Nelson Mandela once shared that, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart”. As long as I’ve been aware of Tom Mike’s prolific consumption of ‘internet presence’, it has become his knack for exploring the possibilities of a collaborative language that have kept me around. Now, I’m not referring to his dizzying amount of information and sounds shared via facebook, tumblr or twitter, but the way in which he threads his relationships into a tapestry of aural destinies. Focusing on Ghibli, the manifestation of Tom’s musical output this year, we followed the story of a young Canadian producer/musician eager to experiment with classical music samples in the context of trance, hip-hop and general dance music. The introduction alone is inspiring, and with Pythia Tom delivered a collageifesto that speaks headspaces beyond “I’ll C U When U Get There” or Rob Paravonian’s “Pachelbel Rant“. His stitches can be viewed as a modern evaluation of détournement, that is, turning expressions of the ancient monarch-capitalist system against a modern equivalent, and among his more local relationships to sound it is THIS approach which keeps my heart racing whenever we have the chance to speak.
Today we have the pleasure of sharing a remix that Tom recently put together for his galpal Jessica Jalbert which gravitates around the literal notion of language and how fundamental sounds can be applied to form new shapes. These shapes result in the development of a new language, one of depth, color, and shape that may be the norm up north in Tom’s progressive city of Edmonton, AB, but here in the repressive United States we rarely know such linguistic beauty. Even in a more traditional remix Tom’s ability to convey something deeper than the presentation of sweet sounds shines through, and for that our smiles shine right back. After the jump I’ve also included a remix made up by Pariah Carey and visualized by Rachel Evans.
Alone, a remix of a conceptual remix project is a daunting task… so to create a video for that remix is something on the equivalent of a visual William Faulkner. Kudos to Rachel and Jheri for elaborating so delicately and intricately upon a mask already so ornate, seriously.
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