Winter Rhapsodies by The Owl

45 minutes of dungeon synth with elements of dark ambient, atmospheric, drone sounds. Improvised recordings made during Winter 2023, as part of my survival of the season.

Each track is a stream-of-conscious chapter. One take, one shot, diary entries from different dates, times, feelings, sounds, thoughts.

Spontaneous formations tell six individual stories towards a whole, from imprinted lightning reminders of my days wandering lost in pain and cold blizzards, being on varying mountain levels, holding onto mental health whilst wanting to disappear from existence, and the aftermath and how to relearn how to just accept and be me.

That's a lot in one paragraph, I realise. I do tell them from a safer place where I can look back to see what each important mind imprint taught me for the long run. There's always something good, strong, powerful to gain from surviving bleak times. It's not all in vain, so worry not.

Tracklist

1.	Eastern lands brought harmonious minds offering wisdom and courage	6:10

2.	The well will never run dry even in the toughest of times	3:00

3.	When it is so cold and you are transported into a different dimension	7:20

4.	Do you remember the feeling of reaching the top of 'Hill Mountain Skies'?	5:25

5.	How to begin learning again, and what comes next...	7:30

6.	Forever thinking about Infinity and how to proceed with The Knowledge	15:30

Credits

released June 22, 2024

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Played on Arturia Minilab synth between
November 9th 2023 and March 21st 2024

Cover painting by PETRIS, an artist growing and exhibiting nearby where I live in Orlová, Czech. Thank you for the picture and permission to use it for this. It sparked all kinds of things in my mind, eventually being part of how I survived Winter this time around!
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Cheers Dan Nguyen for chatter and helping along what held together 'Winter Rhapsodies', a.k.a. 'Frostbitten Synthesis Of The Moon In The Cold Frozen Lake Of Eternal Mountainscapes'
(!) Immortal could have made a better album in 1992 with that title.

Love to Blanka always for everything! Endlessly inspiring... <3

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Album also on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcpoFKAzFHU

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Original of 'The Well...' released on a glorious 'Wayfarers' compilation by Relics Of The Eternal City. All proceeds to Feed More, helping fight hunger in Central Virginia: relicsoftheeternalcity.bandcamp.com/album/tavern-synth-a-wayfarers-compilation

Original of 'When It Is So Cold...' released on an also glorious Dungeon Squid 'Winter Synth' compilation: dungeonsquidproductions.bandcamp.com/album/winter-synth-compilation

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