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Artist: Ꚛℵ∞ ꙨsꙪba's Soulstice Darkestra
Title: Nocturne For A Winter Solstice Dark: Soulstice Celebrations; Soulstice Incantations; Soulstice Requiems: The Triadoccult In Tears Of Joy, Rage, & Sorrow
Winter was hard.
Was?
Is.
This does not mean it cannot be a time of intense joy, though.
The solstices and equinoxes are the times of year most important to The MVM.
In particular, the Winter Solstice is the most important day of the year to us.
It is such an important day in our world, that we chose it for our marriage to our spouse, The Muse Kelliope!
For the 02021 Solstice we crafted this nocturne to last from sunset to sunrise celebrating the longest night of the year.
Begin playing this nocturne at sunset on the Winter Solstice, and upon the nocturne's completion at sunrise, the day, and each day following, is a little bit longer, a little bit brighter.
That is some of this Nocturne Dark's magick; that is one of the soulstice celebrations of the title, and one of the incantations.
This piece is also a celebration of a marriage that took place on the solstice nine years ago. The magick of that union with the Muse Kelliope; the musick it has inspired is an incantation fulfilled.
This work was only originally intended to be a celebration and an incantation, it was not intended to be a requiem as well. However, during its composition a dear grandmother to the triadoccult died. Her death informs this work profoundly, as her life informed so much of our work. We last saw her at her 100th birthday party, just before the pandemic choked the world. As ever, at 100 she was profoundly inspiring in her vivacious curiosity.
No matter how bizarre, how esoteric, how long, how unlistenable our musick was, B**** asked about it, and as importantly, asked about the rationales behind it; she was curious to understand it, to know what theorists and thinkers inspired it. Not long after she heard that we released our first Requiem, "Requiem For..." last year, she arranged for one of her children to play it for her.
If there is a primary incantation to this Dark Nocturne, it is, May We All Be So Lucky As To Remain Curious To Hear New Music At 102 Years Of Age.
B**** and her family are an incredible blessing to The MVM.
So this work is a requiem for her. And a celebration of her life. And an incantation for her in life and afterlife. It is magick for the bardo.
We also lost an uncle during the composing of this nocturne. It is surely a requiem for him, as well, though another requiem we recently began is more directly his, as it is built from the bones of Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow", a more fitting superstructure to his interests.
Which is a convenient segue to the germ of this nocturne/requiem/incantation. This work was inspired by the band No Trend, in particular a live show we saw in 01983 (01984? Whenever. Their first tour.) It was one of the most important live shows we ever experienced. Not least because, of the twenty some people in attendance, we seemed to be the only ones who enjoyed it. No Trend's transgression was so much of what our teenage hearts desired. It was unbridled noise and rage and spectacle. (Unfortunately, that was married to a lack of morality and fraternity, but that is another story.) The performance, the albums, were life changing nihilism. For us, anyway. And (us being jerks) maybe mostly BECAUSE the performance and albums were not remotely important or even enjoyable for anyone else there that night.
This nocturne is a celebration of the power of musick, and an incatation of powerful magick; it is a spell cast blindly and recklessly into the electronic ether in hopes that it impacts one soul the way that show impacted us.
Chamber Doom FTW!
credits
released January 20, 2022
Dedicated to
B**** S****
R***** P********
The Muse Kelliope
Inspired by
that one No Trend show we saw, and all the No Trend albums singles and eps.
B**** S****
Cover Image Inspired by
an artwork from Clarissa Parker & Earthbound Moon for "Multiplicity" by Cari Ingrassia, & by
the album artwork of No Trend
Composed by
Sentimental Witches Triadoccult
Conducted by
Ꚛℵ∞ ꙨsꙪba
Performed by
The Soulstice Darkestra, who are:
Alisaard Artaud Bass
Aram Cardiff Bass
Aubec, Earl of Malador Bass
Blink Bass
