Once again, another Indaba competition with an incredible vocalist. Honored to get to work on this. Hope you enjoy my funk/disco track. Vote and listen on IndabaMusic if you can http://indaba.us/hqlD

365 - ZZ Ward Remix

Nystagmus is a persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball.

Nystagmus

This piece was inspired by a poem by my friend Ryan Smits,

From the walls of ruin
New life springs
to the deep colored skies


From the Walls of Ruin

I wanted to preserve the mystical aspect of the song, by creating a more orchestral remix. I used the up and down glissando motif throughout, which you will hear morphed from the original quartet/orchestral stems and included my own sampling of various ethnic recorders (as heard in my song 'Into the Mist').The piano lines were all sampled from Ólafur's piano stems as well. Banyan Trees are considered sacred in Hinduism and Buddhism, known for having 'its roots upward and its branches down.' I tried to capture the up and down movement in the music, flowing up and down just like the roots of a Banyan tree move up and down it's trunk. (Artwork by Trisha Keiman)

Zach Glavan