walk a mile in my shoes

Ein gottverdammtes Meisterwerk von einem Song, das die Unüberwindbarkeit der eigenen subjektiven Wahrnehmung thematisiert, der wir es ja augenscheinlich zu verdanken haben, daß es in dieser Welt keine Gerechtigkeit geben kann:

"If I could be you and you could be me for just one hour
If we could find a way to get inside each others minds
If you could see you, through my eyes, instead of your ego
I believe you'd be surprised to see that you'd been blind

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes"

mp3: Joe South and the Believers - Walk A Mile In My Shoes (1970)

mp3: Coldcut (feat. Robert Owens) - Walk A Mile In My Shoes
(Henrik Schwarz Remix) (Joe South) (2007)

Das Foto oben stammt übrigens aus der überaus beeindruckenden und unbedingt sehenswerten Serie "American Pictures" von Jacob Holdt.

the grandfather paradox

Gerade auf dem fantastischen BBE-Label erschienen und mein absoluter Tip um den Winter minimalistisch ausklingen zu lassen und nebenbei mal eben so richtig ernsthaft was über Musik zu lernen...

About The Grandfather Paradox

When we first started thinking about the compilation, we had in mind the idea to put together a great minimal techno selection with stuff from the early 90s, which really inspired us, like Robert Hood, Dan Bell, Plastikman, Pansonic and Mike Ink to name a few. Whilst working on the project we had the feeling that there is so much more great and influential minimal music from way before the techno thing started.

So we were very excited to combine the music from the electronic pioneers, with the tracks from the minimal techno godfathers in a very modern way. In Minimal Music there is so much (space) in between the sounds and the space that gives you a lot of opportunities for an own interpretation.

The Grandfather Paradox is a scientific theory about time travelling and was first described by the science fiction writer Rene Barjavel in his book - Le Voyageur Imprudent. We took suggestions out of that because we felt like we are travelling back in time and manipulating the old music with modern knowledge. The fact that we did all this with the deserved respect to the originals makes us quite sure that the results are bringing something new and interesting to the old tracks and transport the past into the here and now.

- Henrik Schwarz, Âme & Dixon