Travel

Music is fantastic. Without music I surely wouldn't be the same. Each album; each song is a magical journey if done from the heart and not from the wallet. There's so much music to explore and when you think you've heard the best, another band/artist shows up and blows you away. When I think of a musical journey through emotions, through different worlds, through landscapes, the first album that comes to mind is Halou's Wiser. Halou is like a mix of Björk, The Knife and their own. It's a masterpiece in every sense of the word. From the very first song, it captures your soul and your mind - the soothing, mysterious Milkdrunk opens up with some soft pads and interesting sounds, adding on the drums and then quiets down to only piano and Rebecca's haunting and soft vocals. From this moment on, you'll be hooked if you allow yourself to really let it sink into you. The song is simple but yet so beautiful. And I just take it in... she sings so truthfully.

The album continues on in the same mood with Wiser. A bit rougher but yet calming and relaxing. Drums sound distorted, there's a mystical, sweeping sound switching between the left and right speakers. Truly awesome. The following song, Him To Me To You, roughens up the sound even more. I have seen there are assholes everywhere, so watch your step girl. The title is strange to, I still don't understand exactly what it means. I could only speculate so much.

The album will truly put you floating in a magic world, I suggest you listen to it if you want some of the best pieces of music ever written. There are only two weak points with this album, according to me, and those are first; the song Oceanwide which is too boring, it would have been better if it was shorter and had a little more happenings. Second is Feeling This Is Like To Fall Awake which is a rough song, rougher than Him To Me To You but it's not that great. It could have been left out, in my opinion.

It's amazing what music can do to your senses, really, if you just allow yourself to be swept away. Put on some headphones and just let it play. Forget the noise of the street, forget the chatter from the kitchen, just go into your own shell.
Heavy rock-songs will tickle your anger and seriousness, hip-hop will activate the rhythm in you whilst dance will awaken the dancer you carry inside you. Happy hardcore will make you happy (same as any happy song, but I suspect nothing beats Happy hardcore), trip-hop puts you in a trance and calms your soul... You know? There's something for everybody in music, it's just about finding the right music for the type of mood you're in, ey?

Music understands me. It's like therapy - If I'm in love then I will listen to some UK hardcore and enhance that tickling sensation in my belly; if I'm angry then I will put on some hard rock and it will understand just how I feel. There's nothing in the world except music that is able to do such thing.

Whoever first invented music didn't deserve to die. If there's anybody in the world that deserved to live forever, it was him or her.