SYNTHGRINDER  Shapieron

This is a total break from anything I have tried before.
Always, I would endeavor to work within some type of harmonic framework.
So, wouldn't it be a No No
to select instruments, which for the most part were detuned,
and even some that were clear expressions of dissonance...
and how about all those artifacts? 

But here you have it,
where artifacts rule the day.
...

To begin this SoundTrack,
an audio clip was taken from
The Falcon Rumble:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImoQqNyRL8Y&t=289s
beginning at 3:37,
and using LOGIC's FlexTime to stretch it out,
deepening the rumble.

...

Artwork by: Pascal Beekmans
https://www.behance.net/gallery/33500655/BRevenge

While this magnificent space craft may little resemble
the one envisioned by its author,
this image, nevertheless, 
put me back in my early years of Science Fiction binge reading.

...

From the Science Fiction author, James P. Hogan.
[Giant's Series:   
[..... Inherit the Stars                  
[..... Gentle Giants of Ganymede
[.....  Giant's Star

The Ganymean Ship, Shapieron, 
has returned from a runaway flight, which trapped its crew 
in relativistic time dilation for 25 million years, local time.

After regaining control of the ship, 
it was slowed to reenter the solar system...
only to find their home planet destroyed 
and a new breed of vertebrates occupying Sol's space lanes.

Shapieron

One topic of interest I am perennially attracted to 
is the study of consciousness.
I imagine that we all become aware of our universe 
on many planes of existence,
such that our individual physical bodies 
are but a momentary fluctuation of that awareness.

A recurring concept is one of always being 
on the threshold of a waking dream.
In building this composition, 
I was also reminded of the title of a song
written by one of my favorite masters, Johann Sebastian Bach:
“Wachet Auf”, or in English, “Wake Up”.
Alternatively, we have also called it “Sleepers Awaken”.

I wanted to create some new (to my ears) instruments,
that would seem to evoke a sense 
of just coming into that wakeful state,
and picking up on the theme of Bach’s melody, 
just as the song is ending.

I also wanted to try to alter the chords somewhat
to generate a set of harmonics,
which might correspond to that same mood of wakefulness.

In searching for an image for this composition,
this photograph, which seems so like a painting,
left me feeling unsure whether I was seeing reality or illusion.

Photo by: Kamala R Chakravarthy
https://www.photo.net/8445037#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-2

Sleepers Awaken

Photography by:
Myles Tan
https://unsplash.com/@mylestan

When you were just kids,
and swung ever so high,
did you sometimes imagine
you could almost Kick the Sky?

Kick The Sky

Image Photo by:
Casey Horner
https://unsplash.com/photos/dWDjJ6AYMJ0

I had enjoyed hearing some of the great reverb used by
one of our excellent SoundCloud composers, 
Ricardo Da Silva:  https://soundcloud.com/hobbits-odyssey
he advised me on the Spaces 2 reverb from EastWest.

So, I took it for a test ride on this composition.

I started off with what I thought was an original idea,
but it occurred to me how much it kept feeling 
like it could be built on top of Vangelis's score, Alpha.

So, I decided to wander off into an homage of a scant segment of Alpha.

As I was finishing it off, the final chords sounded a lot like
Bach's Toccata in D minor,
...so what the heck...
Since the instrument I had built for this song 
sounded almost good enough to substitute for a baroque organ, 
I just went with it.

Maybe a dash of Ave Maria in a slightly different light, as well.

Signal To Alpha

Norse Mythology:

As the Greatest Warriors are slain, they step from this life to the next,
Where beyond the farthest horizon to the North lies Asgard.
In the midst of this Heroic abode stands the Great Hall of Valhalla.
As the Warriors enter through the multitude of Grand Gateways into Valhalla
they are heralded to join the Mightiest of their ancestors.


Photo by: Alexander Zelinskiy
https://www.photo.net/10988493#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1

Valhalla

A great big THANK YOU to https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
for giving this SoundTrack a fantastic Tune Up.
Much appreciated, Sander.

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Prepare to exit HyperDrive and drop to Warp
as we are now approaching M51...

We will shortly be passing through the Halo
and arcing past the core of the Parent Galaxy
for a brief viewing from the observation lounge.

While there, we will be recharging our energy matrix
and upgrading the spatial grid
for future core transports.

Please stay secured as we will resume HyperDrive
within moments of transit.
Enjoy the view.

Photo NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/messier-51-the-whirlpool-galaxy

This song begins and ends with a sampling 
of the radio frequencies emanating from the planet, Saturn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XktDGaQcpo

Whirlpool (REMASTERED by "Wane of Summer")

Our music can be found by visiting our main page here (https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs)

SYNTHGRINDER Shapieron

Mountain Man reposts