We Got This - Side Two

Heaven On Earth

Sometimes you leave. Sometimes you get left. Sometimes there's only one way to deal with it.

One Tequila

Ruined Lovin'

Let the War begin

A full-length orchestral narrative told in twenty movements, blending the architecture of early counterpoint with the tension of a crime drama. Each track unfolds like a chapter in a case file: solemn organ and strings open the investigation, harpsichord patterns tick like forensic clocks, and solo lines for cello, violin, oboe, and continuo sketch the emotional terrain of detectives, witnesses, suspects, and shifting clues.

The middle movements tighten into layered fugues, sharp dances, and atmospheric recitatives as evidence accumulates and motives collide. Elegant misdirections, analytical motifs, and shadowed harmonies push the story deeper into confrontation and revelation.

The final stretch builds toward judgment: a rising passacaglia, triumphant brass, and a canon of interlocking voices. The closing fugue gathers every motif in the album, weaving them into a towering resolution where each theme finds its place in the larger design. A full dramatic arc captured entirely through acoustic instruments, structural clarity, and noir-infused gravitas.

FINALE: Fugue of Justice

Confession Aria

The Quick and the Quiet

Justice Canon

Courtroom Passacaglia

Aftermath Elegy

You Make It Real

Just some chord noodling led me to this banger (IMHO). Something energetic for the chilly weather perhaps? Anyway, as always, listen and hopefully enjoy.

Hold the Line

FIRST LOVE — Part 4: Forever Light marks the spiritual and emotional climax of the musical.
After journeying through innocence, passion, and memory, the music finally opens into a world of transcendence and inner peace.

Built on radiant string harmonies and expansive choral textures, this movement rises like a spiritual sunrise. The central motif returns fully transformed — brighter, purer, and filled with emotional clarity.

In Forever Light, the protagonist reaches the deepest understanding of his life:
love does not end; it evolves, expands, and becomes eternal.
This is the moment where pain dissolves, memory becomes light, and the heart is lifted beyond time.

A movement of elevation, peace, truth, and luminous beauty.

FIRST LOVE — Parte 4: Forever Light es el clímax espiritual y emocional del musical.
Tras atravesar la inocencia, la pasión y la memoria, la música se abre aquí a un mundo de trascendencia y paz interior.

Construido sobre armonías radiantes de cuerdas y un coro amplio y luminoso, este movimiento se eleva como un amanecer espiritual. El motivo principal regresa completamente transformado — más brillante, más puro y lleno de claridad emocional.

En Forever Light, el protagonista alcanza la comprensión más profunda de su vida:
el amor no termina; se transforma, se expande y se vuelve eterno.
Es el momento en que el dolor se disuelve, la memoria se convierte en luz y el corazón se eleva más allá del tiempo.

Un movimiento de elevación, paz, verdad y belleza luminosa.

FIRST LOVE - Fleeting Fire (The Grand Musical)

Next Sunrise has lived with me a long time and I'm so happy to finally share it.

Next Sunrise

Santé Tisé Une Guitare

Infini

That's it. The battle is over. You can rest now, warrior.

Half Past Battlefield

Mystic Umbra (bonus track)

Heavy and psychedelic electronic bass music.
Exploring the space between thoughts...

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Volant Records is a story-driven label and shared universe: cinematic concept albums, stutter-house, western sagas, haunted pop, and hymn-like instrumentals. Home to Jupiter Morrow, Avaline Ingels, Shadow Face, Buck Ramble, Choralith and more. All Worlds Reserved®.

Composer & creator of FIRST LOVE, an original two-act symphonic musical built on a single evolving leitmotif.
A work of emotional depth, structured with a full Broadway/West End dramatic architecture — from the “I Want” opening to a true Eleven-O’Clock climax, concluding in a universal message of legacy and renewal.
Based in Tenerife, Spain.

I have been creating music since my misspent youth. Every song has a story.

I started with sample based tracks via Dance eJay and Acid Music on my x486 PC, the output from which I would describe as interpretive.

My first writing from scratch started with the glorious Yamaha RM1x and subsequently the Yamaha RS7000. With limited responsibility and seemingly endless weekends, I found the creative spark.

I have diddled a bit with my Teenage Engineering OP-1, Novation Circuit and Korg Electribe 2 (see tracks for evidence), and I briefly touched the Native Instruments Maschine MK2 but I didn't have the PC power to run with that.

Once Akai announced the MPC Live, I was positively salivating and purchased on release.

It has always been about an all in one box solution for me, and now I am only limited by my own creativity and precious free time (thanks, kids).

I write things that I like to listen to, but commercial music this is not. I could see my music in a game, artsy video or fever dream.

At least, when it's all done, I can say that I made some nice noise, even if nobody else thinks so.

Gordy (AKA Fischen Vikker).

Avec ou sans voix  🍁🏺🗽🏔🏔☀️🌀🏴‍☠️🎭

Ceci c'est de l'art⚡🔥🌊🔮🎰🔍💲☢☣✡⚧〽️

This Saskatoon born, Toronto based, singer-songwriter has quietly become one of the bright lights on the Canadian folk/pop music scene. With her aching vibrato and prairie roots, her work has been consistently praised by listeners and music critics alike for her captivating voice and exceptional songwriting.

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