Goodmorning everyone!
The days go by in chaotic Athens, yet remains everything pretty much the same. The crisis, the societal breakdown, the holistic corruption of the "conductive" system, a general distortion... One thing that is changing though, is my MP3/ Smartphone.. ( I feel a little wicked drawing a parallel like that!
BUT I do hope you know what I mean)
Since I've received a lot of comments about my not- so consistent choices of genres and music in general during my broadcasts, I think that I must reveal a little secret about me. I am NOT so consequent myself when it comes to music. I can remember growing up and all the different kinds of music I was listening to.
AGE 5-12
Classical Music mostly. I got this great
Vivaldi Album, The Four Seasons from my grandma on Christmas 95'. In between I mostly listened to
Michael Jackson. I was so touched by his lyrics about the planet and saving the poor children in Africa. I was a true eco-lover as a child, so he was like a spokesman to me.. After that came old rock rock. My father was as we call them here in Greece a Rocker in young age (as I do believe that most of my friends' fathers were) and he had these collection CDs with
Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and so on. This is where is discovered
Nirvana. I was caught up by Nevermind. But, my friends listened to Ricky Martin, so it was embarassing to me...
AGE 13-15
As most of the teenagers in early stage, so did I lose my sences...You know when you just follow the flow, without reflecting so much about what you do..Yes, I was a
SPICEGIRL. I was definitely Melanie C, or was it B who was the athletic one? In some strange weird way though, I managed to combine this with what we call here in Greece low bap. Bands like
TXC, F.F.C, Active Member were streaming from my 90s CD player, or from my friends pickup... I don't think that I must go further on about this period of my life.
AGE 16-17
I found what was for me true Hip Hop...or rap.
Wu Tang Clan, Nas, The Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill when it came to the "mainstream". Of course, without some of my friends I would have stayed to that..The underground scene seemed more sincere to me though..So just went on searching for swedish hip hop elements, in various online communities....
AGE 17.5-18
Then came reggae, dub, true ragga muffin'... Dreads, kinda ditched school, drunk alot and just had fun. Swedish reggae acts (yes I know it's ironic) had their place in my ears...
Kultiration, Svenska Akademien, Kapten Röd, Skalman, and many others..
AGE 18- now...
I was fed up with the smoothness of reggae, and went off to punk rock...Thats when I discovered
Against Me! and I do believe that this is were it all started.... I started going to music festivals and gigs way before that, but I think that this is the period were I actually felt I needed it. Seing
Against Me! in 2006, was like a marker to me.. I will always remember that live. Not, because of the band, but because it was the first time I actually felt that I belonged...
Today I actually don't focus on the kind of music I listen to.. I prefer to focus on the quality, and on the way the music makes me feel. It can be a variety of genres, but if I have to chose one genre for let's say, a week, then it might be old classic rock.
Anyway, I decided to wright up the Artists I've got on my playlist in my phone today.. uncensored.
Just to show you, what I am talking about.
Alkaline Trio
Alcest
Band of Horses
Beyond Perception
Black Sabbath
Bombshell Rocks
Bon Iver
Breach
Cave In
Chickenpox
Chopper
Converge
Ellie Golding
Florence+ the Machine
Fugazi
Full of Hell
Gaza
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Grateful Dead
Gutter Snipe
High Hats
Intronaut
Janis Joplin
Jefferson Airplane
Joy Division
Kylesa
Le Cigare
Liberator
Mastodon
Millencolin
Mudhoney
Mönster
New Order
Nine
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Propagandhi
Puffball
Raised Fist
Randy
Refused
Samiam
The international noise Conspiracy
The big Pink
The Hives
Tragedy
Trap Them
Trash Talk
Unknown Artist
Wolfbrigade
