Tuesday 31 August 2021

GARAM MASALA


it's almost hypnotic
a playful innocence if you will

India is magic, dangerous
innocent yes, and yet - naughty
like kids sneaking out of bed
after dark, and playing



A A M   M A A A


a Diwali 21 teaser
3 part series
coming November 03

volume up, 720p











a jim lamarche remix


assembled in logic audio and final cut
voices by alla kadysh

featuring the Roland System 8

source music w/Luke Chable & Philipp Krokidis













"Chammak Challo Ra.One" 
with ShahRukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor



TWO LIVES/21


PLAY THE WHOLE ALBUM in youtube
  >>>  HERE (PLAY ALL)

or in the blog compilation/experiment (in progress)
https://jimlamarche.blogspot.com/2019/04/two-lives19.html













FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
the story behind garam masala


I lived and worked in North India/Punjab in late 2008
it was a whole new world - like on another planet
I was a fish out of water but loving this

a  2 day recovery from jet-lag in my hotel room, slowly waking
to this smell, no fragrance of a cumin and curry blend  
these sounds outside even the birds sounded different - surreal
getting up, looking out my window - clear blue sky
need coffee - squinting, sun is still tilted like it is in Toronto
 yet it's summer here - wow, a lot of street people, ok
and holy shit ... DOGS everywhere
and frikkin' dirty

diwali is tonight
I'm invited to a ritzy wedding reception in Sector 10 in Chandigarh 
a better caste shall we say, a sizable staff, band/dj
  
and massive fireworks








ornate room

warm/cool shower
because hot is intermittent

having shampooed/conditioned my hair 
turning on the large flatscreen in my hotel room
channels upon channels of this dancing and singing crap
annoying the first day or two, all there was
then I just started watching it, mostly because
that's all there was, it seemed
provocative, hypnotic even

allowing myself to be pulled
into a gentle transition, but once IN?
no words









I was offered a job with all the perks in Mohali
invited to come and live there full-time

my own apartment, driver, cook 
and a decent compensation package
easy/simple and I turned it down 
now wondering why did I do that?

maybe it was because I wouldn't be able
to see my little girl grow up






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

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


read more of Jim's blog posts here 

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project credits/contributors/links listed below
listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)


special thanks to GRADO LABS in Brooklyn NY
for understanding how headphones
should be made


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Tuesday 3 August 2021

MUMBAI



just watched Delhi Crimes on Netflix

I am so in India r/n
soothing curry chocolate
smearing

derelict dogs dangling
smells like curry




M U M B A I
volume up - 720p 












optimized for night vision




a jim lamarche remix
from the 4 part mini-series DIWALI 20


assembled in photoshop, logic audio & final cut


featuring the Roland System 8


video: courtesy of Explore India


source music by ben böhmer














DIWALI 20
a celebration of India & the world


read more of Jim's blog posts here 



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











see the TEMPLE REDUX album/page here >>>



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 >>>



Monday 2 August 2021

THE FREEDOM FORCE



unmask the truth
the freedom force
needs you!





T H E  F R E E O M  F O R C E
volume up, 720p











optimized for night vision



a jim lamarche remix

from the album ONE LIFE
assembled in logic audio and final cut

featuring the roland system 8



source music w/grandyzer


the suicide collective - blog














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

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


read more of Jim's blog posts here 

.

project credits/contributors/links listed below
listen to the youtube album ONE LIFE  >>>  HERE
(play all)


special thanks to GRADO LABS in Brooklyn NY
for understanding how headphones
should be made





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