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well, Bea stayed a week longer than planned. we had a lot of very interesting sessions, and the stuff we came up so far is really weird. the percussion parts we developed are extremely complicated, with lots of pauses in which we just have to count.

the vocal parts are even weirder, but I have to say that ancient Greek is a wonderful language for singing. there are a lot of glissandos in the vocal parts and also some throat singing.

still a lot of work to do, but "The Gaia Cycle" is beginning to take shape

Edited by BaldJean - August 11 2018 at 05:27

A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta

^ Nice! congrats on the completion. will be following for updates.

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I'm looking forward to hearing the results of this fascinating project.

I hope you will provide a translation of the text, or at least a summary, for those who can't follow the Greek.

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BaldJean wrote:

well, well, well, what can I say? the work is finally done! 5 hours of weird music on 4 CDs. our most ambitious work so far will be released Jul 1st. details will follow soon

Great! So the official title is The Gaia Cycle?

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Here is some more information. There are four long tracks on the album, or rather one ultra-long track. The four tracks are:

έαρ (Spring) 74:36

θέρος (Summer) 75:11

ὀπώρα (Autumn) 75:06

χειμών (Winter) 75:07

the line-up is:

Ἀληκτώ (Alecto, the Punisher of Moral Crimes; one of the three Erinyes) alias Alice Greifswald-Tolleson:

acoustic and electric guitar, lute, acoustic and electric bass, sitar, oud, trumpet, tuba, lirone, theorbo, recorder, assorted percussion, vocals, overtone singing.

Μέγαιρα (Megaera, the Punisher of Marital Infidelity; one of the three Erinyes) alias Beatrice Tolleson:

flute, bamboo flute, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, doudouk, ocarina, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, pan pipes, recorder, violin, viola, assorted percussion, vocals, overtone singing.

Τισιφόνη (Tisiphone, the Avenger of Murder; one of the three Erinyes) alias Dorothy Greifswald-Tolleson:

cello, trombone, barytone, tambura, grand piano, Hammond B-3, electric piano, harpsichord, harmonium, recorder, assorted percussion, vocals, overtone singing.

Περσεφόνη (Persephone, Goddess of the Underworld) alias Friederike Greifswald-Tolleson:

drums, vibraphone, marimbaphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, congas, bongos, tablas, assorted percussion, Jew's harp, bass guitar, theremin, recorder, vocals, overtone singing.

Ἑκάτη (Hecate, Goddess of Witchcraft) alias Jeanine Greifswald-Tolleson:

grand piano, Hammond B-3, harpsichord, mellotron, electric piano, harmonium, vibraphone, acoustic and electric guitar, EMS synthi A, theremin, recorder, assorted percussion, vocals, overtone singing.

Lirone, theorbo, barytone, lute, sitar, tamboura, harmonium and harpsichord gently provided by our good friend Mechthild H., who has a huge collection of ancient and foreign instruments.

Edited by BaldFriede - April 22 2019 at 17:25

BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.

No, it just came up this way. Sometimes odd things happen. It is however one piece of music that can be played circularly; it ends as it begins. In that regard it is a bit like "Finnegan's Wake" by James Joyce. We tried to get lots of musical colours into the music, hence the many different instruments.

Edited by BaldFriede - April 12 2019 at 15:18

BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.