YouTube will be a revolution of the human mind

I wasted again some precious time on youtube.com.
For me this site is not only a gash in the history of multimedia and the development of the internet in general. Long-dated it will change the way of thinking, the way of interpreting the world. It will be a revolution of the human mind. With YouTube the german term "selektive Wahrnehmung" (which is a term of the communication science meaning "selective cognition") gets a new acception. As a consument of media you are no longer regulated by the etablished mass-media-enterprises and TV-stations. It is possible (when you register yourself and confirme that you are able to stand "abnormal" pictures) to watch movies of iraki extremists constructing mines, placing them on some bridge and let them detonate when an american convoy is passing. In the background one can hear some arabic sounds and listen to a lot of propaganda. Get the documentary "Code of silence" made by the iraqi resistance and you know what i am talking about.
The influences from our environment are getting more progressive. Ten years ago I would have never been able to whatch islamic terror-propaganda in such an easy way. You are able to catch any form of information and any interpretation of it. Is that positive? Is this leading to a higher level of individual freedom?
First you have to say: sure! In a world (mass-) communication is getting more importent (and diverting!) its getting harder for the media to manipulate us and easier for us to find the access to an established truth.
Otherwise this massive flow of information (and ability how to get it) could also lead to a furthermore shattering of the world. There will be no more room for dualism (like "good" and "evil", "truth" or "lie"). This could lead to a new era of mental insecurity. Think of the industrialisation of western europe. On the paper this development meant more freedom for the crowd(after blasting the chains of absolutism). But reality of the working man was even worse than before.
I compare this "materialistic" shattering of industrialisation with the upcoming of youtube.com (and future, similar electronic platforms) and its insubstantial modification and shattering of the human mind which will lead to a higher level of disorientation.

First round goes to maschinenzimmer 412.

Couldn't stand the pain for more than 30 minutes. I choosed the folkstorm vs mz 412 live battle. An audio-ritual which took place in some kind of a bin. Although the music was not much more for me than pure cacophony i still feel myself tightened by this stuff. As one can read on the cold meat industry-website (CMI is the worlds leading label of true harsh industrial) this music is about exploring someone elses nightmare. I haven't found my nightmare yet.

Interesting is the emotional sadness that takes place when you got your brain washed some time in the acid-like soundscapes of the brutal mz-sound and then you switch over to some classic like preisner, or even better, you start listening to Elend ("Winds devouring men"). The disgust of the one is the beauty of the other. It's like drinking brown tequila and than get the fresh, chilling taste of orange.

Omnon and a thrilling day

Heaven got gloomy when I left University last Saturday and I was excited about the soft rain and the clouds, which seem to swallow the whole city. It was this kind of day you think "no matter what happens, this will be just great".
I felt a need for new music and went to the "musikexpress", a second-hand store with books and a lot vinyl and cds. The holder is a very strange guy. Always listening to psychotic musique concrète-stuff and traditionel industrial. I was always wondering how "normal" people are able to stand this torture.
First I grabbed some avantgarde-metal-stuff like korovakill`s "Waterhells", but got bored very soon. I started a discussion with him about my new ambitions and he gave me gerome nox "blood-red poppies" and a project called "Omnon" (2CD). I got into gerome nox very soon. Harsh, dark Industrial with tramping beats, some guitars (which helped me to get into it) and voice-samples. Its a concept about mass-murder and the evil in man in general. Nothing new, but it sounds great.
"Omnon" thrilled me from the very first second. Nerver heared, gloomy and alien soundscapes. It isnt that noise-like, brutal stuff where your ears start to bleed after some time (like maschinenzimmer 412). Omnon is very quite. Like a small stream running trough your ears it infiltrates the soul and evokes this kind of "metaphysical" mude i love so much. To talk in pictures: Omnon is the soundtrack Kubrick should have used for his monolith-sequence in "space odyssey". The man behind "purpose" and "blackeye" (which are the titles of the package) is called Ingo Lindmeier. Its limited to 500 copies.
I bought both albums and even the korovakill (which is a great album too)
For now i want to close. Will try some Maschinenzimmer 412. More in the coming days.

A new journey

This is the start of a new journey and i broke up to discover underground audio-art even darker and thrilling than the burned out Black Metal-genre. Black Metal lost its once celestial aura. Therefore i am searching new paths. The blog will be bilingual and altough Industrial and Black Metal shall be the focus, i will not only write about music but also other themes.