MUSIC BY DJINN ON ABC :: neon

Yesterday ABC broadcast the "Secrets of the Sistine Chapel" - a program exploring the possibility that Michelangelo embedded powerful and dangerous messages in the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. The soudtrack for the "Secrets" incorporated a few tracks from Djinn's album "Djinn" and from "Songs for Kassar" by Pete List. "Jimmy Hafla" ("Djinn") and "Nuevinda" ("Songs fro Kassar" - the Kassar's performance music) played again and again and a few other familiar tracks faded in and out. Djinn's music seemed to be used mostly at the moments portraying passion, intense emotions and drama, while Pete List's music appeared in more serene moments.
I don't have TV and never watch it (I love it, but don't have time!), same with Blanca - she doesn't have TV -- so we converged on Carmine's couch to watch, or, rather, listen to the "Secrets." Remarkably delicious Turkish food was provided by the host and we watched with major enthusiasm everything - the program itself and the cute commercials (you may be sick of commercials, but for someone who never has a chance to see them, like myself, they are intense entertainment!). We recited the titles of the Djinn and Pete List tracks as they appeared in the "Secrets" soundtrack and had a blast. Our celebration didn't extend till the morning only because Blanca and Carmine were leaving that night for Rhode Island to teach a drum solo workshop.

Comments

[cindy]

i saw the show, and i noticed that! i said to my daughter, "hey! that music is from the cd we have been using for our performance!" (brooklyn beladi...the daughter just rolled her eyes at me, i get that a lot) i thought the whole thing was very cool.