Caspar Last Bass
Corum Jhaelen Irsei Bass
Goldberg Burroughs Bass
Konrad Arflane Bass
Lord Erekosë Bass
Michael Kane Bass
NꙨ Moon Bass
Once A Day Bass
Rush That Speaks Bass
Sewn Up Bass
BlꙬming Moon Bassoon
Budding MꙬn Bassoon
Elric of Melniboné Bassoon
Ermizhad Mieville Bassoon
Honoria Cornelius Bassoon
Houd Toop Bassoon
Tabitha Stephens Bassoon
Zhinsinura Jest Bassoon
Alice Didion Cello
Alivale Harari Cello
Arkady Gilliam Cello
Brian Cello
Brom Monahan Cello
Cixin Jones Cello
Colinda Dovero Cello
Conrad Mongolfier Cello
Denys Winterset Cello
Gabrielle Palin Cello
Graf Ulrich von Bek Cello
Ilanth Kropotkin Cello
Kid(d) Cello
Lady Gradesmor Cello
Lewis Carroll Cello
Martin Chapman Cello
Mrs. Ameila Underwood Cello
Oshbek-Uy Proudhon Cello
Roland duFrancia Cello
Shaleen Monteverdi Cello
Teeplee Cello
Xena Cleese Cello
Mistress Christia Choir Mistress
Bishop Castle Clarinet
George Wilkes Clarinet
Gilbert Slater Clarinet
Hardy Idle Clarinet
Lord Jagged Clarinet
Oonagh von Bek Clarinet
Russell Innes Clarinet
Sentimental Witches Composer
Eugene Debs Conceptualist
Alter Koshar Dancer
Ꚙna Perssꙮn Director
Kirana Fawwaz E-Flat Clarinet
Umpata Numan E-Flat Clarinet
Alan Powys English Horn
Idelba Irving English Horn
Artos the Celt Flute
Bao Xinhua Flute
Duke Dorian Hawkmoon von Köln Flute
John Daker Flute
Kung Jianguo Flute
Madame Sururi Flute
Sabrina Spellman Flute
Zhu "Tuanjie-kexue" Isao Flute
Ryan Sensible French Horn
Shi Fandi French Horn
Kali Thorstenson Harp
Pan Xichun Harp
Rose von Bek Harp
Sam Oakenhurst Harp
Asquiol of Pompeii Horns
Badim Clausen Horns
Devi Lucas Horns
Euan Sampson Horns
Freya Thorstenson Horns
Iolinda Vanian Horns
Jochi Murdach Horns
Li Pao Horns
My Lady Charlotina Horns
Queen Ilian of Garathorm Horns
Samantha Stephens Horns
Ship Faustini Horns
Vol Nonik Lyricist
John Dee's soul entrapped in an amber homunculi Muse
Roger Penrose Muse
The Ghost Of Athanasius Kircher Muse
The Muse Kelliope Muse
Bhakta Wilson Oboe
Hu Die Oboe
Ismail ibn Mani al-Dir Oboe
Lord Mongrove Oboe
Maxim Arturovitch "Pyat" Pyatnitski Oboe
Mejink-La-Kos Scabies Oboe
Renark von Bek Oboe
Selim the Third Oboe
The Kerala of Travancore Oboe
Werther de Goethe Oboe
Bai McCay Percussion
Endora ℵ0'>3ῥῶ Percussion
Franik Herbert Percussion
Kiyoaki Crowley Percussion
Kuwo Bokhari Percussion
Oone the Dreamthief Percussion
Peng-ti Niven Percussion
Prince Flamadin Percussion
Clea Rhasok Piano
Iwa McChrystal Piano
Budur Radwan Piccolo
Sojan Shieldbearer Piccolo
Ernest Wheldrake Poet/Lyricist
Petra vonPetra Soprano
Ghardas Valabasian Stones, All manner of Stones
Ulrich Rudric Renark Otto von Bek-Krasny Synthesizer
Busho Fromwest Timpani
Keeper of the Wampum Timpani
Ulric vꚚn Bek Timpani
Ulrich vꚚn Bek Timpani
Duke of Queens Trombone
Iagogeh, the One Who Hears Trombone
Pournachas Jemisin Trombone
Rhalina and Medhbh Trombone
Straight Arrow Trombone
Zigzag Trombone
Bold Bardash Trumpet
Brannart Morphail Trumpet
Eric Beck Trumpet
Gurni Gurnisson Trumpet
I-Li Sontag Trumpet
Kyu JAMMs Trumpet
Oona von Bek Trumpet
Zheng He Trumpet
Shen Adichi Tuba
The Iron Orchid Tuba
Alerik Solnit Viola
Bihari Rilke Viola
Bistami Marshall Viola
Bistami Singleton Viola
Captain Oswald Bastable Viola
Clen of Clen-Gar Viola
Cronarch Vinge Viola
Hogg Viola
Insef Clarke Viola
Jack Karaquazian Viola
Katima Hyde Viola
Kokila Beckett Viola
Kya Coello Viola
M'v Okom Sebpt O'Riley Viola
Miss Mavis Ming Viola
Odysseus Norton Viola
Oladahn Althusser Viola
Psin Borges Viola
Shardul Gygax Viola
Zaneeta Kheel Viola
Bahram al-Bokhara Violin
Bao Ssu Violin
Butterfly Violin
Catherine Cornelius Violin
Clovis Marca Violin
Gordon Ꙫgg Violin
I-Chin Tibet Violin
Ibn Ezra Violin
Ibrahim ibn Hasam al-Lanzhou Violin
Iwang Peake Violin
Jaspar Colinadous Violin
Jehamia Cohnahlias Violin
Jermays the Crooked Violin
Jerry Cornelius Violin
Jerry Cornell Violin
Jhary-a-Conel Friedman Violin
Jherek Carnelian Violin
Kang Tongbi Violin
Karl Glogauer Violin
Khalid Ali Abu al-Samarqandi Violin
Kheim Tarkovsky Violin
Libussa Cartagena y Mendoza-Chilperic Violin
Lord Jagged of Canaria Violin
Manfred von Bek Violin
Mouse Violin
Pao Stapledon Violin
Peng Cage Violin
Queen Eloarde Violin
Roger Violin
Said Darya Violin
Sayyed Abdul Aziz Khan Violin
Shih Lem Violin
Zunli Hsieh Violin
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