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Rocket Man (Shuj Roswell Remix)

by Shuj Roswell

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My mom used to play Elton John’s music all the time. I grew up on it. His songs played a large part of my musical childhood. In fact, I’m told that the first song I ever sang was, “B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets.” Having not listened to much of Elton’s music in recent years, I found myself truly inspired having gone to see the movie, Rocketman. The music brought back intense feelings from both my childhood and where I find myself in the present moment. I immediately went into the studio and started work on a remix of the song, Rocket Man.

As a musician, I’ve always related deeply to the original song which was inspired by the 1951 science fiction short, The Rocket Man, by Ray Bradbury. The story depicts the complex relationship between technology and psychology, and in particular, an astronaut's love of the stars. A man ventures into space for three months at a time and returns to earth for only a few short days to see his wife and son, deeply torn between his love of space and his family. The song imagines what his long adventures, while filled with loneliness, would be like. I've always viewed this as a metaphor for the life of an artist.

This remix makes a great precursor to the release of my next full-length album, Setting Fire To The Stars. (Coming this fall). It's a sci-fi themed record that vibes on the darker side of our feelings. Thoughts of anxiety, depression, loneliness, and social isolation are recurring ideas in both the lyrics and music found on this album. Subjects that many of us are all too familiar with.

So here's my remix of Rocket Man for you. I hope you catch a new vibe off my interpretation of the original classic. 🚀👨‍🚀

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released August 9, 2019
Artwork: Moon Suk Lee
Title work: Brett Shredmunds

Mixed and Mastered by Mark A. Cooley and Chris Wright at Violet Recording

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Shuj Roswell Denver, Colorado

Shuj Roswell is the latest musical creation of Denver's own, Mark A. Cooley. Releasing his debut album, Flying High Above The World, on Michal Menert's own Super Best Records label in 2015, Mark fuses traditional sample based hip-hop with warm analog synthesis and hard hitting beats that sets the table for a sound Mark has come to call, Funktronadelic. ... more

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