LVX a companion of sorts to the NOX 6-CD set, but with the focus being on various sources of light and/or illumination, and my realisation of these musically.
In "Sol Invictus", I tried to capture the "sound" of the sun, and in particular the shimmering midday heat I experienced in the Middle East; the fiery golden chariot of the daytime, glaringly intense and burning with ancient power. For "Aurora Borealis", I imagined the mysterious northern lights that seem like light beams of the inner sun from the land of Agharta, and the swirling non-tempered chords of this piece, an ancient organ and choir rising up from the infernal depths of the earth, audible only during the opening of the polar iris.
"Isis Luna" by contrast is colder, more aetheral and majestic. The austere beauty of the face of the silver moon. The final track, "Prometheus Rising", is an ecstatic hymn to the bringer of light and illumination in all his names/guises.
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LVX
Alchemical illuminations through the medium of digital sound Recorded: January-August 2008
Track listing:
All tracks © Steve Tromans 2008 Playing Time: 22'52" Steve Tromans - electronic manipulations |