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Cosmic Latitudes
08:32
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This piece is based on the first 54 seconds of "Cosmic Age Crisis" and paired with the chord vamp and melodic accents from "Pink Nocturne."
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March Towards Crisis
04:12
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An expansion of the doom riff from "Cosmic Age Crisis" which is, not too secretly, yet another of my attempts to repurpose "Carol of the Bells", which is in turn based on the Ukrainian folk song "Shchedryk", thus carrying on a theme from my previous album Sunflowers & Tides. Consider this a theme for late-stage capitalism as we march towards crisis after crisis instead of changing course.
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Lunar Bolero
06:56
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Based on the riff from "Lunar Boogaloo" which people (rightly) have pointed out sounds a bit on the "Money" and perhaps I flew too close to the dark side of the moon this time. Honestly, the intention was to merely evoke the walking blues feel of the song but it's been so long since I'd listened to it, I didn't realize the bass line is pretty close to identical—Rog's take on a walking blues riff is actually a lot weirder! However, I think I've managed to add a few light years distance in between the two with this new version.
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Based on "Citizens Banned", the title of which is a pun on "citizens band" which is what the CB in CB radio stands for. I didn't expand on that theme but instead created what I thought was a threnody, or perhaps anthem, for democracy.
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Sidereal Blackout
09:00
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Adapted from the title track "Astral Blackout, Astral Catastrophe" and emphasising the catastrophic perhaps more than the astral.
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Interstellar Variations
03:21
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Adaptation of the "Peter Gunn" riff from "Interstellar Dragnet" and probably the only piece on this album based on a pentatonic blues riff that someone might say has a blues (or jazz) element to it.
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An expansion of the middle eight section and outro from "New Dark Age" keeping with the theme of western society teetering on the precipice of an abyss of ignorance and fascism. To me it sounds like something from a Miyazaki film (if I dare make such a bold comparison to Joe Hisaishi) — there's hope here, but also sadness.
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Jakob Rehlinger Toronto, Ontario
Jakob Rehlinger works in many genres. This account spotlights his music as a composer / improviser working in the nexus of ambient, jazz, kosmische electronics, electro-acoustic, new age, and more recently, orchestral works.
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While the first track of this fine HEAVY MOON release for all my moneys worth reminds me of the dark side of above mentioned celestial body, after that my main reference point would be Ashra's Blackout album or more general Berliner Schule with a healthy dose of electric guitar. A very solid offering for fans of spaced out instrumental rock!
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Another brilliant offering from an excellent talent, the joy of listening can and will be discovered by turning a couple of ears this way, do so and the rewards are superb. Be smiley. Tbesla. ☺
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