Always the Sky

[Balder]

I finally had time to work on some music this weekend.  Here's my latest song and video, featuring some TSK quotes by Tarthang Tulku.

[Balder]

One more new composition, this one darker toned:  Night Prayers.

[Edward theurj Berge]

The imagery and music evoked for me those scenes in horror movies, where someone is on the verge of a deep, dark revelation, one that will utterly and irrevocably shatter their lives and open them to heretofore uncontemplated and impermissible possibilities. After all, Lucifer is a bringer of (en)Light(enment)!

[Balder]

Ah, well put.  Yes, I wanted to pay homage to some of the darker, cthonic themes we've explored here on multiple occasions...  When I first moved to Indonesia, I remember nights where this feeling was thick in the air, a dark and magical dread.

[Balder]

Another new one...

A story:  I was taking a walk today, trying to think up a title for this song, muttering a few different ideas to myself, when suddenly a doe stepped out of the bushes right next to me and just stared at me, deep-eyed and without fear, for several moments. We stood like this for awhile, facing each other, then I nodded my thanks and moved on, feeling she'd gifted me with her appearance at that moment and deciding then to dedicate the song to her.

[Balder]

Here's my latest song -- "First Light" -- using some new software that helps me build richer ambient backgrounds.