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Collage (by The Herbalists) on themes by Hayao Miyazaki

Encounter on Sinking Island

The Herbalists

April 19th, 2018
6 tracks
20:53
Encounter on Sinking Island
Encounter on Sinking Island
Row! This Current Is Awfully Strange, But The Shore Is Close
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6:22
Row! This Current Is Awfully Strange, But The Shore Is Close
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6:22
There Didn't Used To Be A Marsh Here
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2:50
We'll Have To Burn Our Gloves After We Gather The Stinksap
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1:40
Our Hearts Are Racing, But We Musn't Run
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2:34
We Always See Them Crawling Across The Sand As We Board The Boat To Leave
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4:15
Song to the Squidking (For Safe Passage)
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3:12

Encounter On Sinking Island is naive synthesized music about trying to maintain a covenant between humanity and nature, and how to navigate safely when others violate that pact.

Played live, no overdubs, into 4 track, using two keyboards. Composed and performed late at night.