Intergalactic Summit

I do not have a preference for singers but I do have preferences for genres.

It is not Death Rustcore. I never like the themes of violence, mostly focused on the Amarr Empire, all that much.

I prefer Jazz, Swing Jazz, especially Mechano-Swing Jazz, the product of our Minmatar brethren who take residence the Gallente Federation. Mechano-Swing is a fusion of the cold precision and practicality of the Mechanical Engineering discipline with the joyous energy of Swing. It brings understanding in pneumatic into the woodwinds, it marries the hydraulic pistons to the drums, it mechanizes the violins! Everything is improvised, from the instrumental machines to the beats to the songs! It celebrates the freedom our ancestors bled and died for, rather than to brood over the injustice that was inflicted on our race!

And that is why I take Mechano-Swing Jazz over Death Rustcore any day.

I am also starting to warm up to Factory Jazz, where the technicians, operators and etc will turn their tools and their machines and their storage devices into improvised instruments of Jazz and spontaneously break into song and music. I especially like how Factory Jazz can break out at any time of day without warning.

As far as minmatar bands go, i'd pick Spirits can dance.

Though when in pod I usually listen to some rhythmic synth stuff that doesn't distract too much.

While I'll admit to being a fan of Rustcore, it's not the stuff that celebrates violence that really gets my attention. My current musical indulgence is a mostly Thukker group, Wanderer. They combine a lot of the traditional Rustcore sound with a heavier reliance on drum circling (the newer form that combines the Wind and Earth Dance, or direct martial arts techniques, to impact-wheel-driven percussion to create an audio-visual performance within the circle) and throat-singing.

Most of their music's either completely without traditional lyrics, or re-interpretations of old travelers' tales, like Sea Beyond retelling legendary stories of early Matari voyages of exploration, from traversing the Great Wet Desert to the first forays to other stars before the Day of Darkness.

There's a number of my crew who prefer Sarz'namarr, as well, but it's a little more aggressive than I tend to enjoy. I get enough aggression in my real life, you know?

Eww!
I knew it.

I KNEW IT!

She should consider a tour in Khanid. We have an appreciation for Gallente pop singers.

Spai. You will not get any information out of me!

So that's what that noise coming from my hanger is.... I think my techs need to improve their timing though.

Very funny Mr. Mokk, but odds are that she is so little known that she was already in the Kingdom and out again before anyone noticed. Also I wouldn't call it pop music, there's a certain visual aesthetic to it aswell. I suppose Art-Rock would be an appropriate term?

There is a small band of mixed races hailing from Nullsec that plays a sadly forgotten type of music.

It is called Groove Steel, and the band is called 'False Reality'
The lyrics sometimes promote violence, but not often, but there is a good sense of aggression in their music as the speed is quite literally the fastest I have heard in a while.

Their latest single - Forgive Us - Is quite a good song, where it lacks in musical aggression it makes up for in lyric quality.

My personal listening tends towards the contemplative, particularly chamber music and the cello.

For performance art however, very little matches the sheer spectacle of Mannar Balletic Theremin. We are known as a conservative people, but like many such, our ancient ritual and artistic heritage reflects a deeper yearning for expressive freedom. Balletic Theremin takes place in an open amphitheatres, where the curvature of the stage contains the antennae necessary for the music to be generated. The artists dance - tradition dictates that they are naked, but painted in vivid colours and motifs associated with the piece being played - and their movements draw forth the music of the aether. A great performance is transfixing.

Ancient compositions (the form of these pieces is rigorously set) take place in amphitheatres as noted, but several hundred years ago Gallentean influences brought forth the idea of artists flying through the aetheric field using trapezes, giving rise to a free-form style somewhat akin to a physical expression of jazz. This reaches rather extrodardinary heights of innovation with the advent of zero-gravity performances.

The modern stuff is a bit anarchic for my tastes, but I find a delicate performance of a classic to be utterly invigorating to mind and spirit. To dance is also uplifting to the spirit, as the forms discipline both mind and body. (I cannot claim personal excellence, but competent striving is rewarding in its own way).

We have a dedicated amphitheatre at the Estates, with regular visits of the best troupes should anyone be interested.