John The Revelator - DjoeGio
19th Jan 2014 08:47 - 12 years ago
Description : The idea to do something with the powerful voice of Delta blues musician Son House (1902-1988) came after I watched the documentary ‘It Might Get Loud’. Jack White (The White Stripes) played a record called ‘People grinning in your face’ by Son House. An a cappella song with handclapping; ’one man against the world’. You can find this magnificent fragment of the documentary on YouTube. Please watch it. Be awed. After that I listened to a lot of a cappella by Son House and was overwhelmed by ‘John the Revelator’. Even if you are not religious (like me) or familiar with the Bible (I am), this traditional gospel blues in a call and response-style is everything the blues is about. I realised it was almost ‘sacrilegious’ to put a drumbeat under this vocal track, but it gave me goosebumps the first time I tried it. So I composed a dramatic housetrack together with STAX (Hans Clevers) on sax. I took almost a month or two to split the original voicetrack in enough pieces to re-align them with the basic beat without losing the original feel. Where possible, I eliminated the handclapping because it was mostly out of sync. After I got the basetrack right, STAX played his solo. Afterward the grand piano, choirs and strings where added plus the noise-percussion. The project and mixing took approx. five months.
‘John The Revelator’ (this is from Wikipedia) has been called ‘one of the most powerful songs in all of pre-war acoustic music ... [which] has been hugely influential to blues performers’. The song's title refers to the Apostle John as the author of the Book of Revelation. A portion of that book focuses on the opening of seven seals and the resulting apocalyptic events. In its various versions, the song quotes several passages from the Bible in the tradition of American spirituals. Son House recorded several a cappella versions of this song in the 1960s. His lyrics for a 1965 recording explicitly reference three theologically important events: the Fall Of Man, The Passion of the Christ and Resurrection. This is the version used here.
‘John The Revelator’ (this is from Wikipedia) has been called ‘one of the most powerful songs in all of pre-war acoustic music ... [which] has been hugely influential to blues performers’. The song's title refers to the Apostle John as the author of the Book of Revelation. A portion of that book focuses on the opening of seven seals and the resulting apocalyptic events. In its various versions, the song quotes several passages from the Bible in the tradition of American spirituals. Son House recorded several a cappella versions of this song in the 1960s. His lyrics for a 1965 recording explicitly reference three theologically important events: the Fall Of Man, The Passion of the Christ and Resurrection. This is the version used here.
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Comments (23)
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kaidan1123 9th May 2026 09:50 - 5 months ago
good and sweet
DjoeGio replied 9th May 2026 - 5 months ago
Thank you
brunnale 1st Aug 2020 15:31 - 6 years ago
Can i use in my doc?
rekyl13 30th Apr 2015 20:00 - 11 years ago
Could I use this track in a youtube clip?
DjoeGio replied 1st May 2015 - 11 years ago
Cool. Yes, if your credit me. Send me a link please when you have finished the clip.
rekyl13 30th Apr 2015 19:57 - 11 years ago
I love this track man
4first 25th Jun 2014 04:10 - 12 years ago
Nice. I would like to use this in my future mix on mixcloud.com. Do you mind if I do?
DjoeGio replied 25th Jun 2014 - 12 years ago
No, if you give me a link where to find the complete mix, it's okay. I will link to it from my website and twitter. Greetz DjoeGio
aikens 5th Jun 2014 23:31 - 12 years ago
something different, thanks
KooLKYLE 6th May 2014 17:56 - 12 years ago
you should be on the beatport deep house charts!
DjoeGio replied 6th May 2014 - 12 years ago
How can you get on beatport without being signed? Is that possible? Thnx for the compliment!
RufDiamond 14th Apr 2014 13:30 - 12 years ago
thank u sir
DjoeGio replied 14th Apr 2014 - 12 years ago
Thanks to you for reacting to my music...
danielk88 7th Apr 2014 12:55 - 12 years ago
i like it :) congratulations
DjoeGio replied 7th Apr 2014 - 12 years ago
Thnx for the review. DjoeGio
certifiedsbu 7th Apr 2014 09:35 - 12 years ago
Very nice
DjoeGio replied 7th Apr 2014 - 12 years ago
Thank you!
Schrauber 21st Mar 2014 11:44 - 12 years ago
Nice ;)
DjoeGio replied 7th Apr 2014 - 12 years ago
Thank you!!!!
freezy452 20th Mar 2014 17:07 - 12 years ago
love the Sax!
DjoeGio replied 20th Mar 2014 - 12 years ago
The sax is played by STAX (a.k.a. Hans Clevers), a Dutch saxplayer I've worked with on a few tracks. U can find more of him on Fandalism or on his Facebook-site.
leewebb93 20th Mar 2014 12:43 - 12 years ago
This is powerful! gives you the i can do anything feeling, i can imagine this on a movie..... good job fella!! love it
DjoeGio replied 20th Mar 2014 - 12 years ago
Yes. I have the feeling I'm on to something. This is the best played track I ever made, with the most positive comments, not only here but on Fandalism too... Thnx...
nicollas 19th Mar 2014 22:18 - 12 years ago
nice track man!
DjoeGio replied 20th Mar 2014 - 12 years ago
Gracias!
jeanpiu 26th Feb 2014 03:37 - 12 years ago
wauu! amazing!!
DjoeGio replied 26th Feb 2014 - 12 years ago
Thanks for your kind words
jdubrich 24th Feb 2014 04:08 - 12 years ago
Could I possibly get a Hi Res (WAV or AIFF) of this track? I would love to use it in my live dj sets. Thanks.
DjoeGio replied 6th May 2014 - 12 years ago
Have u used the track yet?
jdubrich 23rd Feb 2014 14:42 - 12 years ago
Great track, great description, great inspiration!
mazenmasri 20th Feb 2014 21:46 - 12 years ago
waw how nice
DjoeGio replied 26th Feb 2014 - 12 years ago
Thnk you for your reaction
clindsay 10th Feb 2014 17:32 - 12 years ago
excellent - very nicely produced!
soulkettle67 10th Feb 2014 17:15 - 12 years ago
Loved your Description and the track is well thought out, I would love to play it on my radioshow at www.loopradio.net ?
DjoeGio replied 10th Feb 2014 - 12 years ago
Please do. Is there anything u need? A hq WAV file? let me know... Greetz & thnx DjoeGio
larrybarrow31 3rd Feb 2014 01:28 - 12 years ago
im loving this track here, nicely done!
DjoeGio replied 26th Feb 2014 - 12 years ago
thank you Larry!
Philmizo 24th Jan 2014 19:10 - 12 years ago
I like
DjoeGio replied 26th Feb 2014 - 12 years ago
Thnk you, appreciate it
djfabic11 19th Jan 2014 20:05 - 12 years ago
nice track
DjoeGio replied 26th Feb 2014 - 12 years ago
Thnk you DJ!
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