Under the Pyramids

Before I began 'Overzealous Work Ethic', I'd had another idea. It was called 'Under the Pyramids'. The title sat there with a load of other titles, but wasn't used in the E.P. The title had connotations to themes that I didn't feel fit in 'Overzealous Work Ethic', so I kept the title aside possibly intending to use it in the future.

I do tend to keep titles aside and never get back to them (or can even get back to them years later), but I had the idea to use it a few weeks ago. The title 'Under the Pyramids' comes from a ficitional Harry Houdini book. Harry Houdini himself is an intriguing individual to me. His image, his art, his stunts, his showmanship. All very interesting and amazing. All the secrets and deception used in magic etc, is all very interesting to me. So the basic theme began to come together around lies, secrets and dark arts - particularly centred around magic.

'Under the Pyramids' is about the lies deep within ourselves, with others and in society on a bigger scale. It is also about the secrets that we all hold, and about the bigger secrets in society such as the ones kept by Governments. And the theme does extend into the art of magic and other arts similar to it. Basically the arts that we all enjoy, yet we know that it is all lies. It is this paradox in society that some lies can be for the greater good.

So that is the basic idea of 'Under the Pyramids'. It will branch out a little more no doubt as time goes on. I have some ideas of how I'd like it to sound - as I have at the present not recorded or wrote any music for it at all. I'd like to use cut up speech and vocals, and create maybe some songs like 'The Avalanches', with a simple acoustic/electric type sound like that of maybe 'Kelly Jones' solo album. I don't know exactly yet however. I have begun writing lyrics for 'Under the Pyramids' and created the art centre piece for it. I'm happy with both. The art I created last night, a drawing of Harry Houdini bent over chained up. I have made him more muscular by mistake than he is, but it still looks good in my opinion. It is an ink on paper drawing. I put the title over the picture, in a similar style and same font as 'Anonymous'. I want it to be a kind of 'sister album' to 'Anonymous'. The lyrics themselves are an old set I wrote in 2010, entitled 'Cage Foundling' (which can be found in an earlier blog entry) and a new set written in the style of a haiku poem. At the moment I have it called 'Black Arts' but I am thinking of changing it. The lyrics and song are about magicians and again, the idea of how they entertain us with deception and lies, and we enjoy this.

Black Arts

Movements burn all eyes
Of spectators mystified
Rapturous Applause

Dirty trade secrets
Under-handed showmanship
Astounding delight

Now do as I do
Mix, cut, pick, hide, read your mind,
Fake reality

You want to believe
In deceit, repeat, the lies,
All in good humour

Buy the illusion,
Of silk that defies all laws,
So blindly aware

Manipulation,
And twisting of the aces,
Exhilerating

You want to believe
In deceit, repeat, the lies,
All in good humour

Written as Haiku peom 6/8/11

So over the next few weeks I may get the chance to try and record or mix some stuff towards 'Under the Pyramids'. I'm looking forward to beginning this project. If it goes the way I want it to, it will be one of my best projects. I will put a picture of my new art for this up soon.

Watch this space,
Wullae

www.wullaewright.bandcamp.com