Yes to all of this. That snapping together of long forgotten or maybe never fully remembered connections is something I’m always curious about and chase in my artwork. When I took photos more regularly, it was often the resonance some “nothing” scene has for me — some fragment of a story or a feeling that I would attempt to solidify in a photo.
Glad to hear this resonated with you Davin. I know exactly what you're talking about with "the resonance some “nothing” scene has for me" – but you put it so well. There are places I'm drawn to, probably because they resonate in that way with a distant fragment of something, but conveying that to someone else can feel impossible at times...
Love everything about this post. What's interesting is how humans can connect with each other through ideas that may be extremely personal or niche. An experience you had 30 years ago can resonate with someone in the present day. As a someone who grew up in suburban New Jersey and sometimes wishes he could have grown up in that rave culture, this image hits on so many levels.
Thank you Michael. I just missed out on that first wave of rave culture but I got to enjoy all the other waves that followed as it evolved into so many sub-genres. Special times. Thanks for reading!
Hereby a friendly reminder that the 90s is already 30 years ago ;-)
"I’m sure I am not alone here but I find that out of all the music I listen to today, 90% of it is probably from those formative years, my teens and early twenties."
Yeah I agree, I guess that is why I love 80s music, and electronic dance music from 90s-00s as well. Lately my partner and I noticed that today's music is a lot of remixing / reworks from those days (but then again, the ones from the 90s were hardly originals since the invention of, IDK, something called a Sampler :-)) I do love to play 'our' originals to our kids though. They seem to like it :)
Orbital is awesome (Lush, Halcyon, Belfast, Chime). And The Prodigy, Utah Saints, K-Klass or Bizarre Inc. And that UK Jungle / Breakbeat stuff ... often I listen to The Dance Music Archive by Andi Durrant on Mixcloud (https://www.mixcloud.com/andidurrant/). Each week he plays tracks from two separate years between 1990 and 2000-something. Highly recommended!
Thanks Ronald. Where did those three decades go? I'm not sure... I will check out Andi Durrant's show. I think it's our responsibility to brainwash our kids with the music of our day. It's the only way to survive long car journeys!
Well yes indeed! But beware of them learning about rick-rolling. Our kids try to rick-roll us at least 5 times per week 😄That's one 80s song we don't want to hear anymore (but we do like to get them by playing this track in the car once in a while).
Yes to all of this. That snapping together of long forgotten or maybe never fully remembered connections is something I’m always curious about and chase in my artwork. When I took photos more regularly, it was often the resonance some “nothing” scene has for me — some fragment of a story or a feeling that I would attempt to solidify in a photo.
Glad to hear this resonated with you Davin. I know exactly what you're talking about with "the resonance some “nothing” scene has for me" – but you put it so well. There are places I'm drawn to, probably because they resonate in that way with a distant fragment of something, but conveying that to someone else can feel impossible at times...
Love everything about this post. What's interesting is how humans can connect with each other through ideas that may be extremely personal or niche. An experience you had 30 years ago can resonate with someone in the present day. As a someone who grew up in suburban New Jersey and sometimes wishes he could have grown up in that rave culture, this image hits on so many levels.
Thank you Michael. I just missed out on that first wave of rave culture but I got to enjoy all the other waves that followed as it evolved into so many sub-genres. Special times. Thanks for reading!
Great shot, Tom! Rather than 'walking with purpose', I think it's a dance move... perhaps to Orbital! SCB
Ha ha, yes you're probably right!
Hereby a friendly reminder that the 90s is already 30 years ago ;-)
"I’m sure I am not alone here but I find that out of all the music I listen to today, 90% of it is probably from those formative years, my teens and early twenties."
Yeah I agree, I guess that is why I love 80s music, and electronic dance music from 90s-00s as well. Lately my partner and I noticed that today's music is a lot of remixing / reworks from those days (but then again, the ones from the 90s were hardly originals since the invention of, IDK, something called a Sampler :-)) I do love to play 'our' originals to our kids though. They seem to like it :)
Orbital is awesome (Lush, Halcyon, Belfast, Chime). And The Prodigy, Utah Saints, K-Klass or Bizarre Inc. And that UK Jungle / Breakbeat stuff ... often I listen to The Dance Music Archive by Andi Durrant on Mixcloud (https://www.mixcloud.com/andidurrant/). Each week he plays tracks from two separate years between 1990 and 2000-something. Highly recommended!
Ps: nice photo btw, great story 👍
Thanks Ronald. Where did those three decades go? I'm not sure... I will check out Andi Durrant's show. I think it's our responsibility to brainwash our kids with the music of our day. It's the only way to survive long car journeys!
Well yes indeed! But beware of them learning about rick-rolling. Our kids try to rick-roll us at least 5 times per week 😄That's one 80s song we don't want to hear anymore (but we do like to get them by playing this track in the car once in a while).