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  • The Unforgettable Planet

    EMOTION-6

    Artist: Nicolas Makelberge

    Label: EMOTION

    Einstein said that he wanted to know how God thinks. On my behalf, I'm not as interested in what he thinks compared to how he might feel. In both cases it's fairly presumptuous to assume we can think what God thinks, even to feel what God feels. However silly, or not, we keep on trying, and seem pretty darn content with some of our achievements, these scientific and artistic shadows - the food for our own imagination. Maybe, it all taken together paints a rather compelling picture, aids us through our moments here that would otherwise be utter darkness. "I only compose a song in hope to catch God in three minutes of sound. I always fail of course and have to start all over again."

    As we all know, emphasis on the rational versus the intuitive is largely the difference between science and art, these two modes of being, and the various blends of these, constituting the basic difference between artists and scientists. What they have in common though is a distinguished need to formulate and make sense of the world as experienced - through their own chosen language, be it mathematics led by science, or music led by art. And as our lives are both witnessed or experienced without and within, science is painting this absolutely astonishing picture from without, while art does the same from within.

    "It is a truth, finally, about creatures, in whose minds, far more deeply interfused than any scientific hypothesis or even any archetypal myth, is the Something whose dwelling is e...

  • Dying In Africa

    RICO002

    Artist: Nicolas Makelberge

    Label: *RICO

    Your life in panorama.

  • Dying In Africa

    RICO001

    Artist: Nicolas Makelberge

    Label: *RICO

    What does Kenya and Brian de Palma have in common? Apart from great visuals it´s maybe not that obvious. Kenya? Oh yes, the origin of man, great safaris and of course, corruption. When the English left it to the Indians it became even more widespread. It´s quite sad really. De Palma, a poor director to be honest, has always had a fascination with the forces of corruption. The Untouchables, a masterful piece of entertainment though, dealt with just that and it also gave us some inspiring answers. If you want to kill corruption you have to be swift and ruthless. Don´t let anybody compromise or corrupt your work and keep your friends close. Applied to music that means you shouldn´t let anybody touch your songs unless you are absolutely certain that they´re on your side. If you're not sure, do it yourself. It pays off in the end.

  • South America

    RICO000

    Artist: Nicolas Makelberge

    Label: *RICO

    Forgotten beauties. Released by *RICO, before it even knew it was *RICO.