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Bourgeois and Proletarians
BOURGEOIS MYSTICS OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!
The history of all hitherto existing musical societies is the history of mystical struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, shaman proletariat and bourgeois mystic.
For far too long has rock and popular music been fettered by the shackles of predictable harmony, formulaic instrumentation and arrangement, and the oppressive tyranny of 4/4 time. For far too long has so-called Western "Art Music" ostracized the working classes with its highfalutin compositional devices, and its inaccessible, elitist harmonic language.
Finally there comes a beacon of hope in a world made bleak by the inability, nay! by the unwillingness of the composer to merge classical complexity with universal accessibility! There is but one band bold enough to shine this light upon the quagmire of musical mediocrity we call our normal lives! Brothers and sisters, tremble and take heed, for this is...
BOURGEOIS MYSTICS
The history of all hitherto existing musical societies is the history of mystical struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, shaman proletariat and bourgeois mystic.
For far too long has rock and popular music been fettered by the shackles of predictable harmony, formulaic instrumentation and arrangement, and the oppressive tyranny of 4/4 time. For far too long has so-called Western "Art Music" ostracized the working classes with its highfalutin compositional devices, and its inaccessible, elitist harmonic language.
Finally there comes a beacon of hope in a world made bleak by the inability, nay! by the unwillingness of the composer to merge classical complexity with universal accessibility! There is but one band bold enough to shine this light upon the quagmire of musical mediocrity we call our normal lives! Brothers and sisters, tremble and take heed, for this is...
BOURGEOIS MYSTICS