Fuldmåne
By Suhpos on April 28, 2024 11:52 pm
I missed a week, which I’m not to proud of but I guess it’s okay… I meant to do a series of recorder based music covering every quarter of the moon cycle. But i felt more like doing a song this week so i did that even though now they don’t really feel like a series (this one is quite recorder heavy too, though).
The moon cycle this month has been super special. The new moon coincided with eid and the eclipse (even though we couldn’t see it from it was felt in someway (maybe just the knowledge that things are “lining up” in a certain way makes for something interesting)). The moon has been visible from here through all its stages and Wednesday it was very clear and the full moon was very bright. I decided to go for a walk in the middle of the night, and go to an oak tree where i go sometimes for a small “ritual”. It’s a very beautiful tree standing on it’s own with a very strong presence (pictured with the moon). I walked around it a few times running my hand along the bark, which is something i was told at a temple in Kyoto a long time ago allegedly gives you the wisdom of the tree. Anyways i don’t really believe in these things concretely other than there’s meaning to be found from these experiences in some kind of an abstract way. Although i did feel slightly in toxicated after this…
The music is kind of a one and a half chord song. I double tracked ukulele arpeggios. I used the same recording at double speed as well to give something faster. Vocal were double tracked also. Recorder recordings were a little bit clumsy but you get the idea. Bass is timestretched recorder. I didn’t spent too long on this and wish I hadn’t done it one sitting but that’s how it is; a bit rough around the edges.
Lyrics:
hornuglen synger en gammel sang
for sidste gang, før den bliver glemt
og de sidste tegn på det engang var efterår
smelter i mosekonens bryg
har du modtaget rådgivning
fra en af nattens anarkistiske katte
så giv agt
vær på vagt
for de vil stjæle dit drømmespind
og fuldmånen kan ikke redde dig
for de vil stjæle dit drømmespind
og fuldmånen kan ikke redde dig
…
Translation:
the horned owl sings an old song
for the last time before it’s forgotten
and the last signs that it was once autumn
melt in the bog ladies brew
have you received advice
from one of the nights anarchistic cats
then take command
be on alert
for they want to steal your dream web
and the full moon cannot save you
…
Please let me know if you can make sense of this…
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