If technology has proven one thing, it's that a great spirit, a fertile imagination, and a little know-how, when mixed with the right hardware, can be the catalyst for genius.
Case in point - a few years ago, I really got into the Jack Planck album, "To Hell With You I'll Make My Own People", a musical cornucopia of great electronic sounds, put together by Garret "Jacknife" Lee. This sounded like it had been lovingly put together piece by piece, all the while remaining true to it's inner sense of humour, and good time ethic. It sounded like Kraftwerk on acid, improvising a live soundtrack to The Benny Hill Show, and put many smiles on the faces of the various folks I played it to, all the while tapping their toes to the beats.
So, I was very pleasantly surprised to hear of Goyte, a fellow Victorian with the same vision, awesome song writing skills, and a fabulous artistic vision. Perhaps instead of it being a spaced-out-but-groovy soundtrack to The Benny Hill Show, it's more like it was designed for Blankety Blanks or The Paul Hogan Show, with a bit of The Penthouse Club thrown in for good measure.
His album, "Like Drawing Blood" is a peach, and was introduced to me by a couple of friends whom although live a long way away from any city, are more on track in regard to the latest & greatest new sounds being created anywhere in the world. I guess that's our friend technology kicking in again. It has apparently been quite a hit with the "young folks" out there, with Goyte managing to have a couple of his tunes selected in the latest Triple J Hottest 100.
I used to listen to this record only whilst at work, as I found it's tunes to be great to tap away the hours to, but after catching a video of Goyte on the TV the other night, I am now listening to this quite a bit more often. When I found that particular performance on YouTube, I was compelled to write...
So here's the live-in-the-studio version of "Learnalilgivinanlovin", and the beautiful CGI video for "Heart's a Mess"...
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