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People Industry

People Industry Radio

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  • Genre: Classical

    Location FR

    Profile Views: 2339

    Last Login: 11/17/2008

    Member Since 9/10/2006

    Website www.peopleindustry.com

    Record Label Unsigned

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    1. The Human Tide by Georg Kajanus (c)2006 All Rights Reserved.... WHAT IS PEOPLE INDUSTRY?.... PEOPLE INDUSTRY is an exuberant, musical exploration of the human journey. It is expressed through six principal movements divided into seventeen sub-movements, all dealing with different aspects of life. It is verbally defined by four classically trained vocalists and instrumentally illustrated by a twelve-piece string and percussion ensemble. .... PEOPLE INDUSTRY does not offer solutions or judgments; it simply bears witness to our evolution as a species. It highlights a number of our historical milestones and explores the question of how we got here and how we alone -- amongst so many other earthly life forms -- are succeeding in breaking out of natures cycle of synchronicity; i.e., creative thought over instinctual servitude. Human imagination and potential seem endless and, contrary to the many prophecies of doom, we are still here, creating through art and science our own private and collective reasons for living..... - Georg Kajanus .... .... ABOUT GEORG KAJANUS: .. Georg Kajanus is a composer and singer/songwriter. He is the great-grandson of Robert Kajanus: composer, conductor, confidant of Sibelius and founder of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. .... Born in Trondheim, Norway, Kajanus moved with his mother and sister to Paris at the age of thirteen. It was there that he studied music and the classical guitar, as well as attending the Cité Universitaire's flying school. The family then relocated to Canada where Kajanus worked as a stained glass window designer in Montreal..... After a yearlong journey through the Middle East and Europe, Kajanus moved to London, where he formed the folk/rock group, Eclection, whose other members included Kerrilee Male, Trevor Lucas, Michael Rosen and Gerry Conway. Eclection was one of the few British signings to the American label, Elektra Records and they released one album entitled 'Election', which was a personal favorite of Elektra's founder, Jac Holzman. Election toured the UK extensively and appeared with such acts as Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan at the Isle Of Wight Festival..... Five years later, Kajanus used the colorful night life of Paris to invent Sailor, his second and highly successful foray in the music world. Kajanus was the lead singer and songwriter for the band, which was best known for the hits, 'Glass Of Champagne' and 'Girls, Girls, Girls'. Sailor was awarded numerous gold and silver records for its success in Europe and Australia..... Kajanus then left Sailor to experiment with electronic music with his new creation, DATA. The classically orientated title track of DATA's first album, 'Opera Electronica', was used as the theme music to the short film, 'Towers Of Babel' (1981), which was directed by Jonathan Lewis and starred Anna Quayle and Ken Campbell. 'Towers Of Babel' was nominated for a BAFTA award in 1982 and won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Short Film at the Chicago International Film Festival of the same year. Kajanus followed 'Opera Electronica' with two more albums, '2-Time' (1983) and 'Elegant Machinery' (1985)..... After a painting sojourn in Mexico, Kajanus was persuaded to reform Sailor in 1990 and it went on to achieve further success in Europe. In the late nineties, Kajanus left the group again to form the poetic-techno duo Noir with Tim Dry (previously of Tik and Tok). Noir's single 'Walking' was used extensively in the Channel 4 television series, 'Feast', an avant-garde culinary program directed by TV food maestro David Pritchard. 'Feast' was also hosted by Noir..... Kajanus composed the music (with Henry Marsh) for the British TV series, 'The Kid' (1986) and the soundtracks for two documentaries directed by German filmmaker Monika Treut: 'Didn't Do It For Love' (1997) and 'Gendernauts' (1999)..... In May 2006, 'KAJANUS', the biography of Georg Kajanus written by James McCarraher and GK was published in the UK..... July 2006 saw the world premiere of 'Sailor, The Musical Journey' at the Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, Scotland. Written by Bill Blenman, the new musical is comprised entirely of Kajanus compositions and imaginatively taps into Kajanus early '70s creation of sailors on shore leave and red light districts. The musical also features two new, previously unheard compositions by Kajanus..... Kajanus is now exploring his great-grandfather's classical roots and mining his well-honed pop music sensibilities to create his latest opus, People Industry, which is an unusual look at the extraordinary world of Homo Sapiens..... .... The 'Georg Kajanus' Myspace Site.. ...... ........ The Official GEORG KAJANUS Web Site ...... .... .... James McCarraher's 'KAJANUS' Biog Web Site ...... .... .... .. .. ....

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