When the artist has been a comic fan for a while and likes to pick on a few things meets a character that will say the quiet part out loud! XD
Sapphire's hair only floats when she uses her powers (and looks longer) so that lead to thoughts of Kel playing with it like a cat trying to figure out why it moves, how it moves, or to just make it stop moving. Plus I tossed in the thought of asking about his cape trail since it shows up but was never mentioned by anyone.
And you ever notice, how most female hero outfits (especially OG outfits) were all in heels? But if you wear a four inch heel normally someone is going to notice the first time they try to talk to you without them on. And Kel has no filter. lo
catching up on music... new EPs from shygirl, little simz, kim petras, and oneohtrix/lopatin (soundtrack). oh i forgot anna calvi did peaky blinders lol. i think i listened to kid cudi's album, haven't heard the new jlo. austra did a track on the iamamiwhoami remix album
new singles from (deep breath) perfume genius (soundtrack), emilie simon, mgmt/christine, khruangbin, tierra whack, warpaint, four tet, owl city, bonaparte, garbage (remaster?), burial, mura masa, sega bodega, emancipator, mo, justice, hiatus kaiyote, paloma/kojey, duckwrth, aurora, deerhoof, flamingosis, kash doll, tei shi... and surprisingly, utada hikaru, caravan palace, and of all people, prefuse 73. and... somebody i used to know rerelease? caroline polachek i guess. i don't get her. and i don't get why i don't get her either. raye and kelele remixes. telepopmusik dj set on soundcloud. martyn bootyspoon boiler room seoul. and imogen dropped 6 frou frou b-sides there also
New song I've been working on for a new unnamed album.
I've traded the digital synth sounds with synth-based mridangams,dumbeks,kelele and clay pot samples.
Although I kept the crunchy drum machine and echoey voice samples,everything else is meant to sound more acoustic,home made and influenced by international soundscapes.
A horrific, unending ringing occupied Vitani's head for hours. Whatever external natural ambience such as crickets and hornbill calls were not only muffled, but drowned out by the awful new frequency. She hoped it wouldn't be forever, as she loved the sounds of twilight.
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Meanwhile, the rest of the Guard shared this same misery as they surveyed Mekundu Cliffs until dusk. Kelele hadn't been found, and being unable to listen for her presence was no help.
Imara shook her head. This wolf's power was so new to everyone. Her very own leader found herself in trouble trying to counteract it. Despite watching Vitani meet her match, Imara wished her friend hadn't left so soon...
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Vitani retreated to a secluded spot far in the outskirts of the Pridelands. There, she struck a stick against a flammable rock, and tossed the newly-made torch in front of herself.
Vitani took a breath, feeling the voices of the past within her chest. With a clear, confident voice, she bellowed:
"Roho ya Moto!"
The fire from the torch twisted in a slight current as it grew. Suddenly, a bright, orange flash filled the site. Vitani flinched.
There was Nuka, seemingly in the middle of a song he'd been humming. Turning around, he shrieked at his living sister standing before him.
"Ugh, can't a ghost get some beauty sleep around here? Sheesh!"
"Nuka, this isn't the time for lounging about in the great beyond. I need your help." Vitani deadpanned.
"But-"
"You promised me I could summon you any time I needed to. Was that not what you said?"
"Ohh, alright, alright..." Nuka pouted, "Whaddya need, termite?"
"I need your help against this... creature with this weird power. She makes this loud noise that makes the ground shake, knocks everyone down."
"That doesn't sound too different from what you do..."
"Exactly!" Vitani clenched her paw, "Just... that but incredibly overwhelming! I need to do something different from her.
"Soo... why are you asking me?" Nuka squinted, "Why not ask those old guys for help?"
"Like Askari, or something? I don't have time to learn everything in one go, let alone waltz back and forth to the Cikha Escarpment, are you crazy?!"
"Oh..."
Vitani growled, "We gotta come up with something quickly! Some way to cheat..."
As Nuka hummed in thought, whispers brushed past his ears. He listened for them.
"Hmm? Ooh, yeah. But... wouldn't that hurt? Oh... okay... worth a try..." Nuka muttered to the voices.
"What do they say?" Vitani piped.
"I promise it won't hurt." Nuka smiled.
"What won't-" Vitani's heart raced, "...Nuka -- whoa, whoa, whoa -- WHAT?!"
Before Vitani could cower, Nuka's ghastly form launched itself towards Vitani. Nuka's spirit had possessed Vitani's body!
