Paris Obscur has been giving for quite some time what may well be the most dangerous performance in Second Life and this comes from the type of the material he writes and the immense passion he brings to delivering it. There are some of his songs which he cannot perform at the start of his set because they take so much out of him emotionally and are so destructive to his voice. Paris Obscur plays it perfectly as when he gets to Ithaka there is absolutely nothing of him left. (See "Ithaka" by Constantine Cavafy)
Paris Obscur sings of a dark world but it would be a lie to sing of anything else and sometimes we enjoy the pleasant deception of a Disneyland fantasy but we know that's an illusion and what Paris tells us is real. Plus, "It's a Small, Small World" may just be the most annoying piece of music ever written. Save yourself from that, come to the darkness and experience Paris Obscur. It's real, it's true, and he is so damn good at it.
The most important thing I can tell you just now is Paris needs some help in producing his second CD. The posters on each side of the stage show how you can do this.
You can help at Paris' support Web site ... or face the consequences ... with her.
Frankly, I'm not sure what the graphic is going to start but it's sure to get something happening. I'm sure you can write your own editorial on what happens if she makes this offer to David Cameron ... or Angela Merkel.
(Ed: who is the girl?)
No idea. Come to the next show and ask Paris. Please don't tell me why you want to know.
There was a tremendous crowd last night because there's one thing we know for sure about the darkness is it's sexy and you may find a "Little Monster" in it or maybe more than one. Sometimes Paris becomes the monster as there is a dark metal monster in him and he can throw it down as hard as you like.
But then he will turn it all around with a song about being happy. Maybe you question how he could manage such a transition but come to his show and discover for yourself. He talks to you during his show and he will tell you.
Cat and I are dancing in the foreground of the picture but that will be difficult to discern when so many are are also dancing.
There was a comment regarding one of the songs that 'the groove is terrible' but that's only true if you expect a conventional groove as in a familiar beat. Paris Obscur uses profoundly deep percussion when it's appropriate for a song but he needs more diversity in rhythms than a single or a small range of beats will give him. One of the best examples of this is a song Paris calls by one word, "Circus," and which doesn't sound like a pop song or fit in any particular category and yet it describes the MusikCircus perfectly. If Paris used for this song 'a back beat, you can't lose it' then the song would be less for it because it's not that kind of song.
Paris Obscur is very much a composer and that's why he asks for help in producing his second CD as he may well disappear for months to master it because he will not compromise on the quality of it. Here at the Rockhouse we hope you can help him directly but you can do it indirectly as well by coming back in two weeks when Paris returns to Cat's Art MusikCircus.
Note: mastering is the last stage of production and it's often neglected. Paris won't neglect it and I know this because it's what he did last time.
Paris Obscur sings of a dark world but it would be a lie to sing of anything else and sometimes we enjoy the pleasant deception of a Disneyland fantasy but we know that's an illusion and what Paris tells us is real. Plus, "It's a Small, Small World" may just be the most annoying piece of music ever written. Save yourself from that, come to the darkness and experience Paris Obscur. It's real, it's true, and he is so damn good at it.
The most important thing I can tell you just now is Paris needs some help in producing his second CD. The posters on each side of the stage show how you can do this.
You can help at Paris' support Web site ... or face the consequences ... with her.
Frankly, I'm not sure what the graphic is going to start but it's sure to get something happening. I'm sure you can write your own editorial on what happens if she makes this offer to David Cameron ... or Angela Merkel.
(Ed: who is the girl?)
No idea. Come to the next show and ask Paris. Please don't tell me why you want to know.
There was a tremendous crowd last night because there's one thing we know for sure about the darkness is it's sexy and you may find a "Little Monster" in it or maybe more than one. Sometimes Paris becomes the monster as there is a dark metal monster in him and he can throw it down as hard as you like.
But then he will turn it all around with a song about being happy. Maybe you question how he could manage such a transition but come to his show and discover for yourself. He talks to you during his show and he will tell you.
Cat and I are dancing in the foreground of the picture but that will be difficult to discern when so many are are also dancing.
There was a comment regarding one of the songs that 'the groove is terrible' but that's only true if you expect a conventional groove as in a familiar beat. Paris Obscur uses profoundly deep percussion when it's appropriate for a song but he needs more diversity in rhythms than a single or a small range of beats will give him. One of the best examples of this is a song Paris calls by one word, "Circus," and which doesn't sound like a pop song or fit in any particular category and yet it describes the MusikCircus perfectly. If Paris used for this song 'a back beat, you can't lose it' then the song would be less for it because it's not that kind of song.
Paris Obscur is very much a composer and that's why he asks for help in producing his second CD as he may well disappear for months to master it because he will not compromise on the quality of it. Here at the Rockhouse we hope you can help him directly but you can do it indirectly as well by coming back in two weeks when Paris returns to Cat's Art MusikCircus.
Note: mastering is the last stage of production and it's often neglected. Paris won't neglect it and I know this because it's what he did last time.
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