"silent gun / made us consume / we got outdone / by algorithmic tools / It happened all too subtly / distracted from reality / until we have no clue who we give our data to..."
The wonderful 80's crush on "Cyber Thumb" by Finland bred, Heidelberg, Germany based Alec Danger, the project name of 'musical explorer', artist, multi-instrumentalist and musical therapist Santeri Palkivaara, is a cool, even swanky wash of indie retro rock with droning synths, jangly post punk guitars and an evocative vocal. The production embellishments with caveats blended in about us all being hypnotized, addicted to our social media while feeling more alone and the insidious way we are fed all this pap via algorithms might be a warning too too late.
The artists says this about "Cyber Thumb":
“It’s a socially-critical song towards algorithms and talks about our relationship with the internet and social media, our obsession with youth and showing others only the highlights of our lives when behind that facade, there can be a lot of disguised suffering.”
The 80's / 90's shapes, aloof dour vocal while still being a dance track had me thinking of a cross generational amalgam of artists like Roxy Music, The National, Joy Division and the way the sax arrangements are pushed into the mix in a punk sophisticated way is something else indeed.
It’s nothing new
are we on the run?
into the doom
stuck inside our virtual dreams
we walk among the radar beams
In a world where nothing is quite as it seems
The outro falls into darker places with sax squeals like last gasps of humanity. Restrict your kids screen time, shut the phones off and go out and kick a soccer ball.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.instagram.com/alecdangermusic/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2bgwmPFuXseEf44cLA53zx
https://soundcloud.com/alec-danger-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXpLCSWFo3E
https://www.instagram.com/alecdangermusic/
Cosmic musiconaut from Finland residing in Heidelberg, Germany. Alec Danger operates at a rare intersection between prog rock, 80s pop and electronic music. His songs deal with themes such as the bleak and silenced nuances of human relations, anxiety, dystopian/utopian future visions & the dangers of the information technology.
Alec Danger, Finnish Germany based artist, singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, prog rock, 80's pop, electronic music, "Cyber Thumb", artist Santeri Palkivaara,
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