People: A Love Letter to Humanity

by Juraj Kojs

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1.	Voice More: Aria 04:07 video		buy track
2.	On Humanity-Betzaida 01:17		buy track
3.	Multi-Lead Bass 03:07		buy track
4.	On Humanity-Clotide 01:49		buy track
5.	Drummed Pad 04:03		buy track
6.	On Humanity-Dorothy 01:41		buy track
7.	Padded Lead 03:48		buy track
8.	People in Languages 01:28		buy track
9.	Drums 03:06		buy track
10.	Lyrics-Betzaida, Clotilde and Dorothy 02:42		buy track
11.	People Song 03:53 video	lyrics	buy track
When I see you I see sun, I see moon, I see stars, I see all that in your eyes. There is more than, Black and white, Gold and dime, Myrth and wine, And I know that you’ll be fine. I know now what to do, You know it too, It’s in your heart to feel, All the things we can do. And I know what to sing, You sing it too, My heart is calling I feel love, I feel love, I feel love. For people, People I see people, I feel people, I hear people, Meet people… When you feel you are down, When you feel you are out, You are not alone at any time. When you feel you can’t fly, When you want to say good bye, Sing along with me it takes no time. When you feel you are down, When you feel you are out, You are not alone at any time. When you feel you can’t fly, When you want to say good bye, Sing along with me it takes no time. When you feel you are down, When you feel you are out, You are not alone at any time. When you feel you can’t fly, When you want to say good bye, Sing along with me it takes all, takes all, takes all, takes all People, people, people I see people, people, people I feel people, people, people I hear people, people, people Give (‘PEOPLE’ in different languages) Mense (Afrikaans) Alnnas (Arabic) Rén (Chinese) Gens (French) Menschen (German) Am (Hebrew) Hito (Japanese) Ánthropoi (Greek) Salamdeul (Korean) Orang (Malay) Iwi (Maori) Mense (Afrikaans) Lyudi (Russian) Eniyan (Yoruba) Gente (Spanish) Watu (Swahili) Oameni (Romanian) İnsanlar (Turkish) Ľudia (Slovak) Abantu (Zulu) moun ki (Haitian) Dadka (Somali) Lōga (Hindi) People, people, people People, people, people I hear people, people, people I love people, people, people I give people, people, people I love people, people, people I love people, people, people
12.	Voiced Endlessly 03:04		buy track
13.	People Song Remix 03:40 video		buy track

about

The horrific assault on humanity at the Bataclan Concert Hall in Paris in November 2015 brought out the realization that no public space is immune to acts of violence and desperation. The innocence of our music making was severely disrupted. That fall, I dreamt of a song that would remind us of love beating deeply beneath our daily realities. The dream eventually manifested into the musical contours of the People Song.

In connection with the long-time collaborator Jennifer Beattie, the multidimensional vocal phenomenon, the music emerged as a shared experience: one’s joy and suffering is everybody’s joy and suffering. Urging us to revitalize our sense of humanity, Jennifer sings to us in the People Song, “when you feel you are down, when you feel you are out, you are not alone at any time. When you feel you can’t fly, when you want to say good-bye, sing along with me it takes all people.”

Inspired by the concept albums of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Frank Zappa, the People Song’s structural elements (drums, bass, pad, lead and voice) become a metaphor representing different individuals synchronized into a river of humanity. Musical materials from these component layers were dissected and then molded into independent tracks, highlighting each layer’s unique character. Their individual personae speak distinct musical languages from experimental to pop, ambient, glitch, drum’n’bass and house, always remaining in an open, exploratory zone. The musical nation of humanity emerged.

Segments from interviews with Dorothy Hindman, Clotilde Luce and Betzaida Ferrer on the topic of humanity form a through line, interspersing the musical tracks. A spoken presentation of the People Song’s lyrics and a group chanting of the word ‘people’ in 70 languages from around the globe reaffirms our joint desire to reconnect. The musical materials reunite one more time in the house People Song Remix, a collaboration with Milan Kojš.

“Nurture the undivided humanity in yourself and every fellow being. Love is to love more.” JK

Check out the first one Voice More. Aria here: peoplealbum.club/see-hear/

An online release event is scheduled for October 15th, and the continuous release of some tracks with visual components is in the works as well.

October 15, 2020: 8-8:30PM An on-line album release event: music, meditation and games. Get your free seat here:

www.eventbrite.com/o/foundation-for-emerging-technologies-and-arts-19198136788

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credits

released October 15, 2020

Music and text: Juraj Kojš

Featuring Jennifer Beattie, voice (tracks 1, 8, 11, 12 and 13), Betzaida Ferrer (tracks 2 and 10), Clotilde Luce (track 4 and 10) and Dorothy Hindman (tracks 6 and 10).
Group voices of students from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music (track 8).
People Song Remix (track 13) with Milan Kojš. Mastered by Thomas Dimuzio. Production: Juraj Kojš and Jennifer Beattie

About the artists:

My name is Juraj Kojš, and I am an artist from Slovakia and USA, exploring the fields of music, sound art, theater, poetry, mixed media, multimedia, bioacoustics and technologies as a maker and performer. Collaborating with artists and scientists, producing other people’s works, doing scholarly research and teaching also give me joy, as does living in Miami, FL. Miami New Times described my muscle-powered multimedia Neraissance as "striking and unforgettable," MiamiArtzine called Signals "enthralling and immersive," and Miami Herald praised Bang for the Train as "the most profound...unexpected and enjoyable.” www.kojs.net

Vocalist Jennifer Beattie revels in performing everything from classical repertoire to brand-new collaborations with performance, visual, jazz, folk, and theater artists. She is one half of SpacePants, her duo with violist Diana Wade, for which she plays an expandable drainage TUBE. She is also co-director of Artists at Albatross Reach, a collaborative colony in Northern California, with her longtime duo partner pianist Adam Marks. Jennifer has been a featured soloist with Opera Philadelphia, The National Opera Orchestra at the Kennedy Center; The Philadelphia Orchestra; The Oregon Bach Festival; the Mozarteum in Salzburg; the Argento Chamber Ensemble at the Park Avenue Armory; and with the JACK and Aizuri Quartets. She has premiered zillions of art songs, operatic roles, chamber works, and really weird pieces written for her voice. She also writes juicy poems, which people sometimes set to music. www.jenniferbeattie.com

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My name is Juraj Kojš, and I am an artist from Slovakia and USA, exploring the fields of music, sound art, theater, poetry, mixed media, multimedia, bioacoustics and technologies as a maker and performer. Collaborating with artists and scientists, producing other people’s works, doing scholarly research and teaching also give me joy, as does living in Miami, FL. www.kojs.net ... more

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