Last night I saw Boris perform Amplifier Worship. It was hands-down the best show I’ve been to.
It felt like so much more than just a show. The synergy between the group’s outfits and aesthetics, and singer’s theatrics all accompanied by the thick, heavy music formed an atmosphere that I was completely and totally enthralled in.
It was one of very few times that I’ve lost myself in music. My surroundings faded, thoughts of the mundane had quieted. There was nobody around me. I ceased to be myself. I simply felt like a vessel absorbing the wall of sound that the group was producing, immersed in the world they were creating.
The moments when the music calmed, I stepped back into reality. I thought of how these were people, just like me. I thought of how amazing it is that people possess and cultivate such talent to create incedible music. I thought about the level of coordination it takes as the guitarists on opposite sides of the stage raise their hands together then bring them down, creating impossibly massive noise that I feel in my core. The singer sits on the second drum kit and synchronizes with the drummer. The music begins again. I slip back into trance.
It’s truly special when you can lose yourself in music like that, and it changes the way I listen to music. Instead of simply listening to catchy melodies or heavy guitar riffs, I think about what the artist is trying to show me. What emotions they’re trying to convey. What world they want me to step into. It’s something I strive to do with my photos and when I DJ. I want everyone to be able to experience that state of being lost in music.
My neck hurts.