I love music. It's one of the few things that make me feel actually alive. I favor instrumental and electronic music, because it's often devoid of human presence, and I rarely seek human presence. When I was a teenager, I enjoyed listening to stuff nobody else was listening to, because I already were an elitist freak. Time passed, and nothing changed. People learnt to fear my DJ skills and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, especially on their birthday.
Recently, a total stranger, undoubtely gifted with an outstanding musical taste, had the excellent idea to follow me on Twitter. Since he started our relationship with a disco version of Once Upon A Time in the West, I had to follow him back (say hello to @flextv, and check out his MySpace while you're at it).
A few days later, he dropped a link to a quite awesome Jeff Mills video, which led me to browse the profile of the guy who uploaded it, which led me to write this post. So here's a small selection that should pleasure you ears, unless you don't get electronic music, in which case you should keep watching these videos until you get it.
Jeff Mills & Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra
Co-founder of Underground Resistance (you may want to follow @undergroundres), Jeff Mills is one of the legends of Detroit techno music. The following video was recorded live in july 2005, with the Montpellier Philarmonic Orchestra, in France. And yes, Montpellier is actually spellt with two "L".
Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum
Kraftewerk is... don't tell me you don't know Kraftwerk. Just watch, listen, and nod. This huge video in two parts comes from their 2004 world tour.
Daft Punk - Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
Daft Punk's first album, Homework, was pure bliss. Discovery, their second album, was pretty good too, though rather different from Homework, and not enough minimal for my taste. I won't name their third album, because it's utter crap and doesn't even desserve to be mentionned. The video below is the one hour long movie they made for Discovery, in collaboration with Leiji Matsumoto, the father of Captain Harlock.