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Sarajevo Was A Messed Up Place In The Nineties

from #13 - Apotropaic: The Midi Diminishedography by The Owl

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It was though...

Written for Diascorium.

That intro is crazy, and then it drops in the death metal riff with some tech widdlings, I love that section. Off it goes into some weird progressive territory, and a really hooky section that repeats a few times here and later on, before the ending that I picture would have sounded intensely heavy and chaotic.

I struggle to imagine fully what the drums and vocals would have been doing on this, but, there would have been some crazy, weaving ideas placed around the music, that's for sure.

I am still really pleased with how this sounds, just as a piece on its own anyway. I really like the sound of bass and piano together, which is why I wrote these in this way, despite being intended for a band, and I feel that structure and ideas wise, I got this to a completed state.

Also, about the title, so, yes, get looking at your history pages if you aren't aware, but, the title is very true. The really weird thing about this title is that, I wasn't reading about it at the time, I've still not been to Bosnia and Herzegovina since all the break ups took place, just the knowledge of it was in my brain from being a teenager, and then for some reason, 15 years later when this track was made, the moment it was complete, I just named it this! Even though I KNEW that it was, because I remember seeing it on the news with my family, I still had to go and double check the information, because it felt really strange that it had just popped into my head, that specifically, when nothing in the music at all hints of anything to do with Yugoslavia in the 90s!

Anyway, it's probably not weird to anyone else, but, I wanted to tell some stories.

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from #13 - Apotropaic: The Midi Diminishedography, released April 9, 2020

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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.

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