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The Futile Pursuit of Becoming Famous

from Music for Liminal Times by Vivi-Mari Carpelan

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"The Futile Pursuit of Becoming Famous" is about the transience of life. It is an emotionally charged and ironic piece of music about the erratic nature of fame as well as the desire to be one of the few chosen ones. In a sense, fame is truly liminal because it comes and goes like the weather. The vintage aesthetics expresses the idea that humans just never let go of this pursuit, it's like an old record that's stuck in its tracks. The desire to be admired is surely as old as consciousness itself.

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from Music for Liminal Times, released June 4, 2014

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Vivi-Mari Carpelan Wales, UK

A visual artist who has plumbed the emotional depths of expressive sound. At the intersection of music and sound art, the process of re-imagining classical music is that of the deconstruction and reconstruction of recordings of the public domain, with the addition of other found sounds. Originally from Finland, now resident in Mid-Wales, UK. ... more

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