For the Willow Wept… (Sunrise Edition)
Release Date: June 24, 2017
© 2017 Keith Richie

For the Willow Wept… (Sunrise Edition) holds a deeply personal place in my heart. While the original version was released in 2012, the journey toward its completion began four years earlier—and it was anything but easy.

During that time, I was navigating an emotional storm. Sitting down to compose felt nearly impossible. When I could gather the energy, I might play a few notes, sketch an idea, or tweak a voice—but more often than not, I’d walk away. Days turned into weeks, weeks into months. The weight of everything I was experiencing made it difficult to focus, and each return to the project often pulled me deeper into a place I was trying to escape.

In retrospect, it’s no surprise that the album drifts between emotional highs and lows—it mirrors the state of my life during those years.

By late 2011 and early 2012, something changed. I began to reclaim my passion for music, bolstered by the support and encouragement of those close to me. I took the six tracks I had and began shaping them into something complete. I didn’t want to release an EP, so I included a reprise of Sea Dragon—essentially the same track with a new intro and outro—to bring balance to the album.

Then, something unexpected happened: I found inspiration.

A piece I’d been struggling with suddenly came together. That track became For the Willow Weeps Underneath the Stormy Skies, and it resonated with me so deeply that I named the entire album after it. Through the presence of someone very close to my heart, I found the strength to finish what I had started.

Although the original album released in June 2012, I always knew I’d return to it. Years later, with new perspective and growth as a composer, I revisited the project. I remastered the original tracks, removed the two earlier versions of Sea Dragon, and kept only the Reprise. I also wrote three new pieces to fully realize the album as a complete emotional arc—one that finally reflects the depth I had envisioned from the beginning.

For the Willow Wept… (Sunrise Edition) is a story of emotional resilience—of navigating darkness and finding the courage to move toward the light. It’s about owning your story, embracing your pain, and realizing that only you have the power to shape your future.

We all face sorrow—but even the longest night eventually gives way to dawn.

This edition is dedicated to my wife, who showed me what true happiness is.
She is my sunrise.
She is my Willow.

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For The Willow Weeps Underneath the Stormy Skies

Paradox 1

ETHEREAL AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES INSPIRED BY GAME OF THRONES AND THE  LORD OF THE RINGS AND MANY OTHERS. RELAX, ENJOY AND DRIFT AWAY.

VANYAR'S HYMN

This is my first release ever and part of the awesome Glitch Beach Compilation Vol 1 by Fusion Culture Records 
https://fusionculture.bandcamp.com/releases

P.O.K.A - Deep Process

@khromi

https://therustmusic.bandcamp.com/album/oxidized-vol-2-2

Oxidized Vol. 2 out 12/12
Mastered by MALAKAI

Khromi - Apparition

This is a tribute to a dear friend who suddenly and unexpectedly departed this dimension for a realm of a different frequency. 
Released on his birthday, May the 4th resonate in my heart forever.
((( <3 )))

The Dissolution Experience

In loving memory of my Grandma, You will be missed.

Shoji

This was my live set for Moontribe's Blue Moon FMG Live Stream on Halloween 2020. We all adopted spooky names for the show, so I chose to be Maggula, complete with costume. 

Video of this set is available here: https://youtu.be/kLFLU5Gshz4

Tracklist:

Dillard - Center of One  
High Dude feat Alicia Kiah - Introvert Activism  
Aphasia - Cingulate  
Ojini Project - No One But Him  
MushDub - Energy Of The Universe  
ElectrowaveZ - Tropical Rainforest  
Skysia - Dusk (Akal Dub Remix)  
5AM - Dripstone ft. Eviali  
Hibernation - Jello & Jaice (Lazy Summer Acid Mix)  
Somatoast - Big Pimplin'  
HNGVR - I Was Just...  
Kalya Scintilla - Woodland Womp  
AtyyA - Adhitthana (Duffrey Remix)  
Bop - Weird Thing  
Erothyme - Human Rising (feat. Natalie Lain & Amalgamy)  
Nym - Subnatural  
Paul B - Blues  
Infrequency - Higher Mind  
Amawalk - Golden Wing  
Amphep Ram On - Abstract Vision  
Zen Baboon - Cymru

Count Maggula

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The Glitch Wizard - Moonsteppa

Greetings! Here within lies 4 sonic journeys through time and space, within, and without.

These are still works in progress but they are well enough into intention and sound to be able to give you a preview of each track and the directions they are going! Timestamps of the names will be included on the waveform as well.

Love and Light,
Stephen Shanti

New Album Preview (Works In Progress)

For my wonderful partner.
May I always be blessed to be yours in this life.

Your Love Is My Universe

For booking or other inquiries:
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The Dissolution Experience

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