Our Manifesto
Kyshera – a Manifesto!
How the f**k did we get here?! What happened? It feels like we’re stuck in a time loop, like when the CD sticks & keeps playing that same nano-second of music over & over…& over & over. I guess that must just be the way we like it. Safe, familiar, no suprises, no challenges. We live in the age of mass conformity, where absolutely everything has to fit snugly into an easily identifiable little label, scene or fashion. It gives us a sense of belonging until we realise that its actually completely empty & then we all move, en mass, onto the next quick fix. A generation bombarded with constant advertising seems to have ‘internalised’ the values of the advert, where nothing has to actually be ‘real’ anymore, it just needs to feel good to pretend for a bit. The names may change, the hair-do’s may change but everything in our culture is, when you look at it, the same old shit rebranded. Like a reconstituted shit burger endlessly served up with a new garnish & of course, a new hair-do.
Is it just me or is this cultural guantanamo driving you completely out of your f**king mind aswell? I want to live in a world where I can defy categorisation, where I can be a person & not a label, where being unique, unpredictable, challenging & most of all, REAL, is celebrated. Where expressing the ’self’ in whatever the hell way you feel like, is encouraged & where being a copy cat clone of somoeone elses identity, band, philosphy or whatever is ignored as being insincere, lathargic & culturally offensive. Imagine a society in which it was genuinely ‘cool’ to be different, where it is noble to challenge & question ‘normality’ & where we dont all have to have our lifestyle, tastes & ideas dictated by the fear of ‘what other people will think’. A society like that would produce a hell of a lot more to be proud of than we can at the moment, I guarantee it.
We, Kyshera, aim to embody that spirit by being completely ‘uncool’, by never being part of any ’scene’, by being unpredictable, by questioning the world we live in & by having no obligation to anyone or anything other than the free expression of whatever the hell we like, when we like. We feel that these are values that can make our culture a more fertile, progressive & interesing place again & we invite you to join us in our quest. We dont have an ‘image’ (because we are musicians, not poster boys) & we make no promises that anything we do will ever sound like the last thing we did. We are part of no scene, we dont follow ‘leaders’ & we dont have faith in ‘icons’ – loners, freaks, geeks, outcasts, individuals & all those who aren’t scared to be themselves in this world of bland, disposable conformity, YOU are our ‘iKons’ & it is with you that we associate. iKons of the world unite – together but not as one! We consider being rejected by popular culture, the highest honour & we are proud to be in the company of the most interesting, intelligent & unique group of people there are – you, this cultures REAL icons, the iKons.
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January 18th, 2011 at 2:00 am
Cheers Jacquelin, glad you liked it!
February 7th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Matt u gave me the link to this site on sat night in … some place where i found myself on a night ov antics. anyways love ur music, keep up the gd work n ill keep tuning in.
March 14th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
I’ve been shopping around lately for a new way of thinking after being kicked out of Brownies and was interested in your Kyshera. I do have a few questions before I joined I hoped you could help me with.
‘ I want to live in a world where I can defy categorisation, where I can be a person & not a label’.
However, you follow this by stating you are to be defined as ‘uncool’ and branded ‘iKonic’ (am I right i thinking that was the robotic dog in that 80s film? why do we like him? robot dogs are fun though, I’m on board with that). I’m no academic but i’m pretty sure thats what they call contradictory. Are we a contradictory people? But I suppose that would make us ironic, which is cool, and we’re uncool. This is the high end stuff, you’ll have to explain that to me.
Look forward to hearing more and excited to be joining you!
March 14th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
Hey Abbey,
Thankyou for taking the time out to write that – you must have more free time than me.
In response, I am sorry to hear that you were kicked out of the Brownies, that must have been harsh & I hope it hasn’t scarred you too much. We welcome you with soft & open arms.
Just to clarify your concerns though – being ‘uncool’ is not a label, its a state of being – there’s a difference & its defined by not being whatever mainstream culture deems to be ‘cool’. That is all. Also, we dont brand ourselves as ‘iKonic’, (that would be a bit arrogant wouldnt it?) – the Kon, in iKon, comes from ‘Konic’ – our made up term to describe a state of being otherwise undefinable – so for someone to be an iKon – is to say that they are unique unto themselves & not to anything or anyone else. I’m sorry if you were hoping it was a Robotic Dog & if you’re still struggling to see how none of this ‘high end stuff’ is infact contradictory in any way at all, then please write back & I’ll walk you through it again.
Have a great day!
James