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the lighthouse at the edge of the world (interlude 3)

By neon liminal on November 10, 2024 9:34 pm

a lament, albeit a little bit of an intense one. With half an hour to go, I should stop indulging "oh maybe it needs some drums".

Revisited a sound and a simple set of two notes here - the sound is basically a sine-wave organ modulated by noise, the notes, the root with a minor seventh. It's been an echo I've come back to a number of times over the years but rarely has it made it into a song - I think this might be the best echo yet.

Take care of yourselves, dear friends.

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needed that.

thank you, Friend. thank you

Ohh yais something lurks! Love the sound of that organ.  Gave me some Jan Hammer vibes early on but then it goes full cinemascope with those drawn out notes yikes The deep booms and angelic pads sound so good too. Feels like a storm passing with the return of the 2note theme at the end.  So good! 

"There is always a lighthouse, there's always a man, there's always a city."

This is a wonderful track, I very much like it.  The restraint and patience pays off and like all good dark ambient (if I may call it that) takes us away.  The late deep percussive hits entirely changed what I was hearing, from a kind of Bioshock imagining (thus the quote) to something a little more elder.  Very well done

Some deep sounds, great progression, a very rewarding piece for the listener.

I can't even pick apart the elements here - this whole track is amazing. It feels like it washes over you, almost to the point of suffocation. Brilliant.


emily wrote:

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I love the Dark City gif emily - perfect choice!

back for more....
perfect track for today

amazingly dynamic and flowing - captivating sounds that hold your attention while they evolve effortlessly. excellent echos!

This is great, puts me in a good headspace. I listen to ambient like this often when I want to relax. I find it kind of hard to make, I too always want to add drums, and add more and more. It's too easy to add things. So respect what you did here, keeping it minimal and effective for what it is. A good interlude.
I am re-reading book 3 of Jeff Vandermeer's Southern Reach trilogy, where a lighthouse features prominently in Area X, a mysterious, perhaps alien and other dimensional place ... this song is perfect music for that lighthouse.

Wonderful. Thick and dense and so many textures. You kept the drums nice and subtle, right where they needed to be. Those quiet high rhythms feel like shadows I see out of the corner of my eye...not quite there, trying to bring into focus. And that water...and the choir...yeah, chills on this one. Epic and beautiful and amazing and hopeful.

Needed a dose of this. Thank you.

wow, I definitely needed this meditative soundscape. Thank you!

emily wrote:

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heart! What a scene. What a movie!

jwh wrote:

needed that.

thank you, Friend. thank you

Always welcome heart

Tone Matrix wrote:

Ohh yais something lurks! Love the sound of that organ.  Gave me some Jan Hammer vibes early on but then it goes full cinemascope with those drawn out notes yikes The deep booms and angelic pads sound so good too. Feels like a storm passing with the return of the 2note theme at the end.  So good!

Thank you! heart I love that organ too. It's a very simple sound but has quite the mood.

lament.config wrote:

"There is always a lighthouse, there's always a man, there's always a city."

This is a wonderful track, I very much like it.  The restraint and patience pays off and like all good dark ambient (if I may call it that) takes us away.  The late deep percussive hits entirely changed what I was hearing, from a kind of Bioshock imagining (thus the quote) to something a little more elder.  Very well done

And absolutely one of the most haunting parts of Bioshock imho, those words always give me goosebumps. Definitely a mood I was going for, glad it came across!

Jason Nijjer wrote:

Some deep sounds, great progression, a very rewarding piece for the listener.

Thank you!

MRDRCAT wrote:

I can't even pick apart the elements here - this whole track is amazing. It feels like it washes over you, almost to the point of suffocation. Brilliant.

Thank you! That reminds me of the title of one of my fave songs by Ben Frost - "Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water".

jwh wrote:

back for more....
perfect track for today

And welcome back heart heart heart

littlebigmosaic wrote:

amazingly dynamic and flowing - captivating sounds that hold your attention while they evolve effortlessly. excellent echos!

Thank you!

miraclemiles wrote:

This is great, puts me in a good headspace. I listen to ambient like this often when I want to relax. I find it kind of hard to make, I too always want to add drums, and add more and more. It's too easy to add things. So respect what you did here, keeping it minimal and effective for what it is. A good interlude.
I am re-reading book 3 of Jeff Vandermeer's Southern Reach trilogy, where a lighthouse features prominently in Area X, a mysterious, perhaps alien and other dimensional place ... this song is perfect music for that lighthouse.

*SWOOON* ... I love that trilogy, I love that third book in particular. Goodness, the new book is out soon isn't it? Already? I need to check. Anyway, that sedate, surreal yet unsettled mood Vandermeer uses throughout  - awake and dreaming - definitely plays into a lot of things I try to make. Haunting, drifting just above the threshold of consciousness, the edge of reality and hallucination ... spooky. Very glad you enjoyed the song and felt it suited that book, I am humbled.

Paisleyfrog wrote:

Wonderful. Thick and dense and so many textures. You kept the drums nice and subtle, right where they needed to be. Those quiet high rhythms feel like shadows I see out of the corner of my eye...not quite there, trying to bring into focus. And that water...and the choir...yeah, chills on this one. Epic and beautiful and amazing and hopeful.

Needed a dose of this. Thank you.

Thank you heart heart heart Glad you enjoyed it!

SQF wrote:

wow, I definitely needed this meditative soundscape. Thank you!

Thank you! heart

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