Higher #5

‘Higher’ started in a very unusual way for me. A very, very, unusual way. My friend Salvador Breed sent me a video of a parrot vocalising / imitating a percussive rhythm. It sounded like the parrot had been hearing drums and was imitating those sounds. But something in the rhythm immediately triggered me. It sounded like the parrot had been hearing some pretty complex rhythms, it sounded to me like it was switching between straight and triplet time in every bar. (In non technical terms, within four counts it would constantly switch between two completely different rhythmical feels.) When I heard this and realised what kind of opportunities this complexity could give, I immediately ran upstai...View all