The Court of Broken Hours
Time is a physical kingdom ruled by living hours (personified). Some hours have gone rogue or mad. -- This play list is finished. Thanks for listening!
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11 songs
2:49
4:59
a slow, poisonous 9/8 waltz in C# minor, velvet voice over detuned music box and low, prowling double bass
4:07
blinding white light in audio form: trumpets like burning magnesium, military snare that cracks like a whip, choir that sounds scorched
4:24
skipping, scratched record of time, Beats drop out, come back half a bar early, or repeat like a loop pedal stuck in a nightmare, Vocals feral, half-sung, half-howled, layered with distorted children’s choir singing nursery rhymes backwards
3:32
slow, aching tango that never quite reaches the downbeat, Bandoneón wheezing like a dying lung, brushed drums that hesitate, double bass walking on broken glass, The vocal is intimate, almost spoken in places, as if the hour is pressing its lips to your ear and begging, male-female duet
4:37
almost nothing: a single distant piano in a cold room, one cello that bows like it’s afraid to wake anyone, breathy female voice so soft it feels like someone is singing inside your bloodstream
5:49
lone, trembling piano in a vast, echoing hall, Voice starts small and childlike, builds to a fierce, breaking soprano, No percussion until the bridge, where a single, slow heartbeat drum joins
3:12
This riot anthem in 7/8 at 140bpm opens with a solitary music-box second hand, gradually layered by an overwhelming swarm of synchronized ticking, building tension like an insect army, All percussion comes from aggressively smashed clocks, forming the relentless rhythm, A male/female duet explodes into vicious, high-register vocals supported by a massive choir, their voices weaving chaotic patterns of seconds and minutes, Orchestral rock textures surge underneath, culminating in a theatrical battle vibe fit for a rock opera showdown, dope, rapid fire rap
2:19
3:39
1:59
