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Induction

by Jason Kenemy

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Prehistory 00:38
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Need You 02:53
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Static 00:37
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Love Is Real 04:03
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False Alarm 01:08
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Star Chatter 05:09
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Elements 01:31
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Upon Hearing 03:11
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A Lament 03:38
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Birds 00:36

about

Induction is a recording of piano and electronic music intended to please the listener – based on some questions and a narrative idea. What follows is some background on that.

In the 1990’s I was a science student. I studied enough of it in fact to earn a degree (still somewhere in my basement). I studied atomic structures and the vastness of empty space inside an atom, was wowed by the serendipitous power of the water molecule in organic chemistry. I took courses in human anatomy, taxonomy, genetics, biochemistry and even a little philosophy of science.

By the time I was done…I was sure science was not the answer for me (thanks in part to the philosophy!), I was playing music professionally and I had some questions about life that were bugging me.

One, in particular.

If we’re made up of mostly water (and some other stuff), and water is made of 3 atoms and inside them is mostly empty space – how does consciousness creep in all that “water” and nothingness? And where along our evolutionary trip from pond slime to glorious humans did consciousness pop-up?

I remember reading something about it that went something like “…once biological life reaches a level of complexity suitably high enough, consciousness simply emerges….”

This explanation was then followed by hundreds of pages of details, summarized from decades of human endeavor, about the inner workings of biological life, from the chemical level, to the cellular level on up to the level of the organism. But this essence that I wondered about, the base of our awareness, the light in the tunnel, was completely glossed over.

To me, this seemed a seriously underwhelming cop-out. Perhaps more accurately, it looked like way of saying “We have no idea what’s going on! We’re freaked out! We STILL don’t have any decent answers to fundamental questions. This undermines our position as serious people and limits our power over YOU. Life is still very mysterious…and we don’t like!” Or something like that.

I didn’t really know what to do.

So 20 years later – I started making this music as some kind of response.

(More on that later).

credits

released June 20, 2017

Credits:

Piano/Keyboards/Electronics/Composition - Jason Kenemy

Recorded and Mixed - Joe Lapinski for WOW! Recording Studio
Additional Recording - Jason Kenemy
Mastered - Dave Clark at Bon's Cave
Artwork - Jason Kenemy
Layout - Anne Lieberwirth
Graphic Design - Jason Schultz

For your kind generosity and brilliant support - Thank You: Joe Lapinski, Dave Clark, Anne Lieberwirth, Eric Brombacher, Jason Shultz, Joesphine and Wilf Kenemy, Griffin, Hazel, and Olive, and Danielle Young

2017 Jason Kenemy (SOCAN)

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Jason Kenemy Toronto, Ontario

Jason Kenemy is a Toronto based piano player and songwriter.

he is a founding member of the uplifting rockin'rollin'band the Uplifters.

he teaches high school music in Scarborough.

he lives in toronto with his wife and children.
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