Through symbiosis, Vitani and Nuka had duel thoughts and memories, and most importantly; a new power the Roar was now capable of.
Feeling an immense burning in her chest, despite her flesh receiving no damage from it, Vitani unhinged her mouth and let out a huge cloud of fire as she roared in agony and pure shock.
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As Vitani trained with her new fire powers, a kidnapping had taken place while none of the adults were looking...
Sauti was staying behind from the royals as they'd discussed amongst themselves about the pup's place in the Pridelands, feeling out-of-place being the only painted dog, and only dog that was really around in the Pridelands.
Beginning to stray from the pride, he eventually stumbled across a stranger, a canine like him who claimed she would volunteer as Sauti's adoptee, but it had all been a trick...
As Kelele snatched Sauti up, she ranted and raved that the pup could very well signify the return of the Lightning Cry, a power allegedly wielded by the legendary Sikio, a fellow painted dog like Sauti. She couldn't wait to train the boy to awaken a dormant power, and to someday challenge her. If she could defeat the Roar-Wielder, the Lightning-Wielder would be next on her record.
The pup was confused. He didn't know of such a legend, nor of such a power. All he knew to do was yell for help.
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As Vitani exited the secluded area where she'd trained, her ears -- despite still being damaged -- picked up on commotion nearby.
She'd rushed to Pride Rock to find that the royals were demanding that Kelele put Sauti down unharmed. The Guard had also tried to subdue her to no avail, Kelele warning that if they dared touch her, she would kill the boy right then.
The sight of a crazed woman putting the life of a young boy on the line triggered bitter memories in Vitani of her very own mother's behavior of bargaining with Kovu's life. Overall, Vitani did not take kindly to the sight of children being in danger.
Enraged, fire began to build up from Vitani's chest as she told everyone to get behind her. Kelele merely smiled in amusement, awaiting yet another pathetic, predictable attempt to send her flying.
Suddenly, flames erupted from Vitani's throat, accompanied by a garbled, pained roar.
Kelele dropped Sauti in shock. Luckily, the pup scrambled over to the royals to get out of the way of Vitani's new, hazardous move.
"These lands ain't big enough for two power-wielders, Kelele..." Vitani scowled.
Unsure how to calculate her moves against fire, a terrifying element she didn't foresee, and now felt blazing the end of her tail, Kelele cowered and scurried away, revealing herself to be a rather poor sport.
Vitani heaved as she felt Nuka's spirit leave her body, as Nuka's time to guide his sister had been up once again. The Fire Roar was uncomfortable, but she appeared to have won with it.
She slowly turned to see everyone's shocked faces. She walked up to everyone, and looked down at the little newcomer to the Pridelands, and gave a polite nod of approval.
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((Author's Note: Vitani discovers how to use fire with her Roar! Long ago, inspiration from this post led me into coming up with fire as a possible element controlled by the Roar, and something unique to Vitani as leader of the Guard. I eventually figured that since Nuka returned as a Fire Spirit, I thought I'd combine the two concepts by having Vitani and Nuka's spirits fuse in a symbiosis/possession-like way. Their fusion is temporary, just as Nuka's time to give Vitani advice is.
Since the showdown scene is a trope borrowed from decades of cartoons reenacting the climactic scene in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, I guess this makes Vitani the Good, Kelele the Bad, and... Nuka... the Ugly? He always gets the short end of the stick huh))
Shambulia! Beba Silaha / Charge! Bearing all burdens
Pigana mpaka mwishowe / Fight! Until the very end
Kwa nchi yetu tutaunguza damu yoyote / For our homeland, we’ll shed our last drop of blood
Rudi kwa pambaja ya dunia / Returning to the earth’s embrace
Hadithi yaendelea (Kama moto) / The tale continues on (Like flames ablaze)
Heshima warithi vizazi (Waka daima) / Glory passed through generations (Forever burning)
Ushujaa waangaza mbingu na ardhi / Courage ignites the sky and earth
Mara tena ashinda Natlan / Once more, victory heralds Natlan’s path
Milele tuwangoje, na tutawaimbia / We’ll wait for you, we’ll sing for you
Rudini ndugu, rudini mashujaa / Come back, brothers, come back, heroes
Mara ya tena mwangani / Once again, once again, burn bright!
Ati kweli mwahofuni kifo? (Hapana) / Do you fear death? (Never)
Ushujaa wenu ni imara? (Bila shaka) / Is your courage unwavering? (Beyond doubt!)
