19 Oct

A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING – TIMBER WOLFWOOD’S BLOG.

Greetings Citizens.

We are all living in the age, in which the pursuit of all values other than; money, success, fame, glamour, has either been discredited or destroyed.

It’s been a while since the last time I put digital pen to paper and wrote an update for Superfly City. The last few weeks have been interesting if not borderline schizophrenic in nature.

The start of October marked the official beginning to another season of clubbing in our fair city, and with 3000 extra bodies crowding the streets of Leicester there was a lot of hype surrounding the unofficial season launch of Fresher’s Week. Wandering around and engaging with the goings on of various clubs, nights and concepts really hit home a powerful message…

…and how disappointing that message was…

We are suffering hard times as a country, a lack of direction, a lack of vision, a lack of ideas. There is an overwhelming sense of apathy across people of all ages, and it now seems the same apathy has bled across the borderlines and into club land.

It has always disappointed me that concepts like ‘The porn party’ or ‘battle of the halls / sexes / eye colours’ (take your pick) succeed often at the sacrifice of intellectual musical pursuits.

Admittedly it’s not just these drab A-typical student orientated events that are slowly signalling a final curtain call for the underground music scene, but it’s certainly not doing us any favour’s that’s for sure.

From a popular perspective Underground music has never been so widely on the gestalt conscious of the masses, but yet it’s a hollow conscious rooted in lip service ideals.
It’s suddenly cool to like angry dirty dub step, clear cutting house beats, or frenetic drum and bass but no one seems to want to support the roots of this culture.

We are at the stage where a relatively unknown pair of music student’s from Leicester are storming around the official chart like it’s their own private sandbox and yet, how many 18 year olds do you think could accurately distinguish an Amen Break from their breakfast? I’m not a betting man but I’d happily say not many.

Where has the intelligence gone in intelligent dance?

I think it’s time the hive opened up their minds as well as their ears to a whole new world of possibilities and experiences the vast spectrum of music can deliver to you. One day, maybe not immediately, but soon; the scene will go through a down swing and Music will be the order of business as far as the recession chopping block goes.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

- Albert Einstein

To end in true SFC blog style; here are a few tracks that have got my toes tapping recently.

Until next time folks.

Timber x

DAMU – RIDIN’