Drums and Fur B1

[Cast: V1 Ritual female, V2 Low throat voice] [V1: clear female folk voice, breathy ritual tone, open vowels, hypnotic repetition, piercing upper calls, minimal vibrato] [V2: very low throat singing, subharmonic drone, overtone growl, sparse guttural response, never lead melody] [Tempo: 104 BPM] [Time Signature: 4/4] [Mode: dark modal minor] [Performance: ritual trance, progressive intensity] [Intro: wind, distant bullroarer, sub drone, no pulse] [V1: distant breath] Hhaaa... Aaah... Hhaaa-ii... [War horn: long solitary call] [Silence] [Drum Awakening: single hide drum, slow heartbeat] DUM... DUM... DUM... DUM... [V1: distant, free rhythm] Aaa-ii-ya... Haa-ya... Aaa-ii-yo... [Pulse Begins: frame drum ostinato, low drone] [V1] Ei-ya... Ei-ya... Ha-ra ei... Ha-ra yo... Ei-ya... Ei-ya... Aa-ra haa... Aa-ra yo... [V2: low throat drone] Hrrrrruuuummm... Khooo... Hrrrrr-aaa... [Invocation: V1, steady ritual pulse] A-ya hei, a-ya hei Ra-na ya, ra-na yo Ei-a hei, ei-a haa A-ra yaa... a-ra yo... A-ya hei, a-ya hei Ra-na ya, ra-na yo Ei-a hei, ei-a haa Aaa-ii-yaa... [V2: distant response] Hrrr-om... Hrrr-om... Khuu-raa... [V1] Haa-ya... Haa-ya... Ei-yo... [Trance Build: add second war drum, jaw harp, rattles, sub pulse] [V1: rhythmic] Ha-ya, ha-ya, hei Ha-ya, ha-ya, ho Ra-ka ya, ra-ka ya Ei-ya-aa... Ha-ya, ha-ya, hei Ha-ya, ha-ya, ho Ra-ka ya, ra-ka ya Aaa-ii-yo... (hei... hei...) (hei... hei...) [V2: throat pulse] Hrrum! Hrrum! Hrrum... Khaa... Hrrum! Hrrum! Hrrum... Khuu... [Instrumental Rise: tagelharpa drone, drum polyrhythm, bullroarer] [V1: wordless high call] Aaaaa-iiii-yaaaaa! [Percussion Break: frame drum only] DUM DUM DUM-DUM DUM [V1: close breath] Hh... haa... Hh... haa... Ei... Ya... [Second Trance Cycle: deeper drums, faster rattles] [V1] Ei-ra ya, ei-ra ya Ha-na hei-yo Ei-ra ya, ei-ra ya Ha-na haa A-ra hei, a-ra hei Ya-na yo A-ra hei, a-ra hei Aaa-ii-yaa [V2] Hrrrrr-uuum... Rrrr-aaah... Khuuu... [V1] Ha! Ha! Hei-ya! Ha! Ha! Hei-yo! [Build: full war drums, sub pulse, bowed lyre scrape] [V1: stronger] Ya-ra-ha! Ya-ra-ha! Ei-ya, ei-ya, HO! Ya-ra-ha! Ya-ra-ha! Ei-ya, ei-ya, HAA! (V1 echoes: ei-ya... ei-ya...) [V2: guttural rhythm] Hrr! Hrr! Hrr-aa! Hrr! Hrr! Khuu-aa! [Climax: full ritual percussion, war horn, tagelharpa, trance pulse] [V1: soaring ritual chant] Aaa-ya hei! Aaa-ya hei! Ra-na-ya, ra-na-ya EI-YA-HAA! Aaa-ya hei! Aaa-ya hei! Ra-na-ya, ra-na-ya EI-YA-HO! [V2] HRRRR-UM! HRRRR-UM! KHAAA-RA! [V1] Ei-ya! Ei-ya! Ha-ra-ha-ra-hei! Ei-ya! Ei-ya! Ha-ra-ha-ra-ho! [Both: layered ritual voices] A-ya! A-ya! Hei-ya-ha! A-ya! A-ya! Hei-ya-ho! A-ya! A-ya! Hei-ya-ha! Aaa-ii-yaaaaa! [Peak: drums double in density, female layers widen] [V1: high sustained call] AAAAA-IIIII-YAAAAA! [V2: sustained throat drone beneath] Hrrrrrrrruuuuuuuummmmmm... [V1: rhythmic chant over drone] Ha-ya-ha! Ha-ya-ha! Ra-ka-ra-ka HEI! Ha-ya-ha! Ha-ya-ha! Ra-ka-ra-ka HO! (hei... hei...) (haa... haa...) (ei-ya... ei-ya...) [Final Ritual Strike] HA! [Hard Drop: electronic pulse disappears] [Silence] [After-Ritual: lone hide drum, wind, bullroarer] DUM... DUM... [V2: distant throat resonance] Hrrrrmmm... [V1: exhausted breath chant] Aaa... Ei-ya... Haa... Ei-yo... [War horn: distant final call] [V1: almost whispered] Aaa-ii... Yaa... [Tagelharpa harmonic fades] [Final drum strike] DUM. [End]