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Hi friends!

It's been a while! I hope you guys had a great wintery holidays and didn't get frost bitten in the on going snow doom that's occurring around the country right now. I know I am trying my hardest.

Before we went on holiday, my dear friend Sage had a wonderful Christmas cookie party where I met Kuxxan Suum.

Kuxxan Suum is "according to discoveries about the Classic Maya, is what connects us to the sun/moon/stars, and thus, the galactic core, Hunab Ku." The descriptions goes on to say:

"In this day and age, it may be difficult for people to resonate, or meditate, deep enough to understand this tradition of galactic communication. In fact, the mind and solar-plexis of the current human being may not be able to harness or comprehend the vibrations necessary to communicate with the galactic core. The artist, kuxxan SUUM, is inspired by this mystic galactic tradition/human- communicative-trait.The artist puts contemporary and antiquated sounds of the human race in a musical space that reflects and raises awareness of this lost connection with the average person and Hunab Ku."

Brilliant.

I think Kuxxan Suum creates this in his album "Language/Barrier." A play on words, language can be used as a form of communication but also presents a barrier. We use language to express ourselves but sometimes cannot be understood or communicate with every being. Take for instance, referring to the Mayans, the first presence of the Spanish in America. The Spanish conquered the Mayans and read them the Requerimiento but in a language the Mayans couldn't understand sometimes without a translator present. This idea of language and barrier swims through his album with the utilization of "humans speaking" samples but have been skewed to diminish their clarity. Even some of the track titles present lack of understanding. However, a continual vibration of sounds is the answer the the communication and returns to the idea of humans inability to understand the vibrations to connect to galactic core.

Each song on this album is COMPLETELY different. Which I guess presents the prominent idea of different forms of language. Kuxxan Suum samples music from jazz to rock to dub which again goes back to the continuous vibration. A connection of vibration. I even felt like sometimes I was traveling through the galaxy in a spaceship. Overall, I really liked this little album. I do wish some of the songs had been longer. I hope the next album brings even more vibration and flow!!!



Here are is the album on stream:

Language/Barrier EP by kuxxan SUUM

To listen to individual songs go here and some other tracks from Suum:

http://soundcloud.com/kuxxansuum/

Kuxxan Suum's album is available on iTunes!