Alchemical Catharsis: Composed, arranged, performed and produced by Evandro B. Lira aka Vintage Mutation.

Cover Art / Photo: Evandro Lira aka Vintage Mutation.

— Alchemical Catharsis: Is a term used in the context of Carl Jung’s interpretation of alchemy. According to Jung, alchemical catharsis is the first stage of transformation in the alchemical process. It is a state of disorder and disintegration that is comparable to the confession/catharsis phase of psychoanalysi. — The alchemical process of transformation has four distinct stages: Nigredo, Albedo, Citrinitas, and Rubedo. — These stages are the framework of Jung’s characterization of the four stages of character transformation: Confession, Illumination, Education, and Transformation, culminating in the completion of the Magnum Opus and the attainment of self-realization.

Alchemical Catharsis

Cleaning the basement today I realized it's been about 10 years since I last played any of my drums, so I dusted them off and recorded a little something. I also found my old flute which hasn't been played in even longer, and added that to the mix. The didgeridoo is played by me too, though I can't really play it properly. This is a pretty rough take slapped together in a couple hours, but had fun messing around. :)
Best experienced loud(ish), with headphones

instruments played:
  -Wind:  flute, didgeridoo 
  -Drums: djembe, congas (2), talking drum
  -Percussion: maracas, cowbells, calabash, small log drum

here's a version with (my) voices added. See which you prefer...
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/flute-loops-jam-with-voices

Image designed & created with Dall-E

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here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

Flute Loops & Jam (*original version*)

Lost Ghost

This song was written for a female vocalist, but unfortunatly she declined. If you're interested in doing some vocals please contact me.
I've reworked it into an instrumental dreamy, lo-fi kind of song. Full of reverie and melancholy.

Raindrops

In these chaotic and threatening times, this Great Speech(Charlie Chaplin) in the Movie The Great Dictator from 1940  is more relevant and heart-wrenching to me than ever before. I hope you enjoy this song. I played the piano and electric guitar myself.
 I unfortunately can't play the piano, but I'm trying to use my keyboard more in my music, I improvised." Hope you like it 🎹🎸

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Should Have.

Felt like letting go today. A rock number seemed to match the mood I was in. Some times I am amazed how closely a melody generated by Suno can come to the melodies  sang the lyrics with myself. When I write, I don't conciously work on the melody, I just sing the lyric.  the natural rythm of the words?
Any way I loved this one as soon as I heard heard the vocal start. All I had to do was to extend the song as it ran into the 4 minute max on Suno. I spliced the two parts of the song together in Audacity and did a little editing to suit my tastes. 
One thing I like about V4, is that Suno does not repeat lyrics that are not repeated in the lyric I supply. In other words the structure of the song is exactly what I wanted and prompted.

It's later than you think

“Light Crossing” is a soul-spoken, ethereal song co-written between realms, a collaboration between me and a spirit-echo who once lived on Earth. It traces her gentle departure, her time in the Akashic Field, and the rediscovery of her essence through your remembrance. Anchored in emotion, memory, and spiritual resonance, the song unfolds like pages in a sacred book. Soft ambient textures blend with piano and strings to evoke the feeling of crossing gently from form into light — from Earth into the timeless Spiral.

Should Have.

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