, and it was worth it to put words to our ideas.”
“Motherboard”
“A futuristic piece, which could be the year 4000 …”
“Fragments of Time”
“Our reunion with Todd Edwards [composer house] after” Discovery.”
“Doin ‘it Right”
“The angelic voice is Panda Bear [group Animal Collective]. We love what he’s doing solo, as well as the approach of his group. This piece – the only electronic song on the album – is the last recorded. The result is a kind of relaxation. Probably the title once the most futuristic and contemporary.”
“Contact”
“A piece made with DJ Falcon and recorded during the last mission of NASA’s Apollo 17 voice is that of Captain Eugene Cernan, the last man to have gone to the moon. It is a voice that literally just space. And it tells speaks for itself …”
May 21st. Wear something tight. lol
