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I​.​) The River

from Provider, Tamer, Destroyer by DJ NTD

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    This was definitely my favorite track to listen to as well as put together. I'd always been inkling to put a folk song with isicathamiya influences. I was on the fence of putting the pad and sawtooth synths in there, but they added so much depth to the spectrum and give it a subtle touch of "synthetic" that I like.

    If you'd like to use this in a film, flash, etc., please feel free to contact me and ask for permission. I'd be more than happy to see this used in someone else's work.
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"We start with 'The River,' which was primarily inspired by folk music of the African variety, particularly Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Lebo M, and James Horner's work on Avatar. Although I openly dislike the movie overall, I am helpless but to admire how Horner, not James Cameron, brought the third dimension to the movie: music. Horner absorbed every single tribal culture into the roots of his little musical cabbages and made a killer soundtrack salad.

Through 'The River,' I tended to do the same: To capture everything that was right in our bond with nature....We [were] born and raised in this utopia, into nature's embrace, into the utmost state of holiness. 'Part and particle of God,' as Emerson put it.

The Hindus had a phrase for our relationship with nature: Aum, the embodiment of all that is peaceful, all that is divine."

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from Provider, Tamer, Destroyer, track released December 25, 2010

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I truly believe that music is the most expressive and effective outlet for emotions, thoughts, and ideas. With this in mind, I consider the assembly-line, money-first musical culture that surrounds me to be a disease. I intend to avoid this disease by whatever means brings peace to my conscience. ... more

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