VA - 2011 - Tennesthesia 2xCD

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Mark Rothko swore that he wasn't painting color fields, but jazz. Vladimir Nabokov was a renowned Lepidopterist because he loved the way that butterflies tasted when he looked at them. For French pianist Helene Grimaud, C minor is the color black, while D minor is a poignant blue. These people have the neurological condition known as Synesthesia.
Imagine sound taking form. Its physical presence commands shapes that defy your own. Its aromas lift you. Its hues are kaleidoscopic, with colors so brilliant that you must squint and strain your vision. Synesthesia is a condition in which the neural pathways in the brain cross where they shouldn't, involuntarily stimulating multiple senses to correspond to a singular perceptual experience, triggering other unrelated sensations. This phenomenon can occur in any combination of senses, and varies from person to person. Numbers and letters can have corresponding colors. Words can have taste and texture. An individual sense is imbued with a unique personality, where something as simple as the sound of a single note conjures rich, full fields of projected color, or a robust aroma.
This compilation is inspired by Synesthesia, and powered by musicians from the great state of Tennessee. This fantastic state is itself home to the most bizarre cross-section of absurdly talented, divinely curious, and melodiously inspired new artists. What we're driving at is a new approach to music. We want to experience music as an innate, preternatural reflex to its own reticulating nervous system, where Tennessee's own topography is transmuted waveform. Our hope is that Tennesthesia is catching, that the sounds of our fair state continue to invigorate the minds of those they reach, and that eventually metaphor will be moot next to the transformative sound of this fair state.
Tennessee shapes the sound, and the sound shapes Tennessee.

Disc A:

1. Majestico (Nashville) - Atropa Belladonna Blues
2. The Distribution (Chattanooga) - Trouble
3. Faux Ferocious (Knoxville) - 5 no 2 no 3 no None
4. Square People (Knoxville) - I'm Not Lazy
5. Fly Golden Eagle (Nashville) - Moira
6. Forest Magic (Chattanooga) - Terrible Creatures
7. Scandaliz Vandalistz (Memphis) - Fireworks
8. Moonlight Bride (Chattanooga) - Lemonade
9. Burning Itch (Knoxville) - Skrewin' Up My Mind
10. Nite Nite (Nashville) - Black Noise
11. The Oscars (Memphis) - Apocalypse


Disc B:

1. Scandaliz Vandalistz (Memphis) - Cinnamon Spice
2. Forest Magic (Chattanooga) - Explorin' Explorin'
3. Burning Itch (Knoxville) - Wasted Again
4. Moonlight Bride (Chattanooga) - Diego
5. Square People (Nashville) - I'm Not Nervous
6. The Distribution (Chattanooga) - The Get Down
7. Nite Nite (Nashville) - Bury Me
8. Faux Ferocious (Knoxville) - Boys Like Creatures
9. The Oscars (Memphis) - Putain
10. Majestico (Nashville) - Terrify
11. Fly Golden Eagle (Nashville) - Windjammers