Rapture- Soundwaves from the music of Blondie
30” x 60” x 3” acrylic on wood panel.
This is a spectrogram from the song Rapture, by Blondie. I capture the image of the spectrogram, graph it out, paint it, and then go off script a bit, focusing on the patterns that come through. Rapture by Blondie was the first rap song to hit number one on the music charts. The rap that is represented is only part of the rap in the song.
“Fab Five Freddy told me everybody’s fly
DJ spinnin’ I said, “My my”
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
François c’est pas, Flash ain’t no dude
And you don’t stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and it lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he’s got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you’re in the man from Mars
You go out at night eatin’ cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercurys and Subaru”
