From Beyond
w/ Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Black Sabbath’s "Into the Void" arranged backwards for chamber Ensemble.
Artist Statement - 2006
My younger brother and I have transcribed the Black Sabbath song Into The Void from its original recording played backward on vinyl and arranged it to be performed by a 14 to 16 piece orchestra with vocal accompaniment.
The performance is to be document by video, but more importantly, by audio recording to be subsequently pressed into 10-inch vinyl record.
This project proposes a developmental model toward a new musical vernacular. The music, while a unique composition in its own rite is inextricably linked to its source, which it consumes and reproduces in the true spirit of detournement.
Through reversing the sequence of the music and the phonetics of the lyric, it plays with a fascination with a sublime quality ascribed to the void as in-distinction and the American fear of degraded youth by way of subliminal messaging in heavy metal music.
Lucas Ajemian
Discography
Lucas & Jason Ajemian
Out of Nowhere/From Beyond
Sundmagi 10" vinyl
2006
Notable Past Performances
| 2008 | |||||
| Jun 8th | From Beyond |
Eclipse: 50th Aniversary Show |
Moderna Museet | Stockholm , Sweden | |
| 2007 | |||||
| Mar 1st | From Beyond | Palais de Tokyo | Paris , France | ||
| 2006 | |||||
| Jun 6th | From Beyond | Basel Art Fair | Basel, Switzerland | ||
Press Quotes
From Beyond:
The preview of the Moderna Museet’s exhibition “Eclipse: Art in a Dark Age”