This weekend, Zenzi Mills plays host to alternative art forms. WHAT's ON tells you why an Intelligent Dance Music performance mixed with installations is not all that snooty an event as it seems
This weekend, Zenzi Mills plays host to alternative art forms. WHAT's ON tells you why an Intelligent Dance Music performance mixed with installations is not all that snooty an event as it seems
It may not involve your typical weekend bar crawl action assuming grinding or dancing with abandon would be on your de-stressing agenda.
But, global collective, Third Thought's objective of an outlandish gig titled, "6 Foot Oscillator in a 4 Feet Room" is to explore alternate music forms mainly Intelligent Dance Music and to make people aware of the scope of different kinds of music and their applications. 
"If you take for instance our Indian film industry, it only uses commercial music. But, filmmakers need to realise how other styles of music also have great visual appeal," says Shaan Vyas, co-founder, Third Thought, a musician who is also studying to be a filmmaker.
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Third Thought, founded by a group of six 20-somethings, is a collaborative platform for artists in the fields of art, music, publishing and film.
The company that was established over 2 years ago, has been scouting for alternative talent from around the world, and has had a chance to exhibit works in Europe, Dubai and the United States so far.
"It's important to exhibit alternative art forms in the right environment, because there's no point of making it available to people who will not understand it," elaborates Shaan, on how pub Zenzi was a fitting venue for what they had in mind.
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For the first time, Third Thought is getting a chance to showcase their artists' works in Mumbai all this week; Curing the Beast (on till May 10), features visual concepts from the vast bank of artists from Czech Republic, Poland, USA, Italy and India.
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This exhibition further extends into the world of music, when a discerning audience gets a chance to experience what happens when sound, visuals and installations merge,
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Does Intelligent Dance Music have a higher IQ? "A lot of music artists who specialise in this form also don't like calling it by this name. It just implies that other music forms are stupid; they go for the term "Brain Dance" at times," says Shaan.
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Compared to other Electronic Dance Music forms, the core of intelligent dance music is visuals; the composition is free form, rhythm patterns, innovative and the sounds much more organic.
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"They are not pure natural sounds, but originate from sounds that will help you envision a natural environment," elaborates Shaan.
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Three IDM pioneers in Mumbai Sadanhmo, Kargo Pluggy and Khoparzi will allow you to experience their music at three varied levels.
First of a series of clips pieced together in the form of a film will be screened while they spin, to show how well IDM blends with the visual medium. Next up, a holographic installation will find space near the DJ console.
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XpresR, an audio installation (or simply put an art and music box) will give IDM a third dimension emotion. It will consist of various knobs and 8 emotions, four negative and four positive. Each time you turn a knob, it will exude pure and simple music.
On May 8, 10 pm onwards at Zenzi Mills, Todi Mill Compound, Lower Parel. Call: 43455455. Entry: Free.u00a0 Log onto: www.3rdthought.com
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