A people are made up of many elements. Some sing the songs of the rivers and the sun and some sing the songs of the valleys and the moon. There’s even widdershins to sing the songs of copper and tin.

They all join in unison to praise the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

The song is made up of three melodies and the theme weaves and winds its way through the three, threading the needle until the sense is revealed. A Hungarian Christmas carol combines forces with a German Easter song mixed in with the songs of the Celtic imps of copper and tin.

The photo is my own of a sunset in Quebec, done up with a retro filter in the GIMP.

The Electronic Calvin

Awake!

Wood and stone are the elements of a tribe as water and fire are the elements of life. There can be no understanding if there is no mastery of the organic and the mineral. Once upon a time the people of the Great Blue Sky lived in a land where they were taught the secrets of wood and stone by the ancients. The same ancients whose stories are preserved in the songs made by the instruments crafted from the very wood and stone they taught us to craft them from.

The organic and the mineral can paint soundscapes and landscapes that words can never even begin to describe.

The song itself is a Hungarian folk song about the Autumn, 'Forest, forest, your leaves have fallen', and it's framed within the melody of Psalm 5 of the Genevan Psalter, published by L. Bourgeoys, 1542. O Lord, hear our prayer. Hearken unto us as we rise in the morning.

The photo is my own done up with a retro filter in the GIMP.  It's one of the runestones in the Orkneys at the Ring of Brodgar.

Motherland of Wood and Stone

Motherland Of Wood And Stone

Sometimes when the land of the blue sky is left behind the people of the Fire Bird learn to tell the ancient stories with local instruments, such as flutes, bassoons and the erhu.

They learn the ways of the horse and the ways of the falcon and cultivate and manage the forests of the Riversong People.

The photograph is my own, taken of the partial solar eclipse in Montreal in May 2012 and done up with a retro filter in the GIMP.

Canticle of Gods and Goddesses

Dark Hart - Lord Horse Remix

The melody is a Lutheran hymn. Played according to my own arrangement using Garageband. A fusion of Protestant organ music and electronic/industrial beats and rhythms.

Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Festive Electric Prophecy

The melody is (1539) Bourgeois L., Genf, 1542. The title is a reference to the Psalm that the melody goes with. The sound of the bells is the one from Hungarian radio played every day, which I obtained from Archive.org. The arrangement is my own and done in Garageband.

Enjoy!

Protection Dance 91

Melody and Harmony is based on Claude Goudimel (1565). Guitar and Shofar solo my original work. Wanted to give this one a C64 Ocean Loader feel as the lyrics to the original Psalm 23 are all about going through dark places and not being afraid.

The photograph is my own taken years ago at the West Highland Way in Scotland. There are many valleys filled with sheep in this location.

Enjoy!

Dance Like David (Fear No Darkness)

Beyond the blue sky there was a tribe that followed a white stag to the promised land. This is a song for those who were followed by the dark hart.

The photograph is my own, taken of the partial solar eclipse in Montreal in May 2012.

Dark Hart

The melody is based on Psalm 2 from the Genevan Psalter, by Claude Goudimel, 1564. The harmonies are based on the Hungarian Reformed Church Organist's Manual. The words of Ezekiel 37 are read by Pastor Greg Bitter, whose Bible readings have been generously made available under a CCL at Archive.org

The melodies and harmonies are played on a standard QWERTY keyboard using Garageband. The sound samples were cut up and edited in Audacity. The Voice of God was created with a filter in Garageband.

The photo is my own done up with a retro filter in the GIMP. It was taken at St Joseph's Oratory in Montreal in 2012.

The Breath of Redemption and Destruction

Was church organist and jazz clarinettist. Now makes electronic music. Soli Deo Gloria.

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