The Fun: The Seed

It was a summer afternoon in 2009 when Rasma and Almy were in front of their computer with their  music production tools. They were starting to understand the most of the mysteries hidden in these tools and to use them more confidently than before, when suddenly Rasma started to act so mischieviously and started to place notes in a piano roll of a sampler with a sound of a harp so that they finally sounded just like Tetris' Music Type A. Almy and Rasma just laughed at this, but what was just an excuse to make fun continued to be seriously developed. This development went on and on 'til it swiftly became quite a remix with its danceabe techno-style drums, its russian chords, its key signature (which still continues to be A minor), and a well-defined musical form.

However, the technological advance was becoming each time faster and faster, and having the chance to make even better music, their former version for Tetris song sounded so crappy. So, as they modernized their equiment for music, Rasma and Almy continued to make more upgrades for Tetris as well as for other of their songs like Midnight to Daylight or Pretty Lover. At the same time, they also investigated about the origin of this song. They found out that music type A from Tetris was a russian popular folk song called Korobeiniki which means "peddlers".

When the technological advance gave a clear direction to Rasma and Almy's music, they renamed as GENESIS. And so, what in the beginning was just an excuse to make fun grew stronger and better 'til it became what at AnimeRock 2010 we all met as

Tetris - Korobeiniki (GENESIS remix)

Here's the final result

GENESIS' First Inspiration

This was the first theme that Genesis chose to remix. This theme was very significant for many of the young people or their generation.

 

Tetris became such a well-known game specially for the Game Boy console. Rasma and Almy were part of numerous crowd that spent hours and hours just playing tetris in this modern and sofisticated console.

Music type A eventually became the most significant theme for this game. It was through tetris that this russian popular song formerly knowns as "Korobeiniki" became an anthem for gamers, among which Rasma and Almy were, too.

 

 

 As time passed Rasma & Almy were learning how to play and make music. Inspired by this theme they felt tempted to play a prank and so their remix for Korobeiniki from Tetris was born.

In the next entry there will be more information about Genesis' prank and the enormous impact that it caused all around the world.

ALMENDRA Medina Santillanes

ALMENDRA Medina Santillanes was born on May 20th, 1988 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. The youngest of three sisters in a musician family, she was fascinated and interested in musical arts from a very early age taking several family musical lessons during her childhood.

Influenced by her sisters and friends, Almendra grew up with a special love of videogames and anime, which during her early days, were gaining importance in all México.

Almendra took her first piano lessons at age 6, but it wasn't until age 12, when she was interested by the opera and she joined the Sinaloa Opera Choir, performing in plenty of cultural events in all the state of Sinaloa.

She also won 1st places in singing and declamation scholar contests, gaining a lot of fame among young and old people.

On December 2002, during a Christmas Festival, Almendra besides her sister Rasma impressed the crowd by performing a japanese song titled 3 Primary Colors, a theme from the well-known anime Digimon Tamers.

At age 17, Almendra started to perform at different anime conventions in Culiacán, many times besides her sisters, singing covers of famous anime songs and gaining a great acceptation among the otaku/freaky crowd.

At age 20, she began to receive several invitations to be part of the panel of judges in several talent contests in anime conventions and other otaku events in Culiacán.

In the year 2008, Almendra discovered her fascination for electronic music and so, along with Rasma, she started to get knowledge about electronic music subgenres, DJ and music production.

On november of that same year, Almendra and Rasma formed the electro-pop duo Starstorm, and so, they started releasing several good singles like Midnight to Daylight, Pretty Lover, None's Better Than You and Glamourous Night (which was greatly accepted among young girls). Starstorm performed at several local events and private parties making the entire city dance.

At the beginning of 2010, Almendra and Rasma gave life to what today we know as Genesis DJ duo, taking in consideration their love of anime and videogames and all the music around them, they started remixing diverse famous themes that soon had many plays and good comments on the Internet. Genesis DJ duo also remixed a famous theme by Michael Jackson, titled You Rock My World, getting to become quite a Hit on the web.

GENESIS currently continues to cause a great sensation in México and many other countries all around the world, as with their cool live shows as with their latest otaku/freaky remixes.

