Wednesday 30 July 2008
Inside the molecules
What interests me most about popular music is how we’ve come to a point in it’s existence where the boundaries are new frontiers left to explore have nothing to do with genres or style, but the artistic commitment and vision of the creators. It’s now as if all the chord progressions and musical genres have been discovered, and the real vision comes from how the artist’s interpret these structures. It’s about feeling more than form, and there’s a lot of feeling to the work of Chad VanGaalen. Best known as a basement dwelling composer, VanGaalen’s music is alive with compassion and love–for his subject matter and his art–and born out of simple melodies and familiar instrumentation. He doesn’t limit himself to any specific genre or style, which gives the songs an organic quality, as if each were different varieties of the same fruit: they have similar structures, but each one has a unique taste palette that plays on your tongue.
The fruits of VanGaalen’s latest work will be available on September 9, when Soft Airplane is released on Flemish Eye. For a sample, give “Willow Tree” a listen below:
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