Hymn of Acxiom - Coastal Sound Youth Choir: Indiekör 2016 (Vienna Teng cover)

Coastal Sound Youth Choir - directed by Carrie Tennant
music by Vienna Teng
Mixing Monteverdi with The Magnetic Fields, Ron Sexsmith with Rachmaninoff, and Arvo Pärt with Arcade Fire, Indiekör is a boundary-pushing playlist of indie-rock and choral classics.
Recorded June 11th at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver.
Video produced by Tom Prilesky and Kirsten Aubrey of Carbon Life Media www.carbonlifemedia.com
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[@bassbaritoneguy]

I get chills every time they turn their phones around showing the blank white screens and then sing the line "Now we possess you" This is such an incredible performance.

[@LezerniWolf]

I always found "Now we possess you, you'll own that in time" to be creepy and ironic. A bit of a backstory: Vienna Tang looked her husband up on Acxiom's servers, and discovered that anyone could look up anything about anyone at any time, and they keep everything electronic, hence "every crumb you drop." And the aforementioned phrase is saying that Acxiom possesses your identity (and essentially owns you), and that you'll own up to that over time, kinda like they stole you away from yourself. Or I'm just overthinking lyrics way too much. :3

[@tornoutlaw]

Minor correction. It wasn't Vienna's Husband. As she told it, a colleague of hers did look up her Husband. Vienna only got married this or last year.

[@davidjack7418]

Nope, not overthinking that. It is absolutely meant to evoke the very creepy nature of this type of data collection.

[@potatoes__tomatoes__2993]

This song was MADE for a choir. It's got those haunting chords that can only be affective if a choir sings it... I got chills when I heard this. Amazing job 👏

[@thelivingcat0210]

Potatoes__tomatoes__ but it also has some really beautiful chords

[@nickpeschel3557]

Ever heard Bluecoats 2014 or any marching band arrangement for it? Sounds amazing like that as well.

[@padraicfanning7055]

Nicholas Peschel Blue Springs 2015 is also pretty good

[@taylorr.3464]

It was MADE for DCI, KZbin Hymn of Axiom Bluecoats, and thank me later.

[@westleyking1111]

@@taylorr.3464 factsssss

[@madipalmer3652]

Somebody hears you. you know that. you know that. Somebody hears you. you know that inside. Someone is learning the colors of all your moods, to (Say just the right thing and) show that you're understood. Here you're known. Leave your life open. you don't have. you don't have. Leave your life open. you don't have to hide. Someone is gathering every crumb you drop, these (Mindless decisions and) moments you long forgot. Keep them all. Let our formulas find your soul. We'll divine your artesian source (in your mind), Marshal feed and force (our machines will) To design you a perfect love Or (better still) a perfect lust. O how glorious, glorious: a brand new need is born. Now we possess you. you'll own that. you'll own that. Now we possess you. you'll own that in time. Now we will build you an endlessly upward world, (Reach in your pocket) embrace you for all you're worth. Is that wrong? Isn't this what you want? Amen.

[@AstheCrowTries]

This is from one of my FAVORITE albums and I thought a choir could never match the creepy inhuman quality like what Teng does with the autotune. And they didn't, but that's GREAT. Instead it's these masses of kids singing the hymn TO Axciom, WHICH IS JUST AS CREEPY. Amazing.

[@ratkillerthe]

Is no one going to talk about the "Amen"? It is awful creepy to realize just at the end that this piece has been a praise to God (Acxiom) all along.

[@rxlcochrane5971]

Learning this song is amazing. Wish others can have the experience.

[@ludwig4997]

Rxl Cochrane it's fucking boring hahah

[@zackhenderson4995]

This is really the only way the piece can ever be performed again--the phones and the dark stage are the perfect effect. Great piece by Vienna Teng and the execution here was marvelous.

[@kennethschechter352]

and a certain drum and bugle corps :)

[@zackhenderson4995]

@@kennethschechter352 Yeah you right.

[@Tyler-hx5mj]

How on Earth could someone dislike this video? This cover made me cry in front of my friends when I first heard it.

[@ARC-TROOPER0918]

I’m in a marching band and we play this. Listening to the choir version has given me a whole new view

[@pokegaming2590]

I also was in a marching show that played part of this song.

[@sajrra]

Absolutely amazing. I will sing this song this saturday with the Choir I'm in. Sadly we found this Idea of performance to late to adapt something similar. For pacticing my parts I listened again and again to this song, but just now found myself in tears after actively watching the performance. Amazing. I hope our performance will shed some tears or tear some smiles into our audience's faces, too.

[@stormiwelch4769]

Hi, I just found this song through a friend and I know its been 2 years since you wrote this, but do you happen to remember what its about? My friend never told me that and I want to know.

[@cucckles]

@@stormiwelch4769 it’s about big data brokers (namely Acxiom) collecting all of our data online and selling it to marketers

[@jameswaller717]

Even in voice, it reminds me of Bluecoats 2014 BLOOOOOO

[@connorgreenleaf9488]

Let's go BLOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sebastien051]

This could not be more relevant than ever before.

[@mynameforever1]

Ahh a paradox! How can I heed the warning and still enjoy this fantastic work of art?!

[@Lawrence89MUSICman]

This performance brought me to tears. With how beautifully executed and sung - and not to mention how haunting the text is. But that’s art, to evoke an emotion and make you question reality a the good and bad. Bravo!!!!

