The other day, not so long ago, I received this Happy {Hamilton} 0 {Hamilton} {Hamilton} greeting. This made me laugh soooo long and hard that I almost lost my voice over it. Since he lost the race in Abu Dhabi last year, he is completely silent. I suppose, for him, the world is upside down. But that aside.
The other day, not so long ago, I noticed the upside-down flip of the Telegram profile picture of one of our 1st generation pre-HIVE users. Since he mentioned, he likes to start writing again, I'm trying to get him to do that here at HIVE. But that aside.
{darn again I feel I'm on repeat like I felt several times when writing my previous Spread the Vibes post}
In the spirit of upside down, I write this post from back to front starting with the peeps I invite, then my contribution, and closing the post with my reaction to the Spread the Vibes post in which I was invited.
Invites
The following three I invite to participate in this challenge-not-challenge "Spread the Vibes":
@diabolika: I know you have something to say about music. And am sure you'll have your opinion on the share in this post. The word is, you like their latest album a lot! We are very much looking forward to your contribution to Spreading some Vibes through our community.
@kevinwong aka @etherpunk: With your history of throwing electronic dance parties all the way at the other side of the globe (in reference to where I am), you must have a lot of stories to tell. Why not bring one of them to us when creating the next shackle in the chain of Spread the Vibes posts?
@mipiano: Inviting you possibly means the invite counter for Spread the Vibes contributions will stay at three. But it all depends on the symbiosis between miss TIME and yours truly. But but but I simply can not not invite you {no, no error in the double 'not', and the double 'no' for that matter 😁}
Needless to state {but do it anyways}: As always anybody can pick up from this post and add her or his own shackle to the Spread the Vibes chain. As a matter of fact, I would love that. If it was up to me, I would name all HIVE users in this post, like I've mentioned the three invitees above. However, the post will become too long to store in a block on the HIVE chain.
Goosebumps
Do you ever use that word? Goosebumps? I seem to use it quite often in my posts. Not that I like that word too much, but it's the state of my body when listening to the music I share, or the music I listen to, shared by others in this challenge. The word itself is kinda weird, don't you think?
Obviously, this word is a combination of two words: Goose and Bumps. Usually, a combination of words somehow makes sense, but with this one, I fail to understand what it means. Sounds to me more like a bumpy road filled with Goose (Geese). A road that carries animals, humans and all sorts of transportation vehicles from feather-light to ultra-heavy versions. Can't be too pleasurable for all these Geese! Or?
In my language, we have something similar: 'Kinderhoofdjes' (example in the image below). Translated to the English language: 'Little Children's Heads'. Could it be, the first 'paved' roads were made of children heads? How morbid!
{seriously edje: wen wen wen do you stop all this BS blah blah and get on with the challenge?}
For Real: HVOB Trialog
This time, again electronic music. But I believe more approachable music to my other shares. Less techno, more chill. Though, still a beat. And still some (to more) magic.
I discovered this band (consisting of two members both from Austria) when we (my friends and I) got the advice from the festival owner to check this one. It was the closing act of a five day non-stop music and art festival quite some years ago. They blew me away! For more than an hour, I was glued to the grass below me. Though a good friend started his techno set in the after-hours 'club' just a few 100 meters away, I wasn't able to leave HVOB for what it was. Sooo impressive!
HVOB was on tour after releasing their second album 'Trialog', the one above (why not hit the play button and listen with me?). By now, after four studio albums and the most recent live album, the 'Trialog' one is still the best, by far. Well, their 1st album I like as well a lot, but the magic (to me at least) is in their second album. When listening to their third and fourth albums, I felt like: This is more of the same. And I think it doesn't help their latest albums doesn't have this punch. It's almost like the after production pre-press compression thing was a bit too strong. No kick, No Punch, No Energy. Well, no energy is maybe a bit too strong, but sometimes strong words are required. I really tried to like their latest albums, I even listen to them again last weekend, since I wanted to share something more recent in this post. But HVOB failed me with their latest works.
However, I still love them for what they did with their 1st two albums, so they can (or may) stay 🙃
Beautiful while finishing a bit Eerie {LOVE IT}
In this paragraph title, I try to say it all! Am responding to a contribution by @mipiano! (post). One of her few Spread the Vibes contribution that hasn't an own played piece of music as her entry. "Don't worry mipiano, love it at least as much as all the other ones!"
She picked this guy born in the wrong country. He is from Italy but his surname points to Albania "Federico Albanese". What went wrong there? Or maybe he or his ancestors are from that country on the other side of the Adriatic Sea? Who knows. Maybe mipiano knows? Or maybe you, the reader, know? Otherwise, I shall take up the task to research the hell out of this. And when I do, and I learn the story, I'll let you know. Just let me know if you like to know and want me to go hunt for the story. When so, let me know, how I shall let you know this story that I still don't know but when I know I'll let you know in the way you want me to let you know.
{seems the booster shot this morning got me all weird: no chips, no 5G but top notch WEIRDNESS!}
Back to this Albenese Italian guy...
A wonderful track! A piano in two styles mixed with electronic sounds in the mix. Am wondering if the two-piano styles are played at the same time, on the same piano. It feels like two different piano's. But the result: More than just wonderful! And I love the end as well. Though the track sounds already a little moody, melancholic is the better word for it, the end is at best a travel through space. When I listened to the track on my headphones, I felt like moving with the music through space. The ending felt like something was pulling me away from all the beauty around us, represented by the music. Sad, isn't?
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