Wayne Robert Thomas – Canticles of Bliss (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24bit/48kHz | Time – 48:20 minutes | 437 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
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“Initial recordings for ‘Canticles Of Bliss’ started in October of 2019 at my home studio located just south of Indianapolis. At the start of 2020 I continued recording songs off and on up until late April where I then took a break and then picked up the guitar again in July. By the beginning of August of that year I had everything wrapped up. An additional guitar was added to a track, as well as a mutated brass recording was featured on another. I used an electric guitar for the recordings while utilizing very little effects and a loop station. Quite a lot of the tracks I made ended up not making the cut and a considerable amount of time was then spent listening to a small selection of songs. They were rearranged a few times before I felt they could be finalized.
Although the works of Hildegard Von Bingen were an obvious inspiration in the title of this album, these seven songs aren’t necessarily canticles in a religious sense. Nor can I sing that well, but instead have found a voice in the electric guitar which I have often felt to be an extension of my body. A few of these songs here were done in one take, often with a loop station accompanying the main riff. Many of the track titles are references to a place here in the midwest, a fictional map to a video game, or a phrase that really stuck with me. I hope for the listener that these songs will at least resonate with them in some way.”
Tracklist:
1. Then Came The Morning (04:03)
2. Hidden Sanctuary (05:28)
3. Caritas Habundat in Omnia (05:14)
4. Legend of Whispering Hills (08:22)
5. Just Be Patient With Me (06:09)
6. The Linn Of Mercy (Boring Riff For Two Guitars in E Minor) (15:55)
7. Envoi (03:10)
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