Nostalgia – by Guillaume Dubois
Music mash-ups have the capacity to revive sounds from the past by giving them a new twist. In this kind of practice where the old meets the new (or becomes new), how does the selection of music occur? If many artists chose certain tunes with the intention of provoking stark contrasts, what does happen when the process of selecting tracks is not entirely under the control of the artist? And when the sound material originates from a certain era, does a mash-up have the potential to cross the boundaries of generations and alter its meaning?
The Nostalgia project attempts to address these questions. The idea is to digitally “mess around” with songs that connote nostalgia of teenage life, chosen by people ranging from the age of fifty seven to eighty three year old, in order to create mash-ups that speaks to a younger audience; some kind of dismantled music heritage to be discovered and shared by new listeners. After a total of twenty nine people interviewed, the project has given birth to a slow-pace mash up titled Twilight Glow. http://soundcloud.com/guillaumedubois/twilight-glow