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Not only is James's music
produced out of an electronic medium, but much of his music has a highly mechanistic,
aggravated, and manufactured quality indicative of Saturn and Uranus in combination.
The tension and urgency and the struggle for creation of Saturn and Uranus
in aspect is driven with force and aggression when Mars is added to the combination.
Notice the pounding, tense and frenetic, "state-of-emergency" quality
of "Quoth" (mp3) (real
audio) and "Metapharstic" (mp3)
(real audio).Since James was also born with
a Saturn-Pluto trine, the pounding and driving quality of Saturn and Mars
in combination is not merely duplicated, but intensified, deepened and darkened;
James's disturbing rhythmic drill is often transformed into a veritable synthesized
hammer of the gods, witness "We have Arrived" (mp3)
(real audio).
James's exploration in
ambient–which varies from beautiful and blissful to depraved and horrorific–is
indicative of the visionary and artistic gifts that Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune
in aspect can bestow.
One of the potentials
of Saturn and Neptune in aspect for the artist is the ability to harness the
darkest and most haunting layers of the collective unconscious and implement
it in concrete form. If one looks at Saturn and Neptune in hard aspect during
the twentieth century, time and time again one sees a succession of films
released or created under these global transits which epitomize dark visions,
nightmarish fantasy worlds and dystopias, life devoid of meaning and spirit,
and the trials and problems associated with the imagination–all Saturn-Neptune
phenomena. James, born under the Saturn-Neptune opposition of 1971, captures
the qualities of this darkly poetic world in pieces such as "Next Heap
With" (mp3)(real
audio) and "Hedphylm" (mp3)(real
audio).
Yet James's ambient is not all dark. In fact, he has composed some of the most
inspiring, uplifting, and melodic electronica to date. James's birth year of
1971 was a rare time in which Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn all were in conversation
with each other, expanding and contracting simultaneously on the visions, dreams,
and poetry of the Neptunian archetype. As an archetypal quality, Jupiter adds
lightness, inspiration, and a glowing animation to the Neptunian world of myth,
dreams, and vision. Specifically in music, Jupiter and Neptune is the composer's
combination, since not only does Jupiter uplift and enliven the unconscious
stirrings of Neptune, but this combination is also known for its ability to
allow the musician to craft gorgeous, memorable themes and motifs. We have "Alberto
Balsalm"(mp3)(real
audio)
as an example from James typifying the sunny daydreams and knack for melody
indicative of Jupiter and Neptune in aspect.
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