This is part 4 of a 13 part suite that comprises 2012's Triskaidekaphilia. Initially, the traps provide a mellow exposition to acquaint the listener to the soundscape that is beginning to materialize. The Triskaidekaphilia cadence/ motif is then initiated for a short time before falling into a more open groove, all the while the roiling soundscape becomes increasingly more turbulent. The piece then takes on a "Space Metal in 7/4" quality as it marches out, ultimately leaving the listener ought but the primordial soundscape that gave it rise.

Triskaidekaphilia Part IV

Save a Prayer (Remix)

The track comes from 2010's MSG Side II. The picture comes from 1986's Rygar.

Radio

Midnight Sun attempts to produce a more readily consumable track, proving yet again that he is unable to do so.

Top 5

One microphone captures live drumming over soundscapes.

Tomorrow's Yesterday and Eastern Standard

Sacrament of Reconciliation was originally presented as a djembe composition in 2001. The concept was to join together rhythms of different time signatures that shared the same "route rhythm." These rhythms included one that was in 5/4 (the route rhythm) with two similar yet expanded rhythms in 6/4. Although the 2020 version trades out djembes for drum set, it continues to share an intro and outro that are in line with the original rhythms. Once you get into the body of the piece; however, the idea of binding together different rhythms has been expanded as there is also a rhythm in 7/4 (along with the previously included rhythms  in 5/4 and 6/4). Melodic and harmonic components have been utilized in the 2020 update, blending synth voices with simulations of analog instruments. If the joining together of things that appear on their surface to be incompatible is a priority, then this jubilee celebration is for you. Let's hold hands, y'all!

Sacrament of Reconciliation: 2020 Jubilee

The boys host an old friend for a pop by and lo-fi summer jam.

Hawks Way - Entertaining a Distinguished Guest

Subtitled "Splendours of a Melancholic Empire;" Byzantium comes from my second full-length effort, 2005's Prima Materia. The piece strives to convey the ethos conveyed by the long faces of classic iconography, the decadence of the architecture that continues to attest to the "East meets West" nature of this great culture, and the liberal tolerance that it's citizens were encouraged to enjoy.

Byzantium

"Eternal: We look not at the things which are what you would call 'seen,' but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, and the things which are not seen are eternal." This song was given to my Mother for a couple reasons. Firstly; she first read to me the book from which the quote comes (Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time"). Secondly, she has always paid close attention to the immaterial world where thoughts, prayers, love, intention, and spirit are the things that matter...and she taught us to do the same. Thank you; Sandy (and Aunt Beast), for your loving guidance.

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