This is the music-related blog for Jonathan (Scooter) Clark, also known in the electronica world as DJ Bolivia, a producer and DJ from Atlantic Canada. I listen to (and produce) a lot of folk, indie, rock, and hip hop music too!
I also run a company (Replant.ca Environmental) through which you can sponsor the planting of trees to build forest reserves and community forests, which are protected from commercial logging. Please visit: www.replant.ca/environmental
Today I want to share another of my techno tracks, which is called Inca Stargazer. I'll have download links below.
Here's a link to the track on SoundCloud. You can also click on the down-arrow in the top right to download this track directly from SoundCloud:
Once upon a time, in the high mountains and lush rainforests of South America, the Inca civilization thrived. Picture this: A realm where clothing was brilliantly colourful, and llamas were the real VIPs. When I think of it, it almost reminds me of Burning Man.
The Incas were master builders and engineers. I also like to think that they were party planners, managing to improvise massive feasts on terraced farms that would make any modern-day event planner green with envy. They had a knack for cutting trails across mountains without horses or wheeled chariots. Instead, they relied on the strength of their legs. Think of all the time that they spent running up and down steep mountains! Every day was a leg day. At a modern rave, they'd be on the dance floor all night.
I have no doubt that the Incas' social gatherings were the talk of the Andes. Chicha (a kind of beer made from corn) probably flowed freely, and drum-based music that we can only dream of understanding. Imagine their tunes, probably a mix of melodic rhythms that could make a stone statue dance.
What would happen if a DJ could go back in time to visit an Incan party with a set of turntables and a collection of techno music? Assuming that they didn't run in fear, the scene would be electrifying! The Incas, ever curious and innovative, would probably be baffled by the strange sounds coming from the speakers. But it wouldn't be long before their innate sense of rhythm and love for a good beat had them all facing the booth, grooving to the four-on-the-floor beat. They would probably dance all night, grooving under the starlit skies.
And that's where we stand now. Inca Stargazer evokes an imagined dream of what could have been, if only the Incas had a pumping sound system.
I also put up a version of this track on YouTube. The visuals accompanying the track were done by an AI, although the music is my own of course:
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