Words and music Antipodeans 2021. Recorded and mixed at Grovehill Studio, Cornwall, and mastered by Dr Hackey at the Hackey Sack.

You And Me Vs The World

Meouge Sample 4

The Nebula collapses, its presence somehow drawn into the obsidian stone. With the anomaly now contained, The Astronaut feels a sense of calm resonate across the galaxy.

The Astronaut now turns their thoughts toward home. Having been displaced by The Nebula, they have not seen another life form since departing their world.

Once again, The Astronaut charts a course across the vast expanse of space....

Part 10, and the conclusion of my narrative in sound project called 'The Astronaut'

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Thank you so much to everyone that has listened to, liked, commented, and messaged me since I started uploading my noise to SoundCloud! Your encouragement has meant so much to me, and I have tremendously enjoyed exploring all of the aural worlds that others have shared on this platform.

I always wanted to try recording my own tracks and learn more about synthesis, but I was scared of how people would respond, and I've never thought of myself as very musical. When I first started this page, I described it as a sonic journal; a way for me to explore sound design, composition, and audio production.

Since so much of my electronic music inspiration is from video games, I thought it would be fun if I wrote a little story to go with each of my tracks. A lot of my earlier uploads focused on a character I simply called 'The Astronaut'. There wasn't much of a theme. Just a lone wanderer traveling through space, doing sci-fi adventure things. I started making up this whole little universe in my head while making those tracks, and I wanted to attempt composing a series that told a whole story about the character's origins.

In many ways this was my own story as well. I recorded and uploaded all of the tracks on this album as I composed them. For every follow up, I challenged myself to try new techniques. I have learned a lot from making these tracks, and it has been a really rewarding experience!

This album, soundtrack, or whatever it is, has ended up being exactly the sonic journal I imagined it as. A lot of the story beats follow my own life in the last year. Ranging anywhere from the excitement of starting this new journey in sound, the isolation of the pandemic, starting a new job, and just the general highs and lows that go with life.

If you read this whole description, thanks again! If you're also sharing your music on SoundCloud, I'm excited to keep listening to the outstanding work being shared!

Epilogue (Searching Pt. 2)

Aphica

Dogmen Temple

Wake Up!

Johnny B. Goode - My Coverversion

The Storm

“Father Burns (In His Cell)”

Sights to fill their eyes
Noise to fill their ears
All the show man can devise

Rod of gold for my mind
Four walls for my flesh
All to serve a higher life

Yet still I hold out
A hope for the past
And a hope for a new Passover
Free of the beast of Babylon

But I know it’s going to be a long time
Til I cast my eyes over
Over the land of paradise

Until then—I kneel
Down in silence
Until then—kneel
Down in darkness
Down in crooked crosses
Down in blasted wombs
Down in forked gossip
Down in cortex tombs

Nothing’s new under the sun
Variety beggars surprise
More and more makes man less than

Nothing’s old to the wise
Lost truths discovered anew
With empty hands man claims his prize

Yet still I hold out
A hope for the future
And a hope for a new higher culture
The renaissance of a pantheon

But I fear it’s going to be a long time
Til we lift our spirits higher
Higher to a new-world paragon

Until then—I kneel
Down in silence
Until then—kneel
Down in darkness
Down in heroes’ ashes
Down in wearied words
Down in exhausted passion
Down among the herds

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Music by Corey Ball
Lyrics by August Lysy

Mastered by Spencer Martin

Father Burns (In His Cell)

Keys

Hold on, little girl
Show me what he's done to you
Stand up, little girl
A broken heart can't be that bad
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on, baby, come on over
Let me be the one to show you...

Mr. Big - To Be With You (re disco ver ''Hold On, Little Girl'' Greens and Blues reMix) back to 91

Lifeboats set adrift across global oceans. From Cornwall and New Zealand. Fans of freeware. Love music. Lighthouse by Jeremy Eden. Alien Chestnut by Rock Hodgson.