there are two ways to interpret this idea of a "multipolar world".

there is the naive way - as reflected in the un charter - where states work together to oversee the world in harmony. this necessarily implies genetically engineered unicorns.

there is also the realistic way, which is probably best articulated in orwell, where you have states competing against each other in such a way that maintains a balance of power.

despite some rhetoric to the contrary, the united states has never been naive. china has never been naive. russia, on the other hand, has often been naive.

that is all.

existence (soundblaster mix)

written in the fall of 2001. rendered, remastered and remixed in late september and early october, 2014. this render is from october 1, 2014

http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/soundblaster-mix-6


http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/existence


(bandcamp is being weird with me with the upload. they're identical. the single version is working; hopefully, the thru version will be up shortly.

that was actually the time consuming part. the next five vst mixes should be rapidly constructed. there will be one for voice, one arranged the way i had arranged it, one for stings, one that is a combination of those three and one that is sped up a little.)

i somehow lost my original render of this, which was spliced from two soundcards and put through some pre-amps, so it's not exactly as it was back in 2001, when i initially constructed it. it captures the idea, though.

there's a longer write up on the page.

this is the last midi-oriented piece in the archives for a little while - about six months.