Saturday 13 July 2019

I AM FREE

I don't have to tell you things are bad
everyone knows they're bad
it's a depression - everybody's out of work 
or scared or scared of losing their job

the dollar buys a nickel's worth
banks are going bust
shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter

howard beale


I  A M  F R E E
volume up









so, I want you to get up now 
and go to the window
open it and stick your head out and YELL
I'm as mad as hell
and I'm not going to take this 
anymore


optimized for night vision


a jim lamarche remix
from the album ONE LIFE
assembled in logic audio and final cut

feat. ava max









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I   A M   F R E E
a jim lamarche remix








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Tuesday 2 July 2019

REACH FOR THE SKY


be strong and then some
all for another



R E A C H  F O R  T HS K Y
volume up









optimized for night vision


a jim lamarche remix
from the album THREE LIVES
assembled in logic audio and final cut

electronic reeds by ron allen
oboe by lia pas







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LISTEN TO ONE LIFE IN YOUTUBE  >>>  HERE 












FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind reach for the sky


he who gives away 
shall have real gain 
he who subdues himself shall be free 
and shall cease to be a slave of passions 
the righteous man casts off evil
and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion
do we reach nirvana


buddah



for linda












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Monday 1 July 2019

STEAL YOUR COLD




I think that's all a form 
of wanting to let go, of wanting to get out
 It's not something easily described 
or understood

marilyn manson












I lost you somewhere oversees
and I held on to the sleeve of your coat




a jim lamarche remix

February 2018
Fear N Loathing - House Sessions



assembled in Photoshop, Logic Audio and Final Cut
exterior phone cam:  downtown Toronto - Jan/18 - 7pm






















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Wednesday 19 June 2019

I'M STEADY


today - it felt real - I gave you air 
I must say you're tame - today
it felt real - I gave you air
I would burn to see you



I'M STEADY
volume up











a jim lamarche remix
from the album ONE LIFE
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut

optimized for night vision


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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH:  
the story behind I'm Steady


it's all good - I'm steady


a couple of weeks ago, I was surfing youtube
and came across this amazing track w/a single pic
there were no music credits

I downloaded it anyway; imported it into logic and started a simple remix
adding instruments, voices & visual clips I found; launching it

curious and even tormented, I scoured for more info
and found out that the music was of a young French DJ
going by the name of Øfdream and that he had recently committed suicide

his internet presence is/was almost non existent
he only uploaded 8 tracks (that I could find) and this second piece
was one that felt unfinished to me
a more comprehensive undertaking
felt appropriate - more work
worth it

it was my mission - to finish what he started

envisioning collisions
converting chaos

interesting that I found him just as he chose to leave us
every Øfdream track I've heard is brilliant
and we've lost a truly gifted musical soul









listen to the album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE

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

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









Saturday 8 June 2019

SWEEP


the floor you walk on is smooth
there is no ground there
magic begins with blood outside
there are trees with concrete under their roots
but I have passed the tombs of kings


S W E E P
volume up













my fingertips opening 
accepting my time


composed & performed by
blue foundation
feat. kristine stubbe teglbjaerg 
additional voices & english horn by jim lamarche
video animation produced & directed by
jim howells

a jim lamarche remix
from the album TWO LIVES
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut


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listen to the album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE

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

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









Thursday 23 May 2019

OVERDRIVE


it's 11 o'clock.  do you know 
where your children are?




O V E R D R I V E
volume up














it's the overdrive
that comes with the red lines
my baby hit the mainline



a jim lamarche remix
from the album TWO LIVES
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut




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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind overdrive


it fascinates me how we're drawn to other
that animal attraction
the scent of each other's short-comings
in passing ... that familiar return
injecting our heritage
yet again

calling it home
for a year

it was in a thought about ecstasy 
and what that might look like
that inspired me to go here

to capture a short glimpse of my youth
getting close but no cigar
a blast regardless





listen to the album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE

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




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Tuesday 14 May 2019

AURORA BOREALIS


she was there, sitting right there
in the back seat, then there was the accident
and she was gone - they were gone


A U R O R A  B O R E A L I S
sound up













I was supposed to be somewhere
I just can't remember where
I can't remember things
anymore



optimized for night vision




a jim lamarche remix
from the album THREE LIVES
assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut



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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind aurora borealis


fading faces - in the lights
eyes wide open at 4am
ok, let's do this


mothers & daughters - fathers and sons
having been separated
a return through the lights

spearmint lake - it was there


that I sat under the aurora in aug/92 - no roads to this place
northern ontario, out in the bush, open lake/high up
and this is what came of it
a reminder

like coming home 
to an old friend 




A U O R A  B O R E A L I S
the remix










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