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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

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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

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

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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

well, the first compositions have been written and the first rehearsals made, and it does sound interesting and wild. there is, however, still a very long way to go, my estimation is that about 0.1% of the work is done

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

my sister Bea will arrive for a 4 week holiday this weekend; we will plan the project in detail then. she made an interesting suggestion: that the lyrics should be in ancient Greek. our daughters have been learning ancient Greek in school for the last 6 years, and Friede and I decided to learn along with them because Gaia is an ancient Greek Goddess.

Bea doesn't know ancient Greek, but she speaks modern Greek (as well as several other languages, she is an interpreter for the EU) and will be learning ancient Greek for this project.

ancient Greek has a more complicated grammar, the pronunciation is somewhat different from modern Greek, and the accents on the words are very different, but in a way that make ancient Greek ideal for singing. and many words, although homonyms, have different meanings in ancient and modern Greek.

of course we will include translations of the lyrics in the booklets for the album cycle. in live performances we will show the translation on screens

Edited by BaldJean - July 07 2018 at 04:22

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

Dorothy will be providing cello, trombone and keyboards, Alice will play guitar, bass and trumpet. Bea will play her arsenal of woodwinds and violin. Friede will of course play drums and tuned and untuned percussion instruments and some bass, and I will play keyboards and some guitar. all members of the band will also sing, dance and play percussion instruments. there will be lots of unusual singing.

there will be 3 breaks in the performance during which the stage will be redecorated and the members of the band will put on different body paint.

since our daughters and my sister are also members of our religion it will be a truly ritualistic performance. with the breaks the whole show will be almost 6 hours long.

the name of the band will be changed to "Mother Gaia" for this project

Edited by BaldJean - July 08 2018 at 06:25

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

Bravo and good luck! I know it will be great!

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