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Gliding Leviathans Overhead

from Between the Axiom and the Sigh by John Battema

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The main sequence "riff" in this tune has been bouncing around my head for a few years now but never quite fit anywhere (I had briefly considered trying to use it somewhere on 'Lord of Hounds' but nope).

From the "it's the little things" department...in the middle of this song is a very subtle "hi hat" tone created with my Deckard's Dream and white noise. It wasn't terribly sophisticated, but it's a sound that I've been dying to use for a long time now, and I was thrilled to finally see it happen (I also used it for the improv "Return Receipt" song you can find on YouTube).

In my mind's eye, I saw something futuristic in the music; massive machines overhead, omnipresent but weirdly unobtrusive. Someone else has already interpreted the song as being about swimming with whales. I love that too.

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from Between the Axiom and the Sigh, released January 1, 2020
Created by John Battema
Mastered by James Plotkin ( www.plotkinworks.com )

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John Battema Virginia

Electronic musician from the NOVA area and member of the metal/prog/fusion band Ephemeral Sun.

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