time capsule to

ngc 4203:v12:Zqyrax

(hymns and lamentations of earth, ocean and sky to a distant star)

Imagine if you will, a cosmic "message in a bottle" of sorts, jettisoned from a dying world. Imagine a few disparate souls coming together prior to the final annihilation and launching a message aimed at the farthest known reaches of the universe. The message might be simultaneously one of hope as well as despair, -- of rape, murder, unspeakable atrocity and reverence, mercy, unconditional love of a mother . . . it might be a story, a poem, a prayer, a song, a plea for anyone, "out there," to listen. The capsule, sent out toward that farthest of galaxies and planets, might be designed to draw its power from any available light, from even the faintest of light sources. A glimmer… a twinkling… so long as some form of light continues to reach it, the capsule continues to wander toward its distant coordinates. And so, the light which powers the capsule is like hope. As long as there is light, there is hope . . . and the capsule wanders on . . . in a manner, wandering, hoping, wondering, wandering, seeking … a reflection of the essence of the lives of those who sent it out, perhaps even the very essences of life itself.

"earth-ocean cycle"

disc 1:

1. diary of a beachcomber

2. in search of the totemic penultimate

3. beachcombing the apocalypse

4. hymn to the earth

5. swimming to atlantis

"sky cycle"

disc 2:

1. singing into the void

2. moonpearls on the desert of night

"day-night -- shadow-light cycle"

disc 3:

1. piercing the veil of slumber

2. awakening

3. posing the age old question: ?

4. the beginning of the end and the end of the beginning (a lullaby for the eternal)

Total Disc Time - 76:59	Total Disc Time - 58:03	Total Disc Time - 73:25
	Grand Total Time - All 3 Disks - 3:28:27

Disc 1: All music was derived from sound sources at San Carlos Beach (Mexico), and Cicadas at various locations in the Sonoran Desert (in Arizona, USA).

Disc 2: All music was derived from various recordings of primitive peoples, strange poetry and religious rites, and a 911 call of an old lady getting murdered.

Disc 3: All music was derived from various found/stolen sounds, recordings of primitive peoples, religious rites, a 911 call of an old lady getting murdered, children singing and at play, and from sound sources at San Carlos Beach (Mexico) and Cicadas at various locations in the Sonoran Desert (Arizona, USA).

Some information on the recording of Cicada sounds for Zqyrax.

Disclaimer on the naming of Zqyrax.

All materials used in the packaging of this triple-CDR recording were either hand-gathered, (shells, stones and other detritus from the ocean) packaged, and/or designed by P. Miles Bryson. This is a special 50 copy release on Solipsism and can be purchased through Self-Abuse Records.

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