[@theguildrat-8902]

This is absolutely beautiful - I really enjoyed the original song, and this is a great rendition, but in my opinion the staging of this is what makes this special. Amazing job

[@katewootten6003]

More goosebumps from listening to this fabulous choir!

[@billycarroll9153]

Just Brilliant....BRAVO!!!

[@chopincookies]

This presentation!; I've been wandled for exactly a year to discover, if possible-interpretation of this piece. Bravi tutti.

[@sheilawhitaker8291]

I'm absolutely obsessed with this song! The harmonies are sublime - especially the 'crunchy' chords - and the staging is so clever and atmospheric. I love it! 10/10, tick, VG and a gold star!!

[@dcLarien]

FANTASTIC!! The props were a great touch.

[@rachelraimi19]

Crazy good. Makes me weep for us all, every time. Well done!

[@StephenDix]

The two people who downvoted - be behind the gym at 315. We fightin.

[@DaDASHDevil]

Stephen Dix Hahahahahaha

[@MoiraRussell]

Stunning!

[@kadenking7367]

Can anyone else see a twisting "digital" DNA strand at 2:29?

[@zachlewis1437]

Wow. What a beautiful cover of an amazing song. This is so much more pleasing to me than the harmonizer of the original. But Bloooooooooooooooo too!!

[@alessandramacedo18]

Amazing!

[@isaac-fe6qy]

this is wonderfully done and the choreo is gorgeous!

[@SuopIsTheWinner]

Oh god this is so freaking creepy and awesome! NICELY DONE you all!!

[@sadiekeddy9782]

This song is amazing as a choir arrangement! My choir is doing this for a concert this year 😊

[@TheManyNations]

INCREDIBLE

[@derlaine]

Absolute miss that this song was not included in Social Dilemma

[@Kapenguin448]

This was fantastic!

[@freshgarbage1492]

This is so cool!! Screens!!

[@manitou1954]

WoW!

[@KellyDurgan]

Okay this is incredible!!!

[@somesinger1575]

Hauntingly well done.

[@Shuey272]

Damn Son that was Beautiful

[@mriley7110]

We're doing this song for our next concert!

[@cleliavera]

could You, please, tell me the name of the song?

[@Kat.k8268]

amazing

[@dwppreston1098]

Brain is melting. Wow!

[@manolocorp]

This was so impressive for so many different reasons. Great job!!

[@rcripps008]

SO GOOD!

[@ALolleW]

Chills!!! So well done!

[@DarkIltis]

Hauntingly Beautiful!

[@holidaysinsweden]

Wow, that was really cool!

[@Extremejournalist81]

BLUECOATS! Great job on this though!

[@berndgruner8510]

❤❤❤Danke ❤❤❤

[@clintonleonard5187]

This is the best performance of this song. Better than the original.

[@dedmo79]

This choreography is so powerful. I'd love to emulate this--are they using their actual phones?

[@siobhanennis4433]

They used their actual phones

[@TheManyNations]

No, they bought fifty smartphones to use as props :)

[@3teeth]

Yes, we're doing this piece in my chamber choir and it looks great.

[@fpark1021]

All I can think of is 1. Bloo 14 and 2. wonder if they're looking at the lyrics on the phones

[@JM-if6br]

Bravo Indie Kor.

[@dreadlockbanana]

This piece is performed so intuitively. The meaning of the piece could be derived without audio of this performance. This piece is disturbing and terrible. Every chord could be replaced with a minor chord to convey the same concept, but with a very basic feeling of understanding with little emotion. The first time I heard this piece I thought "oh, that's pretty cool and sounds uplifting." Upon further examination I felt an unlikely real sense of terror. "Terror, when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute."-Stephen King

[@e_N_n]

JohnOosterMusic Yeah I think the key being the way that it is draws that extra attention to the dissonant chords that sound more frightening and computeristic. If it weren't surrounded by that dreamy, uplifting sound then those chords would be totally lost and lack their impact.

[@mriley7110]

How did you guys get the white screens?

[@AJMansfield1]

Great performance, although IMO it just doesn't sound as good without the sorts of low bass parts you can do with an adult choir.

[@marionotarangelo6856]

I think it's the recording. If you listen closely with headphones, you can hear the dudes hitting the low notes and sounding good. It just doesn't get picked up as well by a single mic in a big room (which is how it sounds like it was recorded)

[@sheilawhitaker8291]

My choir has just started learning this. At rehearsal last night, we had just the basses singing their part - sounded a bit like a Gregorian chant! Spine-tinglingly wonderful :-)

[@christianbernard8652]

what arrangement was used?

[@maggiegareca7952]

Does anyone know the lyrics?

[@cartoonringo]

Who is the arranger? Or is this the original Vienna teng arrangement?

[@ceciliamartin-lof4326]

HI, who has written the arrangement for choir??

[@gwreevesReeves]

My goodness....this might as well be a Screwtape letter!

[@gramarson9562]

They were missing Bass

[@davidjack7418]

That really bugged me too. Feels pretty hollow without i.

[@Nooneyouknowrightknow]

Thanks, destroyed my 200€ box with it🙄

[@jackcothron7742]

I feel like the whole phone thing is a bit boomer. The song is about giving in to data collection, not really cell phones themselves. I get what they were trying to do, but it just comes off a little tacky

[@thatonetenor1547]

Another choir did this for a choir festival I was apart of (maybe a AA festival? Idk) but in watching this at 2 am, it is just as amazing and goose bump-inducing as I remember