Tennesthesia
Mark Rothko swore that he wasn't painting color fields, but jazz. Vladimir Nabokov was a renowned Lepidopterist because he loved the way that butterflies tasted when he looked at them. For French pianist Helene Grimaud, C minor is the color black, while D minor is a poignant blue. These people have the neurological condition known as Synesthesia.
Imagine sound taking form. Its physical presence commands shapes that defy your own. Its aromas lift you. Its hues are kaleidoscopic, with colors so brilliant that you must squint and strain your vision. Synesthesia is a condition in which the neural pathways in the brain cross where they shouldn't, involuntarily stimulating multiple senses to correspond to a singular perceptual experience, triggering other unrelated sensations. This phenomenon can occur in any combination of senses, and varies from person to person. Numbers and letters can have corresponding colors. Words can have taste and texture. An individual sense is imbued with a unique personality, where something as simple as the sound of a single note conjures rich, full fields of projected color, or a robust aroma.
This compilation is inspired by Synesthesia, and powered by musicians from the great state of Tennessee. This fantastic state is itself home to the most bizarre cross-section of absurdly talented, divinely curious, and melodiously inspired new artists. What we're driving at is a new approach to music. We want to experience music as an innate, preternatural reflex to its own reticulating nervous system, where Tennessee's own topography is transmuted waveform. Our hope is that Tennesthesia is catching, that the sounds of our fair state continue to invigorate the minds of those they reach, and that eventually metaphor will be moot next to the transformative sound of this fair state.
Tennessee shapes the sound, and the sound shapes Tennessee.
Forest Magic
Forest Magic is Joshua, Allen, Joel, Nick and Allie. They call the mountains of Chattanooga, Tennessee their haven. Their debut album Is Energy, illuminates their nature fixation and the hymns of their own mythology. Read More →
Majestico
It's disturbing just how deeply the whole Us vs. Them mentality has saturated our modern lives. Think about it for a moment. It surrounds us: race, religion, politics, class, artistic tastes, sports (well, I guess that's ok), business, and on and on and on and on. Read More →
fly golden eagle
Hailing from the thriving metropolis of the United States of America from planet Earth, fly golden eagle has been making musical melodies since the dawn of the new millennium. The last thing we need is another song. There are enough songs out there to last the rest of time. Read More →
Moonlight Bride
Moonlight Bride was formed in the summer of 2007 by founding members Justin Wilcox and Tyke Calfee. The two began collaborating in Wilcox's apartment, and through friends they met drummer Matthew Livingston. The trio began playing live in the fall of 2007, Read More →
The Distribution
The Distribution is a blend of old school funk and ghetto soul-pop which results in Motown nostalgia with a shot of LCD. Read More →
Scandaliz Vandalistz
Scandaliz Vandalistz was formed in Memphis, TN in 2003 by Alice Buchanan (guitar, vocals) and Katherine Dohan (guitar, bass, vocals). Later, they were joined by Alanna Stewart (vocals) and Brock Terwilleger (vocals), Read More →
Faux Ferocious
Faux Ferocious was formed in Knoxville in the winter of 2007. Four Irish kids who were in to jazz but didn't want to get involved in a jazz practice, got together to try to re-order the jazz establishment by making Read More →
Nite Nite
Harkening back to the days when labels like 4AD had an identity, Nashville's nite nite is a neo dream pop band with garage-infused sonic intensity and a touch of tasteful theatrics. Think of Read More →
Square People
Then look to the future. If it's Pop, sometimes but we still spray atonal.Read More →
The Oscars
The Oscars formed on the streets of Highland in 1996 with bucket / hubcap drums, thrift store guitars, and battery powered portable amps to make underage beer money. Abe White on buckets, Sam Read More →
Burning Itch
I really hate band Bios, so I found a cheesy ass website that generated one for me, and Its about as stupid as a professional one… so,here it goes.Read More →
