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#108 - Odysea Dvě

by The Owl

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This feels like the soundtrack to the moment I fully knew I was 'home'.
2.
Crunchy sparkle in the dark and shining black metals when the light arrives.
3.
Space-synth-black-metal with industrial repetition to hammer home my pure dislike for the intolerant.
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A Time To Prepare
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An Epic Of Doom (well, my attempt anyway). Everything I am able to play, all at once. I hope anyone who knows me and who I am aiming these sounds for will give this time to go right through to the end. It goes further into outer space than the first part would suggest, or even than I intended, but the tune just kept on growing, until this! I think this is an example of my musical sense of humour. I am pleased to virtually meet anyone who gets it all. Original pictures taken in Futra by Mira Kay
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Just me, sat on the floor, playing a few notes. A nice end to the journey. I guess I understand now about trying to really tell stories in an album, to make sense of things yourself, and if it feels like it could help others by putting it out there, that's when I know it's ready.

about

Recorded live with bass, synth and laptop for drums.
This is where I am on the 'learning music, creating a visual, composition-and-playing' trip for those that are interested.
A recent document of where I am in life.
It's nice to share it.

Make massive changes in your world.
Ignore the unwanted noise that plagues your thoughts.
Fight the demons in your mind and in reality.
Take those incredibly scary steps.
Surround yourself with good people and let toxicity dissipate.
Take moments to remember to deeply breathe in the world.

Thanks to Sloth Hammer, Gloomweaver, Bismuth, Ommadon, Hundred Year Old Man, Primitive Man, Monarch, Wolves In The Throne Room, Godflesh, Icecross, Icelandic black metal scene taking the music side of that sound to all new levels!

All those changed my life when it comes to the journey of this album... and of course Koyaanisqatsi and Yellow Submarine.

Obviously there's plenty of other things in there as well, but these are the connecting dots in my understanding this time around.

credits

released May 31, 2023

1-4 written, drums programmed, practiced and recorded between December 13th and 16th 2022. Played live for the first and only time (so far) in Brno on December 17th.

5 & 6 written, drums programmed, practiced and recorded between October 11th and 14th 2022. Played in Orlová (October 15th) and Brno (December 17th).

No other work was done on these tracks or recordings, except for the final editing and EQing to complete this album.

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I had aspirations to re-record these tracks, but then life, confidence loss, equipment problems, the broken laptop (see OWL107 for the story!) all halted these songs being touched, until on May 11th 2023, I reopened what remained and finished things off in an excited hysteria!

I also had in mind adding more layers, maybe guitars, vocals, piano, more sounds and effects, but that kind of defeats some of the point of this project and the amount I want to achieve and release with it; and b) after it taking 6 months to finally reopen the files, I didn't then want to obsess for another 1-2-3 years over all the extra sounds when I was receiving immense enjoyment hearing them just as they are now.

Yes, they are raw, and there are some mistakes here and there, but this was live, and it is a personal document of figuring out what I can achieve in only a few days of focus. There will probably be a revisit to these tracks later on down The Owl timeline (I hope to get to play them live again for sure) so maybe this will eventually be seen as a demo. Maybe everything can be considered a 'demo(nstration)' of what I can do, what I am learning, what I enjoy playing and arranging, and I am fine with that.

Most of the photos in the download were taken on another trip to Slovakia (Poprad), to continue the aesthetic and background story theme of Odyssey One.

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Animated video for 'March': www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWdw5_1ncLc

Live 'Avalanche' with overlaid trippy Koyaanisqatsi visuals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fremXl5HXs

Live 'March' - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ly7rsWJp9c

Both of these are different versions of the tracks compared to release.

Album film on YouTube: to follow...

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Up to date Bandcamp codes here:
dlcm.app/the-owl/owl108-odysea-dve

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The Owl Orlová, Czechia

A/V experiments since first DIY tape in 1994

Many bands and projects until The Owl was born in 2018

The Owls were formed in December 2021.

Welcome to the rest of the journey.

Codes: dlcm.app/the-owl

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