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Synesthesia

from Tesla by Ste van Holm

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about

Nikola Tesla had a way of visualizing things. In his memoirs there are some quite precise descriptions of the visions he had just before he fell asleep and those he had while being awake. At the end of the song there's a sample of New York artist Carol Steen explaining the phenomenon. I found the clip on youtube and wrote her an email to ask permission to use it. She was very kind, and mailed me a description of what she saw when she heard the track.

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When
Whenever I close my eyes
Darkness
Like a starless sky
inevitably leads
To a spectacular sight

Green
Green flakes appears
Scintillation
A random pattern of spheres
Then parallel lines
Are flooding my vision

Before my sleeping
I see faces or things
And then I know
I'm giving in

There
There it happened again
I see bright
Bright flashes of light
I know is not real
But something only I can see

It happens
When in distress or despair
I see sollutions
To the problems there
And when I’m exited
It shows me things to invent

I know it’s unusual
This gift that I have
I choose to use it
Wisely

credits

from Tesla, released November 17, 2015
Julie Frey: Vocals
Jesper H. Petersen: Bass
Ste van Holm: Everything else

includes audio excerpted from an interview with Carol Steen, produced by Nell Shaw Cohen for beyondthenotes.org

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Ste van Holm Copenhagen, Denmark

Ste van Holm (born Stefan Holm, 1977) is a Danish musician and composer.
His musical upbringing came from British rock acts of the 70s like Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, Genesis and Peter Gabriel, Alan Parsons Project, Brian Eno and King Crimson, but also from electronic acts like Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, Vangelis and Klaus Schønning and more contemporary names like Massive Attack. ... more

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