This is a fast 142bpm techno-industrial club banger, which should be playing at every dark electro club, because whenever we did club tests, the song got one of the fullest dancefloors of the night – despite being completely unknown.
So if you are going out somewhere or if you are tuning into some live streams: make the party better and request it!
There are less than 100 tickets left for the Hamburg show, so I really wouldn’t wait too long to get yours. Tickets for Oberhausen are also selling well!
At this point these are the ONLY Faderhead headline shows I am planning for next year. Don’t miss them!
I DON’T RECOGNIZE THAT GUY
Last week we shot some video scenes of me for the "Goth Rave" video.
We shot a simple light setup in front of a black background and I contemplated wearing sunglasses for a Faderheas shoot again for the first time since 2017.
Just out of curiosity I ran a small poll on my WhatsApp group where I outlined the situation and asked:
As you can see over 93% said "yes, sunglasses" – so I felt confirmed in my idea to do a little throwback look. Also because the song is a fast and heavy club banger, so I thought going back to a pair of nice shades would be a good idea.
OR MAYBE NOT?
The interesting situation happened when I looked at the video footage the next day:
1) it didn’t look fitting for the video at all, because the whole light setup was too flat and I had made bad conceptual decisions
2) I did not recognize the guy with the sunglasses. This person was simply not me anymore.
Here’s a random picture of my yelling along to the song:
I really like the look of these sunglasses!
They look expensive, they have a good shape for my face and I like wearing them outside when it’s sunny and I am just doing normal things.
BUT:
The 2006-2016 "Faderhead-with-shades" character is utterly weird to me. The gestures, the mannerisms – everything.
The interesting part is that I then later decided to use live footage from our show at E-Tropolis 2022 in the "Goth Rave" video and the guy in that video looked familiar to me.
This is such an interesting development to me, because today I seem to be less familiar with the guy who needed sunglasses for a look (and as a shield), while I am at ease with a guy who had 8kg/20lbs of extra covid weight and tired eyes.
WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO HIDE?
When I looked at my newly shot sunglasses footage, I thought
"Hmm, maybe that’s why in recent years, I’ve always chuckled when I saw anyone wearing sunglasses in music videos?"
Because whenever I saw that, all I could think of was:
"What is he/she trying to hide from?"
and
"Wearing sunglasses is so bad for establishing an emotional connection!"
BEING FREE
When I started seeing my therapist in 2016, one of the things she said was
"One of the things I want for you is to not be forced into certain learned behaviors, but to be able to choose if you want to act like that"
And one of the first things I thought when writing this newsletter was
"Oh, it looks like I am free of whatever made me choose my behaviors back then".
But the more I thought about it, the less sure I am that I am now free to choose my behavior. Maybe I am now NOT free to "act like the sunglasses guy" for whatever reason.
This is very interesting to me, which means that I will re-try the sunglasses look in the future to see how I feel about it then. Cause maybe it was just the ill-concepted lighting design that made everything weirder than it should have been.
I mean: I surely look better with sunglasses!
The question is: how do I wear sunglasses and act in a way that isn’t borderline goofy, while I turn 49 next week.
Or maybe there simply is no way – unless I have to pretend for the sake of the art/product that comes out.
Finding freedom’s not as easy as it sounds.
Anyway, that’s it from me!
I hope you enjoy the new song!
If you do, share it with people who might like it. You’ll do them a favor!
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