Devin Townsend releases new live music video for ‘Genesis’

DEVIN TOWNSEND has released a new live music video!

The new live music video, for the track Genesis, is taken from the Canadian virtuosic musician’s upcoming new live album, Order Of Magnitude – Empath Live Volume 1, which is scheduled to be released in October.

Speaking of the release of the new live music video, Devin himself says, “here is the first song we’ve chosen to release from the upcoming DVD concert, Order Of Magnitude which was the first volume of my Empath touring band cycle. This particular band consisted of ten people onstage, all without click tracks or backing tracks, with the aim of reproducing my work in a new and creative way. A lot of what I’ve done in the past has been very structured, and the opportunity to interpret the music with high degrees of improvisation and flow was a fantastic experience.

This song, Genesis from my latest album Empath seemed an appropriate way to introduce this concert to the audience. It’s kind of an example of ‘musical anarchy’ in some ways- as the song is all over the place structurally to begin with. But to have a chaotic piece of music, played by these extraordinary musicians I had the honour of being with, in a no-holds-barred production, was really cathartic. It was about being free to do whatever we wanted in a time where rigid ideas of what is acceptable or not are stronger than ever. I hope you enjoy it. Volume 2 is next, and is in a lot of ways the polar opposite to this, but on my journey of musical exploration, I am grateful for all of it, so thanks again for the support.”

Watch the official live music video for Genesis here: 

Order Of Magnitude – Empath Live Volume 1 is set for release on October 23rd via InsideOut Music. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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