Visions of the end of all things, recorded for the MMXXVI October Dungeon Shamble. Thanks to Aveline for organising the Shambles and to Cave Bird Records for hosting the tunes of the Ghastly Fifer.
MOVEMENT 1
1. As the Merry Dance ends (0:00)
2. Darkness prevails (0:46)
3. Souls are marched into the underworld (1:38)
4. The world is empty (2:56)
5. The stars are weeping (3:43)
MOVEMENT 2
6. Dust covers Earth (0:00)
7. Reign of rats (2:40)
8. All is dead, all is Death (3:31)
9. Who shall mourn upon such desolation? (5:45)
MOVEMENT 3
10. The final victory (0:00)
11. Death crowned (1:15)
12. All hail the Queen (2:14)
13. The Dance never ends (4:31)
Dungeon Shamble requirements:
- 7 (virtual) instruments (two percussions, several instances of a woodwind patch with more or less distortion, analog subtractive synth, bowed strings, pizzicato strings, synth bells)
- 13 songs in 3 movements
- total album length: 20-26 minutes
- style: the first two movements are the Fifer's interpretation of umbral synth. The third starts umbral, but then evolves into its own thing
- theme: a ghost witnesses the aftermath of the Dance Macabre
- special: utilize volume & velocity to create a dynamic range of loud and quiet throughout the album (the minimal DIY production was engineered with this challenge in mind)
- failed quest: put distortion on everything. I only managed the woodwinds and one of the percussions
Credits
Cover image: The Old Woman (c. 1526) by Hans Holbein The Younger
Cover design: Hypgnomsis
Music by Ghastly Fifer
Released digitally on behalf of Ghastly Fifer
CBR062