¡Salió de la Red! pretende presentarles artistas nuevos que encontramos durante nuestros viajes a través del ciber espacio. En esta entrega Alejandra Rehuel comparte con nosotros para descarga gratuita la primera producción de Ink Dot Boy.
En la misma línea de [mi idealización evidente hacia] artistas que regalan su música a través del internet, tal como en mi primera entrada bajo la categoría “¡Salió de la red!“, les presento a Ink Dot Boy, el proyecto del Sr. Thadeus Triangle de Los Ángeles, Californa.
Ink Dot Boy es un personaje representativo del Sr. Thadeus que se manifiesta a través de su apariencia, sus composiciones musicales y sus escritos, las visiones de pesadilla que inspiran sus canciones. Éstos elementos permiten que Ink Dot Boy se pueda apreciar en múltiples dimensiones como concepto y obra artística.
Éste proyecto se puede considerar como uno ejemplar nacido “de la red.” Sus fotos, videos, su prosa y la música en sí, por ahora, sólo se pueden disfrutar en línea, ya que Ink Dot Boy es, esencialmente, un artista compartiendo lo que hace, no uno tratando de vender.
Mr. Thadeus está muy consciente de que el internet, hasta ahora, ha sido el medio principal por el cual se ha dado a conocer. Por ser carismático y agradecido hacia sus fanáticos, recibe gran apoyo (real y virtual) de parte de admiradores y amistades de todas partes del globo. La mayor parte de la promoción en línea la hacen sus fans; se puede decir que existe una apreciación mutua de ambas partes. Yo personalmente lo descubrí en un foro de música a través de una persona que mostraba un banner de Ink Dot Boy en su firma. Lo seguí, lo escuché, y de primera instancia me recordó a Tool y Nine Inch Nails en los noventa, pero más sensible y más bonito.
Lo mejor de todo es que Thadeus regala su música y no tiene intención alguna de venderla.
Desde marzo del 2008, su primer disco, The Beautiful Murder, ha estado disponible para descargar de gratis en este enlace.
El próximo, titulado The Red Symphony (que saldrá luego durante este año), también se colocará en línea para descargarlo gratuitamente, como un regalo hacia sus fans.
Le pregunté al Sr. Thadeus que opinaba sobre el compartir música a través de la red, a lo cual contestó:
“Yo digo… comparte tu música, riégala. La gente ya debería saber… que los días de comprar CD’s y música están por desaparecer.”
Para mantenerte informado, visita su sitio web oficial, inkdotboy.com, su myspace o su perfil en vampirefreaks.
Ink Dot Boy – In Wonderland
Sounds from the Wired: The Tragedy of Ink Dot Boy
A similar introduction posted in Spanish can be found here.
For many of us (and I dare say most of us who have access to the internet, both artists and listeners), the way we interpret music sharing, distribution, promotion and even listening has been evolving for nearly a decade. Discovering new music online is easier than not, thanks to countless websites and services that enable us to listen to it or even suggest new bands that we might like. Telling a friend about a band over the net gives instant results; in most cases, information, photos, videos and the music itself is made accessible through the click of a link. Needless to say, the web is a powerful tool that helps countless musicians reach out to potential fans across the globe.
With the proliferation of illegal music downloading, some artists have become overly possessive of their work while others do the opposite: the wonderful world of the wired has produced a certain type of artist – the one who uses it as a means to openly share his or her work, preferring to acquire new listeners and fans rather than economical revenue.
Mr. Thadeus Triangle (from Los Angeles, California) is Ink Dot Boy, a musical project, mainly. Yet we can look at it – or rather, at him – as a living theatrical project. His visual, prosaic and poetic elements (all of which are allegedly biographical) combine to configure the dark Wonderland that is this boy’s imagination made music.
At the moment, Mr. Thadeus is putting together a band for live performances, which should be completed officially by October of this year. However, Ink Dot Boy is a one-man project.
The music stands alone beautifully, usually atmospheric, sometimes heavier with angsty guitars, but always charged with emotion. Though in order to become fully enveloped in “the tragedy reading his memoirs as an enchanting (or haunting) compliment to his songs is highly recommended.
Here is an excerpt from Chapter III: Circle, followed by the video for “Circle.”
“Monsters were real here. I could hear them, and smell them for the first time. It was like sweet perfume and impending icicles; so delicately it seemed, they had pulled me into their world, like an innocence stolen, raped, and pillaged.
There was darkness all around me, with slightly dancing light from wariness; caressing the dripping sounds of waTer falling.
I opened my eyes a little more, feeling a cold wind against my face, regaining consciousness. Flashes from the windows, old ships and lost souls.
As my eyes adjusted, I could see and feel now, that my hands were tied by a rope that I could not possibly get free from. I was also carefully seated down in an old chair.”
Ink Dot Boy is most definitely a rising artist worth supporting, not because of his work alone, but because of his accessibility and appreciation towards his fans. He is well aware that he owes his expanding popularity to the internet. I asked him how relevant the web is and has been when it comes to promotion and reaching out to fans and listeners, to which he answered:
“The internet has pretty much been everything to me thus-far. However, with the new videos, record, and material coming out pretty soon…I can tell that things are going to shift into a much bigger scene. Bring it on…it was meant to infect the world.
People respond to my online campaign the same way that they would respond to anything that they feel is worth their time. I have the greatest f***ing fans in the world. They care a lot about the continuing success of this unique life; this tragedy.”
Since there is a “store” link on his website, I asked him where exactly we could buy his music, and because he gives his album away, how he feels about sharing music online:
“My music is for FREE. The next album: The Red Symphony, I’m giving away as well. I feel that it is beneficial to me right now to stick with giving the music away as a gift to my fans. [...]
I say…share music, and spread it. People should know… that the days of CD’s and buying music are almost completely gone.”
His first album, The Beautiful Murder (2008), is available to download for free at this link.
To stay informed about the next album’s release, you can check at his official website, inkdotboy.com, his myspace or his vampirefreaks profile.
