W0 Music Sharing — Stephan Bodzin – Lila

Picking one piece of music to share is the hardest thing for me ever. I stumble upon millions of amazing creations and get inspired every second of it as I listen to at least 5 hours of music on an average day. A handful of great pieces came to my mind while brainstorming which one I'd like to share with The Code of Music class. I found "Lila" by German producer Stephan Bodzin from his album "Power of Ten" might be a great example of new media art in the form of digital audio production and computer generated graphics. The visual representation resembles simple crayon-drawn vertical lines increasing in its quantity, while gradually intruding towards the viewers from its 2D plane into 3D space. The simplicity in this animated graphic represents the great depth and power in the rhythmic layers and beautiful chord progression in the music. I remember when I first came across this song I was in awe as it evoked so much emotional response and threw me into deep contemplation. I found it hard to pick a 30 second part because the song is more about the structural add-on and subtle development throughout the 7 min duration than it is about the traditional verse-chorus-verse musical structure. However if you do not have enough attention span to enjoy the whole song, I suggest slowly scrolling through different parts of songs from beginning till the end and notice the change in graphic and musical progression.

https://youtu.be/jF_hBX-6x9s