Music 0.0

In a interview Jay Haze, a well know DJ/Producer, explained his views on the industry and how hes trying to detatch from it. The interview is a must read for all who simply love music, not only the electronic scene. We are all aware of the machine that is behind music these days, they exploit and brainwash everyone into tasteless consumerists of the now, the new now, the next now. Its all so fast and superficial that its impossible to keep up with it. Printed media, radio, television and internet constantly promote whatever they're bought out to promote and no one cares. ''It's just the way it works in a capitalist society'' people say. Well I haven't heard a more absurd excuse for the contribution for the death of culture. It's all monkey see, monkey do around here.

''I've realized that people have lost touch with being human, they're happy these days with being a product, literally, a walking and talking product.'' Jay Haze

Therefore he proposes a concept called Music 2.0 that recognizes real people, real work and real effort rather than the latest best-buy prophetic bastard that happened to release an album. Well, this is not something ground-breaking but these days you can't just hate the media, you have to be the media (as my friend Jello Biaffra once said). However in my contention we should all go back to just music instead of a improvement on it as 2.0 suggests. It should be 0.0, music as a artistic and cultural manifestation of our present times as it always was. Bring back the human and take the business out of it. That being said it doesn't mean there isn't good music out there, it's just not being recognized and noted as it should.

''My albums have been my greatest pieces of art ever, that I can make. Every single time I have made one, it has been the best that I can do. (...) People didn't want to put that together. The public, that the music profiteers have created, in the moment, tend to be a bit more dumb.'' Jay Haze

Though it is a shame about his labels disapearing, as they were aggregators of quality and vision, still much respect for Jay, he's a breath of fresh air in a otherwise fart-stream of false ideals.

His first single of the LOVE=EVOLUTION album. You can read the full interview HERE.