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| | '''Serban Ghenea''' is a Romanian-Canadian audio and mixing engineer. Born in Bucharest, Romania, he moved to Montreal, Canada in the 1970s. Ever since the 90s, he is primarily an audio mixer, with his most known work being in pop and RnB genres. He is an eighteen-time Grammy Award & three-time Latin Grammy Award winner and has, as of 2020, mixed over 188 singles and albums which reached number 1. Over his career, he has mixed a variety of work and contributed to albums and singles like The Hives's ''The Black And White Album'', Air's ''Everybody Hertz'', Limp Bizkit's ''New Old Songs'', Jay-Z's ''In My Lifetime Vol. 1'', [[Weezer]]'s ''Ratitude'', The Weeknd's ''Starboy'' & ''After Hours'', Marina & The Diamonds' ''Electra Heart'', One Republic's ''Native'', Avril Lavigne's ''The Best Damn Thing'', Adele's ''25'', Mark Ronson's ''Uptown Special'', BTS's ''Dynamite'', Empire of the Sun's ''Ice on The Dune'', 30 Seconds to Mars's ''Love Lust Faith + Dreams'', Katy Perry's ''I Kissed A Girl'', James Blunt's ''Once Upon A Mind'' and much more. |
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| | Name = Supremacy
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| | Length = 4:55, 3:40 <small>(Radio Edit)</small>
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| |[[The 2nd Law (album)|The 2nd Law]] <small>(1)</small>, [[Supremacy (single) | Supremacy]] <small>CD (1, 2)</small>
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| |[[Live at Rome Olympic Stadium (live) | Live at Rome Olympic Stadium]] <small>CD (1), DVD (2)</small>
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| | First = [[Cologne E-Werk 2012 (gig)|20th September 2012]]
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| | Latest = [[Amsterdam Ziggo Dome 2016 - 9th (gig)|9{{supo|th}} March 2016]]
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| | Recorded = 2011-2012
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| | Writer = Matthew Bellamy
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| | Ghenea has worked with Muse on the upcoming release, [[Will of the People (album)|Will of the People]], mixing most of the songs, exceptions being [[Won't Stand Down (song)|Won't Stand Down]] (which was mixed by [[Dan Lancaster]]) and [[Kill or Be Killed (song)|Kill or Be Killed]] (mixed by [[Aleks Von Korff]]. |
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| == Description ==
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| 'Supremacy' sees the band going to "absurd levels," according to Matt. Spiralling swamp blues of the track builds to a climax of orchestral hysteria as Matt orates a terrifying scene of mankind losing its supremacy over the Earth as "the seas have risen up" and energy shortages cause global desperation.<ref>http://www.muselive.com/index.php?m=single&id=6747</ref>
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| According to a French magazine, Jeuxactu, the song has elements of "Kashmir" from Led Zeppelin in its guitar riff and orchestration.<ref>http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=52987&d=0</ref> The main drum beat is very similar, albeit in a slower form, to the drum beat at the slow section of the Arctic Monkeys' "Crying Lightning" towards the end of the song.
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| During the post-Madness debut interview on Radio One with Zane Lowe, Matt said the song had a "big 7-string riff."
| | *[https://serbanghenea.com/ Serban Ghenea's website] |
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| This song has been compared to Led Zeppelin and a James Bond theme tune.
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| The song was played at almost every gig during the The 2nd Law Tour, but only made very occasional appearances during the Drones Tour
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| By error of Bellamy, Howard, Wolstenholme or Kirk, the name of the song was leaked by a photo on Twitter, until it was deleted.
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| On March 30th 2012, a rumour started on-line, spreading through most of the social networks like twitter and facebook and, naturally, most Muse forums and fan-pages. Apparently, an excerpt of Supremacy had been leaked, revealing roughly 30 seconds of the song. The vocal version can be found here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuMbeTeSErY]. On April 1st 2012, the leak was confirmed to be fake, an April Fool's Day joke organised by Facebook page Coro Happy B-Day M. <ref name="af20120401">
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| == Music Video ==
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| On the 8/02/13 the music video for Supremacy was uploaded to Muse's YouTube channel. It was recorded in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
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| The meaning behind the video, quoted from Matthew Bellamy is,
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| "SUPREMACY...a terrifying scene of mankind losing its supremacy over the Earth as "the seas have risen up" and energy shortages cause global desperation."
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| == Live ==
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| Supremacy was a stable of The 2nd Law Tour, being performed at nearly every date of the entire tour. It was commonly preceded by Unsustainable and opened most gigs during the tour. After the St. Louis gig in 2013, Isolated System also preceded the song at some dates. Alongside other singles Survival, Panic Station and Follow Me, however, it has rarely made an appearance since. Supremacy made rare appearances during the Drones Tour, mostly appearing as a rarity after the band stopped performing Animals, appearing solely at multi-night gigs since 2016 began. The Drones Tour versions, though far fewer in number, and considerably heavier than The 2nd Law Tour versions.
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| == Lyrics ==
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| Wake to see
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| Your true emancipation is a fantasy
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| Policies have risen up and overcome the brave
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| Greatness dies
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| Unsung and lost invisible to history
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| Embedded spies
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| Brainwashing our children to be mean
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| You don’t have long
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| I am on to you
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| The time, it has come to destroy
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| Your supremacy
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| You don’t have long
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| I am on to you
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| The time, it has come to destroy
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| Your supremacy
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Serban Ghenea is a Romanian-Canadian audio and mixing engineer. Born in Bucharest, Romania, he moved to Montreal, Canada in the 1970s. Ever since the 90s, he is primarily an audio mixer, with his most known work being in pop and RnB genres. He is an eighteen-time Grammy Award & three-time Latin Grammy Award winner and has, as of 2020, mixed over 188 singles and albums which reached number 1. Over his career, he has mixed a variety of work and contributed to albums and singles like The Hives's The Black And White Album, Air's Everybody Hertz, Limp Bizkit's New Old Songs, Jay-Z's In My Lifetime Vol. 1, Weezer's Ratitude, The Weeknd's Starboy & After Hours, Marina & The Diamonds' Electra Heart, One Republic's Native, Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing, Adele's 25, Mark Ronson's Uptown Special, BTS's Dynamite, Empire of the Sun's Ice on The Dune, 30 Seconds to Mars's Love Lust Faith + Dreams, Katy Perry's I Kissed A Girl, James Blunt's Once Upon A Mind and much more.
Ghenea has worked with Muse on the upcoming release, Will of the People, mixing most of the songs, exceptions being Won't Stand Down (which was mixed by Dan Lancaster) and Kill or Be Killed (mixed by Aleks Von Korff.
See also