Hail to the Tide!
Honoured by the sea,
Journey to the fathoms in bravery!

Us you will guide,
Bravest of the brave!
Even should the ocean become your grave!

May you return,
Victory in hand,
May you once again tread on steady land!

Glory you'll earn,
Echo shall your name
In the books of history, crowned in fame!

Onward, to the darkest chasms!
May you never falter,
And may your way be led by Song!

Onward, to the deepest fathoms!
May the light protect you,
May you return triumphant, strong!

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"The Song of Fathoms", colloquially also known as "Oscillation", is a popular tune well-known around Lumen. Despite this, it remains a musical piece surrounded by discussion and dispute. In spite of the fact that we know exactly how old the piece is, and who the original author is, certain events and clauses of history mean that we cannot reliably verify its true arrangement and original text.

[...] [F]ollowing the formalities, as the observers cheered on, the first expeditionary [Diver] force - 'The Pioneers', with Akarad at the fore -  descended the cave system and dived into its waters, following the path until they disappeared from sight. At their descent, a musical piece, then called "The Song of Fathoms", was performed by the Scholars' Orchestra of the Scholars of Markor. The piece itself was commissioned for the ceremony collectively by the High Convocation, and the performance was conducted by the Chambermaster of the orchestra, Ingrid Jura.
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The Song Of Fathoms (Band Version)

Not much is known about First Lieutenant August Gideshu, the author of the song, himself. Supposedly an Adretian in origin, his unusual surname seems to indicate an older lineage, likely one reaching back to the Pre-Tidal epochs, when the Adretian peoples were contained within their mountain homelands, squabbling as scattered tribes. The Gideshu family name appears several times in various historical Authority records, though never in a rank higher than First Lieutenant.

Authority records indicate that August Gideshu served aboard the Central Authority Sailing-Ship (or CASS) 'Zephyr', under Captain Hector Corbet. Little else is known about this ship's crew or specifications, aside from the fact that it served in the Eastern Luminant, and experienced several clashes involving the Etrean Navy, in which they emerged victorious. Gideshu himself is noted as having distinguished himself in one battle by bolstering crew morale during an Etrean boarding - possibly by starting to sing the eponymous march, suggesting his fellow crew were familiar with his penmanship.
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The Gideshu March (Band Version)

happy new year 2024!
(belated upload because... i Forgor :skull:)

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Carol of Resonances

THEN, NONE WILL WALK. NONE WILL REMAIN.
WE WILL HAVE BEEN THE LAST.

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Trailer track made for the 2024 Deepwoken trailer found here:
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Call Of The Deep (Deepwoken Trailer)

"This is a bedding plane, formed when the rock was being laid down as sediment on a seabed. Strata movement has prised the sides of the plane apart millions of years later, water has worked to burnish an absence between them, and our onwards route is into this deep time space, this deep time vice.

[...]

In that vanishing point, neither of us speaks. Language is crushed. We are anyway too busily engaged building structures within ourselves that might house our spirits, for the pressure here is immense, a weight of rock and time bearing down upon us from every direction with an intensity I have never experienced before, turning us fast to stone. It is a fascinating and terrible place, and not one that can be borne for long."

( - Robert Macfarlane, 'Underland')
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Blackdamp Ballad (Lonesome Version)

Mortals
Often gaze at the heavens,
Shrouded in moonlight -

Night-sky,
Cloaked in darkness and shade,
Whispers an invite:

Starlight shimmers,
Skies grow dimmer;
Stars are falling -
Hear them calling!

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But in my heart, I know... One day, we will all return to the stars.

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A Light In The Sky (Band Version)

...And to all - a good fright!

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Joyous Hallows To All!

And remember: whether you're a warrior, a merchant, or a friar - the Carnival of Hearts is for your heart's desire!

…We're still working on that tagline.
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A Carousel Of Hearts

"TIRIS - the bittersweet awareness that all things must end

[...] Other times, the impermanence of everything around us feels haunting. To think that a thousand-year-old cathedral won't always be there. That entire cities can be forgotten in a manner of decades, vibrant languages dwindled into obscurity, fearsome gods relinquished to old books, old books turned to dust. How casually the world discards our work, with nothing but a shrug.

[...]

The mountains too are steadily crumbling away, inch by inch, year by year, soon to be recycled back into the fiery mantle from which they came. Alas, even the world is not long for this world, soon to be swallowed up by the sun. Soon enough the stars will burn out, too, leaving little else but an echo of radiation, reverberating into a heatless void. And there will be no way to tell that time is passing at all."

( - John Koenig, 'The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows')
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"adomania
(n.) the sense that the future is arriving ahead of schedule, that all of those years with fanciful names are bursting from their hypothetical cages into an arena of the present, furiously bucking your grip while you slip around in your saddle, with one hand reaching for the reins, the other waving up high like a schoolkid who finally knows the answer to the question."

( - John Koenig, 'The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows')
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11:59

" 'Mark now the proof I give thee, that the brave
Need no such aids as Superstition lends,
To steel their hearts against the dread of Death.' "

[...]

"But 'twas a transient calm. A storm was near,
An unsuspected storm. His hour was come.
The impious challenger of power divine
Was now to learn that Heaven, though slow to wrath,
Is never with impunity defied."

( - William Cowper, "The Task", Book VI, 'The Winter Walk At Noon')
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ELEISON

i make music and suck at videogames 

currently working on the OST for Deepwoken, a Monad Studios game! B)

commissions currently closed! but i am happy to pass along any offers to fellow musicians.

any inquiries? contact me here, on Bluesky (@naktigonis.bsky.social), or via my business email, tenebrousgravelord@gmail.com

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i make my music entirely by ear, as i can hardly read notes. i originally made this profile to showcase my music to friends, but over time it developed into a more public showcase - therefore, feel free to browse!

enjoy the music while you're here - maybe you'll find something to your liking B)

New tracks tagged #ragoozer