OKTOPIA presents: Colliding Galaxies

Beats, Samples & Synths: Dan C E Kresi
Guitar: The Shire Bairn Project

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Colliding Galaxies

Parvekkeen (remastered)

fifth date

Another snippet from Caligo Paean, darker in tone to evoke the power Of Caligo, who wasn't just in charge of mist but ruled the domain of chaos. 

Caligo Paean is a 1 hour long sound piece installed on river front property in the town of Franklin, Tasmania as part of the exhibition "When The Fog Clears". It formed part of the Ten Days on The Island Festival March 2025.
The work was installed in several locations across the property including a stack of subs under an old bus, in the main exhibition space and in an abandoned shed some 40 metres from the main area . The speakers were 'tuned' quite differently depending on their location and the sound was not delay corrected with the result of each mini-installation merging with each other in odd sonic ways - kind of calling the listener from one spot to another. The the work features field recordings, percussion, piano, bass guitar and Intonarumori as well as this special one off choir : )

Caligo is the Ancient goddess of Chaos. Born of the fog she controls the darkness, dwells in the void and is as old as the primordial matter that created the universe. This work is a tribute to the goddess as she continues to influence our lives and, in the case of this installation, the site and concept informing the show.

Official press release below for The Fog Clears

Every day, the mists of the Huon Valley perform a seductive dance, gently obscuring and revealing contours of the fertile land and waters. Situated in The Watershed Franklin, When The Fog Clears features six artists from lutruwita / Tasmania exploring the region’s iconic mists through a variety of mediums including installation, sculpture, illustration, sound, and video.

Developed exclusively for Franklin, this exhibit extends from the waterfront itself into the chambers, kilns, and rafters of the shed, inviting visitors to consider fog as an atmosphere that can cloak us in unexpected ways.

Caligo Paean 3  (The Abyss Calls)

scent of plum
in a flash of rising sun!
the mountain path
(Matsuo Bashō)
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku602-scent-of-plum/
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in a flash (naviarhaiku602)

陽炎稲妻水の月（Shimmer, Lightning, and The moon reflected in the water）

陽炎
稲妻
水の月
追い求めて
追いつめても
わたしの手を逃れて
遠くの空の薄明り

Shimmer.
Lightning.
The moon reflected in the water.
I pursue them, but as soon as I think I have them, they slip through my hands and run away. And they glow faintly in the distant sky.


陽炎稲妻水の月（Shimmer, Lightning, and The moon reflected in the water）

Silence

Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei, based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. Written in 1846 it was Verdi's tenth opera and also the first of Shakespeare's plays which he adapted for the operatic stage.

In Act II Macbeth has murdered King Duncan and become king, but plots the murder of Banco and his son Fleance to thwart the prophecy that Banco’s children will rule Scotland. As the assassins lie in wait for Banco outside the castle, Banco sings his recitative and aria “Studia il passo  -Come dal ciel precipita” (Watch your step - How from the heaven falls), in which he warns his son about his feeling of foreboding. The aria’s noble, rich unfolding comes to an impassioned peak just before the coda, when the assassins strike him down but fail to halt his escaping son.

The aria was written for basso profondo (here transcribed for baritone). My attempt had me step out of my comfort zone, both in expression and in range. The piano as always was brilliantly played by Helen Roberts.
I hope you'll enjoy our performance.

Lyrics

Studia il passo, o mio figlio...
Usciam da queste tenèbre...
Un senso ignoto
Nascer mi sento in petto,
Pien di tristo presagio e di sospetto.

Come dal ciel precipita
L'ombra più sempre oscura!
In notte ugual trafissero
Duncano, il mio signor.
Mille affannose immagini
M'annunciano sventura,
E il mio pensiero ingombrano
Di larve e di terror.

English:

Be careful how you go, o my son...
Let’s go out from this darkness...
I feel something unknown
Growing in my heart,
Fraught with sad premonition and suspicion.

How the shade falls from heaven
More and more obscure !
On such another night as this
They stabbed to death Duncan, my lord.
A thousand nightmares
Are foretelling me misfortune,
And are oppressing my mind
With ghosts and dread.

Come dal ciel precipita (Macbeth - Giuseppe Verdi - with Helen Roberts)

An Opera

The Forgotten Worlds Archive, in collaboration with Micah "Mikkerj" Smith, proudly presents "Songs of the lost valley", a collection of songs capturing what is left beneath the Cloud Sea after the Great Flood. Thank you, and we hope you enjoy.

originally released February 21, 2025

All works archived by Micah "Mikkerj" Smith, and only made possible by the gracious support of the Forgotten Worlds Archive.

Among the ruins

Glory

I am an amateur musician.
I make music with "Magix Music Maker", because I can play the piano very little.
The singer in my tracks is not a human being. She is a synthesizer software named "Vocaloid Yukari".

陽炎稲妻水の月（Shimmer, Lightning, and The moon reflected in the water）

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