THALAIVA

in India, you're taught 
that there are certain qualities 
that make you a divine human being

deepak chopra

T H A L A I V A
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a jim lamarche remix

from the album TEMPLE REDUX

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8

doudouk samples
courtesy of lévon minassian

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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind thalaiva

I lived up in the Punjab in 2008 for a few months
not sure why but I fell in love with India
from the onset
it wasn't the warm air, that masala hint
mass confusion - a magic

I remember once having a few days off
going to a hole in the wall cinema
it was dirty and people dressed in rags
watching bollywood

90 min movie - 60 was dancing/singing
I think about thalaiva often

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http://www.jimlamarche.ca/jimlamarche-templeredux/

see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/

see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/twolives/

see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/threelives/

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REQUIEM

we will not negotiate

with the aliens

R E Q U I E M
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optimized for night vision

a jim lamarche remix

from the album TEMPLE REDUX

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/jimlamarche-templeredux/

see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/

see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/twolives/

see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/threelives/

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)

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MONSTER

systemic racism is something 
that diminishes all of us 
of course its worst effects are for its victims 
but our entire country is held back 
through the inequality and the mistrust 
that it creates

pete buttigieg

M O N S T E R
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why are your eyes against me sir?
optimized for night vision

a jim lamarche remix

from the album TEMPLE REDUX

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/jimlamarche-templeredux/

see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/

see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/twolives/

see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/threelives/

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)

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ENTANGLED IN ALGIERS OM

I'm not afraid of your suffering
I'm not afraid of your joy
I'm not afraid of your hunger, your desire
I'm not afraid of your rage
I'm not afraid of your love
I'm not afraid of your lies ... or your truths
or of the prisons you choose to live inside
I see you
I feel you
I need you
I love you

ENTANGLED IN ALGIERS OM
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optimized for night vision

music by jim lamarche

from the album TEMPLE REDUX

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind entangled OM

temple redux is 25 years in the making

in 1995/96, I received a Toronto Arts Council grant 
then a FACTOR loan
to do a new world music album
I called it temple

having to rush it’s completion
(because FACTOR gave me a deadline to deliver CDs)
it fell short, even having taken 2 years
seeds were however planted


I've since dissected & remixed it (3rd time)
now here in 2020 finished


my first inspiration came from having watched
a scorsese film years earlier
called 'last temptation of christ'
and the soundtrack blew me away
I bought my first CD player that summer (1988) 
and listened to peter gabriel's 'passion'
endless times, fascinated
several years, then even decades later
and finally

temple redux

see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/jimlamarche-templeredux/

listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)

see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/

see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/twolives/

see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/threelives/

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CHINATOWN

it was a dream I had a long time ago
she was dangling 
mangled

C H I N A T O W N

optimized for night vision

music by jim lamarche

from the album TEMPLE REDUX

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8

originally recorded Feb 1986 at spiral studio
toronto, canada
remixed Feb 2020 at temple studio
toronto

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

唐人街

see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/jimlamarche-templeredux/

see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/

see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/twolives/

see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/threelives/

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)

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DAAKOO

love is the ultimate outlaw

it just won't adhere to any rules

the most any of us can do

is sign on as its accomplice

kareena kapoor
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optimized for night vision

a jim lamarche remix

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut
from the album TEMPLE REDUX

featuring the Roland System 8
it's a touch thing

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/jimlamarche-templeredux/

listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)

see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/

see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/twolives/

jimlamarche.ca

RADION

hey dude
you lit r/n?

R A D I O N
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optimized for night vision

a jim lamarche remix

from the album TWO LIVES

assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland System 8

read more of Jim's blog posts here 

http://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind radion

radion (long story):
 a scalar field in quantum field theory 
in spacetimes with additional dimensions

radion (short story):
a rave club in amsterdam that still thrives

not sure why I'm drawn to such sound/imagery atm
djs & beatmakers
who would have thought
being able to move so many people
in the moment like that
with just a few toys
and crystal clear
volume

I remember back in the early 90's
 working at cherry beach sound studio in toronto
there were these illegal raves 
that would blow in and would be packed
quietly rented warehouse out back
almost under the radar

curious one night late, finishing a session ... I went
sketchy bouncers, $20 to get in, right ok - loud
all they had to drink was this kool-aid punch
for $3.  I was thirsty
the sound & visuals were stunning
walking into it, drinking my punch

I was the oldest guy there
like 40 what?

realizing these kids were lit like christmas trees
only because I was too

total blast

listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)

see the ONE LIFE album/page here >>>
http://www.jimlamarche.ca/onelife/

see the new TWO LIVES album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/twolives/

see the new THREE LIVES album/page here >>>

http://www.jimlamarche.ca/threelives/

jimlamarche.ca