VSTs used:

- East West Hollywood Strings
- East West Hollywood Brass 
- East West Hollywood Woodwinds
- East West Hollywood Percussion

- Cinesamples 90s Retro Trumpets
- NI Kontakt Library Organ

"Also sprach Zarathustra" - Fanfare  (Richard Strauss Cover)

The myth of Daidalos (or Daedalus) and Icarus tells the story of a father who built gigantic wax wings for his son and warned him not to fly too close to the sun. Icarus ignored his father's warning, his wings melted and he crashed to the ground. But why should he not succeed?

In my interpretation, it is Daidalos himself who flies too high, but with his inventive mind manages to push the limits of what is possible and he overcomes gravity. He touches the sky with the power of his inventive mind alone.

This song is about people who lock us in a cage of self-doubt and fear, who want to keep us from our passions, our inventiveness and our dreams, and try to break the individual, reshapeing the broken parts according to their ideas and beliefs.

It is a hymn for the individual creative mind.

© & ℗ 2022 by Julian Auringer

DAIDALOS

The architect is the person who moves the world, so THE ARCHITECTS THEME is the leitmotif to my PHAETHON suite. You find references to it in all songs of the album, except DAIDALOS.

THE ARCHITECTS THEME

When I wrote this song it was originally in 4/4. I thought that I could make it more interesting with odd meters. It was inspired by early Mike Oldfield albums, Tangerine Dream, Magma (later third of the track) and Synthwave. The first track I ever completed in this style.

PHAETHON

"Hymn 1333" was not only inspired by Mike Oldfields "Incantations" (the single "Guilty" was a main inspiration for my album) and Yes, but also by the possibilities of the human mind. Maybe it's the most classical inspired track of the album and the one bending the synthwave genre as far as possible.

The individual is capable of the greatest inventions. This is his hymn.

HYMN 1333

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Recorded with Cakewalk by BandLab.

Solo Violin: Embertone Joshue Bell Violin
Orchestral Strings: Eastwest Hollywood Strings Gold
Solo Cello (2nd Movement): Cinesamples Tina Guo Cello

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Concertino For Violin Nb 1 - Movement 1 (Passacaglia)

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Crossing the lines between Synthwave, Progressive Rock and Classical Music. Obsessed with odd meters and polyrhythms.

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