Part 2. "The Sky" || Of the Soil, Sky, and Sea (V.M.1) (2022) || Melodic Dubstep genre
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2/6: Suite No. 10 – “Of the Soil, Sky, and Sea”; Mixset No. 4 in C minor, Op. 269, No. 2: Part 2. “The Sky”
0. Intro (0:00)
I. Vivace forte furioso: “The Launch”, GSO 440 (0:07)
II. Adagietto forte pesante: “Impetus”, GSO 441 (3:43)
III. Vivace forte brilliante: “Halcyon”, GSO 442 (featuring Samalou) (6:29)
IV. Vivace forte con moto: “The Fall”, GSO 443 (featuring Samalou) (9:41)
I have done it again! After a whole year of planning, composition, and mixing (not to mention the animation on this video), I have finally completed Part 2 of the "Of the Soil, Sky, and Sea" concept album! Part 1 has received some major acclaim since its release among my peers, and since people first heard it, I have constantly worried that its sequel will not be up to standard. In the end, "The Sky" seems to have been a better exemplification of my abilities as a musician (regardless of how talented or untalented I am per ability, of course). I have come to the realization that OSSS is my new magnum opus (the first being the "Vices & Virtues" suite), for it has combined many--if not all--of my artistic abilities: classical AND electronic composition, storytelling, poetry, lyrical delivery, and visualizer animation (though I admit I am quite nascent in some of these fields).
Furthermore, my girlfriend has lent her voice! Under the stage name Samalou, she was the female providing her voice as The Beast in "Halcyon" and "The Fall." We plan, in Part 3, for more incorporation of dialogue from The Beast, which I am really excited for. A big thank-you to her for all she has done, both in-song and out. She has been a great help, inspiration, and gift to me during this process, and I couldn't be prouder of what we have created.
I hope you enjoy "The Sky." I admit that it is different from "The Soil," but I hope it is a pleasant difference. If timing and the muse allows, Part 3: "The Sea" will premier on October 15th of 2023: one year hence. I impatiently await the conclusion to this saga, and I hope you do too. Thank you for watching and #HappyHalloween !
Of the Soil, Sky, and Sea is the thirty-first album in my repertoire, the fifth in Phase VI, and the first of the Vocal Music series. A suite album like 7: Vices and Virtues, it features one album-long suite of music. However, unlike its preceding likenesses, the suite is actually a mix of electronic music with original lyrics and vocals, formatted as if performed by a disc jockey. The determination about whether the eponymous mix would be appended to Shift (the project E.M. album at the time) or reserved for the faraway album 42 (as albums 36 and 39 were already planned) made placement for the mix difficult. So, with the advice of my peers, both options were rejected and the suite was placed in the only available spot, album 31, therefore kickstarting the Vocal Music series as that which can only occur on prime numbers (like how E.M. albums are multiples of 3). The suite itself contains three distinct parts, each with its respective theme (the soil, sky, and sea) and electronic music genre or group of genres to illustrate it. It also contains my first featured artist, Alou, the stage name of my then-girlfriend. The first instance of my lyrical composition and vocals makes an appearance here, detailing the story of “the Beast”—a metaphorical representation of humanity—overtaking the Soil (Earth), spreading into the Sky (space), and growing so mighty that his hubris causes him to fall, like Icarus, into the fearsome and unknown Sea. It is another of my favorite albums because it marries the multiple arts I have attempted throughout my life: poetry, storytelling, songwriting, and classical and electronic music composition—not to mention the album artwork itself. Speaking of which, the artwork depicts the Beast’s fall into the Sea, passing through a band of nebulas and falling away from an upside-down image of a grassy pasture. The title—with the O in “SOIL” functioning as the Theihs clock—lays on top of the image but behind the Beast in large, cursive letters.
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