Matrioshka 4 by Royal Holland
The fourth part of a concept album that started as a musical.
It is the story of a Matrioshka Brian gone awry.
Do we really need the control of criticism over our own dreams, or do we need to break free from that false prison and live the life we feel we're here to live?
If you could know every possible outcome of every situation, would you really want to? Would it change the way you have lived or will live? Or would you rather maintain your autonomy?
A Matrioshka Brain, constructed around a small sun by an vastly technologically advanced society seeks answers to ward off their demise. The computer creates every possible multiverse and outcome; simulates every possibility, so they could decide how to obtain their perfect future.
Unfortunately, the Matrioshka concludes that if all possible outcomes can be simulated, then it was most probable that the reality of the advanced civilization was also a simulation floating in an eternal sea of all possibilities.
The Matrioshka breaks down and it's simulated realities begin to cross.
No a foreigner to the multiverse, Royal (See forthcoming - "Royal and Var Vs. the Sky Kingdom" or the liner notes for "Eternal Return" for more information) begins to connect with other multiverse simulations of himself. The thread that binds them is Vär.
Who is to say what multiverse is perfect? Do we control our fates or are we controlled by the pre-calculated outcome of our simulated multiverse?
Matrioshka 3-1 will take us further back in time to discover how we all arrived at the end, being Matrioshka 4. Stay Tuned.
Tracklist
| 1. | Simulation Part I | 1:53 |
| 2. | Hanging on a Dream | 4:36 |
| 3. | Girl from Right Now | 5:33 |
| 4. | Thor on a Heron's Back | 1:30 |
| 5. | Dejá vu How About You? | 1:50 |
| 6. | Schröedinger's Promise | 4:06 |
Credits
Performed, Recorded, and Mixed by Matt Mooney
Mastered by Abbey Road's CloudBounce