Kumbukeni majina ya mashujaa / Remember our heroes’ names, follow their lead
Andameni uwanjani / March once more onto the battlefield
Kwa jamaa, nchi na taifa (Zuri, safi, sawa) / For our family, homeland, and nation (For glory)
Kwa Matumaini, mbeleni, malengo (Vuma, raha, nguvu) / For our ideals, dreams, and future (For hope)
Rudini tunawangojeni / Come back, we’ve been waiting
Nyimbo kelele sana / Listen, the songs grow louder
Sikiliza zitakuongoza nyumbani / Listen, they’ll guide you home
Hadithi yaendelea (Kama moto) / The tale continues on (Like flames ablaze)
Heshima warithi vizazi (Waka daima) / Glory passed through generations (Forever burning)
Ushujaa waangaza mbingu na ardhi / Courage ignites the sky and earth
Mara tena ashinda Natlan / Once more, victory heralds Natlan’s path
Milele tuwangoje, na tutawaimbia / We’ll wait for you, we’ll sing for you
Rudini ndugu, rudini mashujaa / Come back, brothers, come back, heroes
Mara ya tena mwangani / Once again, once again, burn bright!
Maisha marefu ni sasa! / This is the moment of rebirth!
The Sator Arepo, or Sator Square, is an ancient word puzzle comprising five palindromes that's etched on various historical sites throughout the Western world. Its origins are unknown, but the square has long been thought to hold magical properties, used as a charm against illness and evil, to cure insanity or to determine whether someone was guilty of witchcraft. Self-styled "punk ethnomusicologist", acoustician and musician Julien Hairon uses this mystical symbol as the starting point for his debut Judgitzu album in an attempt to reconnect with his Celtic heritage, exploring how its hallowed messages might harmonize with contemporary Tanzanian dance music.
Hairon has been traveling across the world for over a decade, collecting field recordings from countries such as Indonesia, Australia, Cambodia, China and Bangladesh, and presenting them on his Les Cartes Postales Sonores label, re-issuing any curious cassettes and CDs he came across on the PetPets' TAPES imprint. It was during this time that he became fascinated by rituals that involved spirits, prompting him to examine his own ancestry when he returned to Brittany. "Many artifacts in the landscape remain," Hairon explains, "and the power of spirits is still palpable." He represents this Celtic mysticism on 'Sator Arepo' with murky drones and magickal synth tones, using xenharmonic scales (tuning outside of standard 12-tone equal temperament) that reach back to the ancient world. These sounds are augmented with fast-paced, sci-fi rhythms informed by his time in Tanzania; "Singeli has contaminated me," admits the producer.
The most astonishing example of this is 'Miracle', a thrusting soundsystem experiment that layers serpentine, bagpipe-esque electronic wails over extravagant clusters of blocky percussion. Driven by the frenetic 175BPM pulse that echoes through the streets of Dar Es Salaam - popularized globally by forward-thinking producers like Sisso, Duke and Jay Mitta - Hairon opens up a rare conversation, seeking to draw parallels between today's most urgent dance forms and the archaic rituals of antiquity. On 'Vitalimetre', Hairon drives his sonic palette into the red, harmonizing with Dutch hardstyle and gabber, and splaying distorted drones over maddeningly blown-out kicks and ratcheting percussion. 'L'or Des Fous' takes a more meditative route, prioritizing Hairon's eccentric tonality with expressive sheets of pitch-warped sound that ghost walk across energized, rattling beats.
If you heard Hairon's last Judgitzu release 'Umeme / Kelele', described by Boomkat as "one of 2019's deadliest dancefloor sessions," then you'll know how mindboggling this material can be. And with 'Sator Arepo', the French producer deepens his reach, grasping a world that we've almost forgotten and juxtaposing it with a landscape most of us barely comprehend.
Actually yeah. Screw the unnecessary 2019 Disney copyright grab (still haven't watched it all the way through) and I get mixed up on who is called Banzai ("Kamari") and Ed ("Azizi") anyway so
Wadunda zinavuma, ufundi unao,
Hukosi adhama, fundi wa mwambao,
Ungetwanga ngoma, muda ufaao,
U nani sogora, kucha tusilale?
Piga nisilale, utakavyo tenda,
Hewani kelele, kwa wingi zatanda,
Hunalo la pole, jirani kupenda,
U nani sogora, kucha tusilale?
Nyingi raha zako, kwa wako muziki,
Twabaki kimako, tulivu hutaki,
Ndumo na mwomboko, wadai ni haki,
U nani sogora, kucha tusilale?
Ngoma hepasuki,…