From "Response", now available from planetboelex.bandcamp.com

Hope

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“The Silver Key" by H.P. Lovecraft, published in 1929, follows Randolph Carter, a character known from other Lovecraft stories, who is experiencing a crisis. Once a dreamer and adventurer in the realms of imagination and the occult, Carter finds himself disillusioned with the mundane reality of adulthood. He yearns for the lost enchantment of his youth, where his dreams allowed him to explore wondrous and arcane landscapes. His despair leads him to seek a way back to this lost magic, which he believes can only be achieved through a mystical key, the Silver Key, that once belonged to his ancestor.

Carter's journey takes him through various mystical and philosophical reflections, leading him to the realization that the key might not be a literal object but a metaphor for unlocking one's perception beyond the limitations of conventional reality. He consults with an old hermit, who suggests that the key might be found in one's inner self or through a communion with the cosmos. This quest culminates in Carter's visit to an ancient, forgotten place where he encounters a gate guarded by strange, otherworldly entities. Here, he finally grasps the Silver Key, which symbolizes his acceptance of the fluidity of time, identity, and reality, allowing him to transcend his earthly existence and re-enter the dream-worlds of his youth

The Silver Key

"Dobru noc, ma mila, dobru noc;
Necht' ti je sam Pan Buh na pomoc.
Dobru noc, dobre spi;
Necht' se ti snivaju sladke sny.
Dobru noc, dobre spi;
Necht' se ti snivaju sladke sny.
Dobru noc, ma mila dobru noc.
Necht' ti je sam Pan Buh na pomoc.
Dobru noc, dobre spi;
Necht' se ti snivaju o mne sny.
Dobru noc, dobre spi;
Necht' se ti snivaju o mne sny, o mne sny."

Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, "An Icy Night" (1898)

Dobrú Noc

Photograph: Project 24 Operation Hardtack (National Archives)

Music for Ash and Sea

Many thanks to Noah Hendricks whose vocals gave life to a piano demo.
Written and produced by Phoenix York

Fragments of Loving Spores (feat. Noah Hendricks)

"It was cold and dark, but the warmth came from within. Like a burning, like a blooming of flesh and steel. Ten by ten thousand, it came and went without sound or prayer. Only light, and heat. There was never anything half as pure, never a greater antiseptic. Once the light had fled, there were only the empty homes left behind in quiet and dignity. Only rooms without light or shadow, bare of window or door."

Music for Empty Homes

"Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
 Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
 Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem."
 
"Give back my father, give back my mother;
 Give grandpa back, grandma back;
 Give my sons and daughters back.
 Give me back myself,
 Give back the human race.
 As long as this life lasts, this life,
 Give back peace
 That will never end."

Photograph by Yōsuke Yamahata: "Before noon on August 10, 1945, a mother and her son have received a boiled rice ball from an emergency relief party. One thousand and two hundred meters south-southeast of Ground Zero, Nagasaki."

Music for Knife and Lamb

Godspeed Phuong (Aaron Marshall Remix)

From the "Farther Things" release. Available on vinyl @Bandcamp

The Silver Key

aaronmarshall

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