Genre:

Ambient

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Instruments Used:

Gamelan Instruments (Gangsa, Gong, Bonang)

Ocarina

Vocals

Tin Whistle

Chimes

Harmonica

Electric Guitar

Drum

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Lyrics:

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[An overbearing ocarina and strange metallic sounds made by distorted Balinese gamelan instruments introduce the piece]

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[Rattling sounds and gongs are occasionally heard]

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[The ocarina continues to play as the depth of the gamelan instruments continues to deepen]

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[A crescendo and a decrescendo]

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[Reversed gamelan solo initiates another crescendo]

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[The reversed gamelan drops out as a hoof-like gamelan sound begins with some strange mutterings]

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[The ocarina continues to play]

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[Sounds of breathing]

 

I am rising. I am flying.

I am rising. I am flying.

 

[A sickly ocarina continues to play while the gamelan instruments interact]

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[The tin whistle replaces the ocarina]

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[The reversed gamelan instrument plays again]

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[The mix begins to wake up fully]

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[The tin whistle becomes more frantic and all the instruments drop off except the lowest pitched gamelan instrument]

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[A droning vocal is heard during this section]

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[The sound of chimes brings us into the sound of metal sliding and smacking into metal]

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[The ocarina returns]

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[The audio effects on the gamelan instruments strengthen]

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[Harmonica joins the mix as a faraway train getting closer]

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[A crescendo as the reversed electric guitar joins]

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[The reversed electric guitar becomes the main element of the mix as the ocarina joins back in]

 

Time’s up!

Time’s up!

 

[Some of the gamelan instruments leave the mix]

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[The tin whistle joins back in while the reversed electric guitar sounds particularly dreamy]

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[The sound of gongs is occasionally heard]

 

Hahahahahahaha! Wahahaha! Ahh! Haha! Ahhhhhhhhh!

Haha! Haha! Ohhhh!

 

[The reversed electric guitar takes a darker turn into the world of minor keys as a drum is struck in a rhythm that slowly increases in tempo and intensity]

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[The drum finishes and the reversed electric guitar draws the song to a close]