1) A Canadian electro-industrial b… Read Full Bio ↴Numb is a name of at least five acts:
1) A Canadian electro-industrial band.
2) A pseudonym of Takashi Kizawa.
3) A Japanese metalcore band.
4) A German collaborative trio.
5) A Czech band.
6) A grind/sludge band from Everett, WA.
7) A Swedish rapper
1) Electro-industrial band that was based in Vancouver, Canada. It was founded by Don Gordon in 1986. Following his Suspended single, Gordon retired the project and moved to Vietnam to live with his wife.
Past Members:
David Collings – Vocals (1994-2000)
Blair Dobson – Vocals (1990-1991)
David Hall – Keyboards, Programming (1986-1991)
Conan Hunter – Vocals (1991-1993)
Sean Stubbs (Sean St.Hubbs) – Vocals (1986-1988)
Discography:
Numb (1988)
Christmeister (1990)
Bliss (Single) (1991)
Death on the Installment Plan (1993)
Wasted Sky (1994)
Fixate (EP) (1995)
Blood Meridian (1997)
Blind (Single) (1997)
Koro (Live) (1998)
Language of Silence (1999)
Suspended (Single) (2000)
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numb_(band)
2) In 1992, Takashi Kizawa was studying engineering at Institute of Audio Research in New York and, after returning home, started label KARMA MUSIC with CALM in 1995 and released a single "FILE#2 / SHINNOU".
He engaged in starting of a label Revirth and released 12 inch singles, such as "BEGINNING OF THE END", "ILLFUSION", and "89" in 1997. Then the first album "NUMB" released in 2002 vibrated all the feelings of those who listen it with the deep sound, which also has stillness behind the sharpness and violence. In sound performance, using laptop, NUMB manipulates beat, volume, sound effects, and the composition of music on real time using the MIDI controller, and performs physically.
If the sound is absorbed into the body, the degenerated organs are opened and cells begin to listen sound. The mysterious performance has obtained high evaluation both home and abroad like BATOFAR performed in Paris, SONIC LIGHT in Amsterdam, or FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL in Japan, Roskilde Festival in Denmark, Future Sound Of Jazz Festival in Denmark, etc. In May, 2003, by releasing the live album "TOKYO," which is the package of those sound performance, he threw out doubts at the town of Tokyo, which is changing with frightful vigor. Now his strong sense of wish to regain what has been lost in exchange for consumption and speed made the soul dwell in laptop.
In 2004, the sound is continuing creation of a new groove, covering electronica, techno, breakbeet, trans, hip-hop, and all. Numb is member of Ekoune Sound too.
3) Metalcore band from Tokyo, Japan. More information at MySpace.
4) Somewhere between electro-pop and heavy rock we meet with our interests and musical backgrounds. NUMB. is not a traditional band and we refuse to use the word „project“. NUMB. is a collaboration of three people with different experiences and abilities in the fields of composing, producing and performing music. Despite our different backgrounds we grouped together, because of our common interest to start something new. A collaboration with a philosophy of maximum artistic freedom and no necessity of compromise. http://www.numb-music.com/
5) Czech alternative/indie band formed in March 2010 http://www.bandzone.cz/officialnumb http://www.myspace.com/officialnumb http://www.twitter.com/officialnumb
6 http://www.myspace.com/numbhigh666
7: http://www.myspace.com/nothingundermybreath
Effigy
Numb Lyrics
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How much do you love me, will you die for me to night
Tonight I burn, tonight you die
Tonight my sins go with you in loneliness, and spite
Climb a burning ladder precious naive rung
Cling to me as I to you the truth is done
This amputation, my ghost, my soul, my light
You have no reflection, your'e my suicide
Tonight I burn, tonight you die
Tonight my sins go with you in loneliness, and spite
The lyrics of Numb's song Effigy paint a dark picture of a relationship that is in its twilight. The song starts with a rhetorical question that the singer asks his lover - how much do you love me, will you die for me tonight? These questions are followed by a declaration of sorts - tonight I burn, tonight you die. It is evident that the singer is contemplating harming himself and his lover. He goes on to speak of his sins and how they will go with his lover in loneliness and spite.
The next stanza speaks of a burning ladder and the singer asks his lover to climb it with him. Despite the truth being done, he wants his lover to cling to him as he does to her. The metaphor of amputation is used to portray the singer's feelings of being incomplete and he sees his lover as his ghost, soul, and light. He tells her that she has no reflection and that she is his suicide.
The lyrics of Effigy evoke powerful emotions of love, despair, and death. The singer is clearly in a disturbed state of mind and the lyrics capture the complexity of his feelings. The depiction of the relationship as a ladder that both the singer and his lover are climbing is a poignant metaphor for the struggles that they face. The lyrics also allude to a sense of loneliness and desperation that the singer is feeling.
Line by Line Meaning
You - look at me yes, I hold you tight
Addressing the listener, expressing physical closeness and a desire for emotional connection.
How much do you love me, will you die for me tonight
Asking for an extreme demonstration of love, suggesting a potential willingness to harm oneself or the listener.
Tonight I burn, tonight you die
Foretelling the deaths of both the singer and listener, likely through a destructive act.
Tonight my sins go with you in loneliness, and spite
The artist's misdeeds will be taken with the listener in death, accompanied by negative feelings of isolation and anger.
Climb a burning ladder precious naive rung
Metaphorically urging the listener to come closer to death, using the imagery of climbing a fiery ladder and labeling them innocent.
Cling to me as I to you the truth is done
Asserting the mutual collaboration in ending their lives, and perhaps finding peace in that shared honesty.
This amputation, my ghost, my soul, my light
Describing the fatal act as a form of separation or removal, and associating the singer's identity with ghostly, spiritual ideas.
You have no reflection, your'e my suicide
Implying the listener lacks self-awareness or a sense of self, and framing their death as a way for the artist to die as well.
Contributed by Cooper R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Really good.
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Respect.
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