Lhasa de Sela R.I.P.

music has given me a huge part of the best experiences in my life and positive memories not directly connected to a concert are always connected to a song.
some singers mean so much to me that their voices seem to carry past (and present) feelings almost like a photo album.
out of those voices there are a few that are so special, so beautiful, so meaningfull to me that i will go wherever they go in the abstract world of feelings captured in sound - i will smile, cry or roar with them and be grateful for it.

the main voice in my ears since 2002; the one singer that has meant the most to me since i moved to canada and my life was radically changed because of it; the sometimes soft, sometimes rough voice of my dreams and fears has been that of Lhasa de Sela. i learned today that she died at the beginning of this year and ... i don't really know what to write.








i guess i thought that Lhasa's voice would be a companion for the next 20 years at least, like the voice of Björk has been for the past 18.

"thank you"
is so small and short.

fav music in fav setting

one of my favourite bands, Efterklang, released a new album and to my surprise it's on 4AD - the label that used to be on the back of much desired records way back when i still thought sadness was the only form of beauty.
Efterklang did a 4AD session with some of the songs... i'm posting it here, fully aware that it's not much to look at... but it's recorded in one of my favourite venues and hey, listen to these pretty songs!

Efterklang at vega, copenhagen

i find the music to be more accessible than their earlier work, some of it is simple pop but i think it'll grow on me. and i still adore his voice.

and Efterklang = reverberation/echo

come on, DANCE!

last night i danced 'till i almost fainted to the most fantastic concert! woohooo!!!
i wonder, however, whether i'm the changeling as most other people stood still. completely still. for hours. it was a little bit scary - i mean, just listen:

how is it possible to stand still to this kind of music?
but don't worry, at the end Fanfare Ciocarlia had at least half of the 1000 people dancing or at least smiling BIG smiles.
wonderful, wonderful music. sometimes it's such a thrill to be human.