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Friday, August 3, 2012

Quiet Geology - a Thatjeffcarter Remix


That Icelandic musical pixie, Bjork, has partnered with Beatport.com  for a remix contest.  Artists are challenged to translate her song Mutual Core into something altogether new.

Here is my entry: Mutual Core (Quiet Geology Mix - by Thatjeffcarter)





Because the song's lyrics make numerous references to geological formations and processes I tried to give my remix the sound of deep caverns, slow moving glaciers, and violent geothermal hot-springs.



I shuffle around the tectonic plates in my chest.

You know I gave it all,
Try to match our continents
To change seasonal shift,
To form a mutual core.

As fast as your fingernail grows,
The Atlantic ridge drifts
To counteract distance.

You know I gave it all,
Can you hear the effort of the magnetic strife?
Shuffling of columns
To form a mutual core.

This eruption undoes stagnation.
You didn't know I had it in me,
Withheld your love, an unspent capsule.
I didn't know you had it in you,
You hid the key to our continuity.
I didn't know you had it in you.
This eruption undoes stagnation.
You didn't know, you didn't know.

What you resist persists, nuance makes heat
To counteract distance
I know you gave it all,
Offered me harmony if things were done your way.
My Eurasian plate subsumed,
Forming a mutual core.

This eruption undoes stagnation.
You didn't know I had it in me,
Withheld your love, an unspent capsule.
I didn't know you had it in you.
This eruption undoes stagnation
You didn't know I had it in me
This eruption undoes stagnation
You didn't know, you didn't know.

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