In all the joy of Christmas Cheer, of days long by and days to come. This time of the year, is the most precious of all, for it is when Baby Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
As all the gifts we bring are to honor Him . In this praise to the Ethereal Throne , I was asked to write a blog about ” Venus in Chains” for Christmas. I soulfully agreed, yet, I feel as I write this blog about “Venus in Chains” a bit like the “Little Drummer Boy” for what gifts do I have to bring this year for Christmas in the exhaltation of Jesus but a song. The song I bring is beautiful and I do believe captures the magic of Christmas.
In the summer of 2017, I formed a music group called ” Venus in Chains” . The idea came to me on a summer day, as if a gentle breeze of inspiration entered my soul. I had planned this project in Honor of my grandfather , Auguste Bocher , the Bard of Bretagne, France. Looking back in time , 2017, to be exact. I knew not what I know of my grandfather today. Only small bits and pieces , yet he was my inspiration. “Venus in Chains ” I believe was truly of ” divine inspiration” . They were many artists involved in this project such as Brenda Bennet of Prince, Bobby Craymer and many other artists from around the world creating a link in this chain.
My reasons for this creation along with the name ” Venus in Chains” came from my personal feelings of a revolution in a sense, to stop the suppression of creativity, artistic endeavors, the freedom of art , humanity and love. * along with what could be more beautiful than the idea of a music revolution – evolution .
It was an explosive music project with a visionary outlook meant to surpass limits by creating a chain of music visual works of art, each representing love, beauty, and freedom during the time of 2017 with many brutal and devastating events. “Venus in Chains 100” was a way of representing love, unity, peace, hope and compassion thru music and visual.
As now we are in today. December 24 2019, Christmas Eve. The “GIFT”of the reason and homage of “Venus in Chains”, which ,was my grandfather Auguste Bocher was given to me in the most unusual way. A book, which had been hidden away, had been returned to me by a relative earlier this month . The book was written by my grandfather . The name is ” Bleuniou Yaguankiz” AR Yeodot ( A.Bocher. 1909.
I opened the book , only to find pages unopened and sealed. Inside ,in the back of the book were musical compositions written by my grandfather Auguste Bocher. His music is of true beauty and has surpassed any musical piece by any artist in my project “Venus in Chains” for he was the true master of musical composition as he led the way in Ethereal Light to my project ” Venus in Chains “.
As in this Christmas Eve, my gift is the piece “Kousk An Tad” composed by Auguste Bocher. This piece is currently being orchestrated by the gifted artist of our time “2019” Scott Affleck. He is a brilliant musician, composer, and artist. At the moment, since we are in pre production, an interpretation of “Kousk an Tad” is unavailable to the general public, but will be soon. Yet as a gift to Baby Jesus , we will leave it only for Jesus’s ears tonight. With love on Christmas Eve.