RASMA Medina Santillanes

RASMA Medina Santillanes was born in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico on April 23rd, 1983. From a very early age, she showed great talents for music and a great fascination for videogames and anime, which led her to study music autodidactically. At age 13, she took piano lessons at UAS Music School. Several months later, influenced notoriusly by Michael Jackson, she composed her first song, and since then she keeps on composing.

On may 2000, She joins the Sinaloa Opera Choir, and as she appears in several stagings (operas, concerts, musical comedies, etc.), she learns to sing and act. The influence of the opera leads her to make incursions to classic music composition and to rework some videogame themes, which improves notoriously her music-composition skills.

After making some vocal experiments, she discovers her singing voice. So, she and her sister Almendra gather for the first time as a duo, and on December 2002 during a Cristmas Festival, they surprise the crowd singing a cover of the japanese song 3 Primary Colors, a theme for the anime Digimon Tamers.

Later, in the spring of 2004, Rasma debuts as a singer-songwriter in a music festival of UAS Computer Science School (she was studying for such degree, back then), where she swiftly became famous for her release What I Feel.

Once consolidated as a singer and songwriter, she didn't hesitate make more appearances in many other local events, where she got a great fame.

But her fascination for anime and videogames was so great that in the summer of 2005 she made her first performance at an anime convention. And so, at Sugoi Festa 2, she sings Catch you-Catch me from Card Captor Sakura, getting a great fame among the otaku crowd.

Later on November 2006, RASMA receives the great ovation by her great performance singing just like Freddie Mercury during a Tribute to Queen, along with the band Aleph Liverpool, the Sinaloa Opera Choir, and the Sinaloa de Las Artes Symphonic Orchestra. It was such a resounding success that this show was staged again in November of the next year.

On september 2007, RASMA displays her unique scenic talents during the staging of a zarzuela titled La Verbena de la Paloma, where she is greatly applauded for playing the role of Aunt Antonia.

On January 2008, she leaves the opera choir and makes incursions to electronic music production along with Almendra, and so, on November of thar same year, both of them were consolidated as an electronic music duo which they named Starstorm.

Since then, Rasma's career has made progress at same than Almendra's. Together they've had great achievements as Starstorm and as GENESIS.

Electronic Music with the coolest Approaches

Genesis is a mexican electronic music duo consisting of the sisters RASMA Medina and ALMENDRA Medina.

Specialized in DJing and music Production, GENESIS' great innovation lays on their special focus on remixing themes from videogames and anime.

The way they combine these themes with the kindest electronic music subgenres like Club-House, Electro or Tribal is qualified as outstanding, exotic and awesome.

From a very early age, the sisters Rasma & Almendra have been characterized for their musical talents and for their fascination for the videogames and anime (Japanese cartoons) and the great display of arts these entailed.

After studyng music at various schools, and performing as singers at severals local anime conventions (by the middle of 2000's), their need for expressing their own musical compositions led them to make incursions to the electronic music production.

At the end of 2008, their musical talents, combined with their french influences and the music that now the were capable to create, allowed Rasma and Almy to consolidate as an electronic-music duo with they called Starstorm, with which they started promoting themselves in their city and on the internet by releasing songs like Midnight to Daylight and Pretty Lover, getting to play amazing french touch DJsets in several private parties and some other local public events.

As new influences and new technologies opened their music to plenty of new possibilities turning their Pop/RnB sytle to a loud and adorable Minimal/House/Club style, Rasma and Almendra found that their music was claiming for a new name for their duo; and so, ther were renamed as GENESIS.

Once consolidated as GENESIS, they released the auto-reworks for Midnight to Daylight and Pretty Lover, the brand new Brown Sexy Boy and their amazing ClubMix for Michael Jackson's You Rock My World, which has been listened all around the world.

On December 2010, during the AnimeRock artistical anime convention in Mazatlan, Mexico, GENESIS surpirsed the world with 3 DJsets consisting all in lots of anime/videogame themes remixed by themselves achieving to make all the otaku/freakies get up and dance to their music. Being Ryu Stage Theme, Tetris' Korobeiniki and Caramelldansen the remixes that become crowd's favorite at the moment.

Since then GENESIS have played at plenty of events in Sinaloa. Their each time greater music causes a great sensation in Mexico and many other countries like United States, France, United Kingdom and Japan.

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