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Beautiful ✦ 04. Phase Shift

V6

[Instrumental, 108 BPM, 16 bars, the bare open fifth of D and A rings on from the last piece, then a rhythmic gated analog bass begins on D, short precise eighth notes, D minor] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the gated bass continues, a muffled low thud begins on beats one and three, the pulse urgent and steady] [Instrumental, 16 bars, spiccato cellos enter in a gallop, one long note then two short notes per beat, locking with the gated bass] [Instrumental, 16 bars, spiccato violas add short bouncing chords on the off beats, the gallop and the bass tight together] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a shimmering celesta enters with a repeating arpeggio of three notes, each group lasting three beats against the four beat bar of the strings] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the celesta groups of three and the string groups of four drift apart and realign every twelve beats, a rippling interference pattern] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a plucked harp doubles the celesta arpeggio, pizzicato violins play groups of four, the two patterns weave in and out of alignment] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a high shimmering analog synth arpeggio joins, the tension builds as the patterns pull apart] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a second bass note on A joins the gated bass, the cello gallop rises in pitch, the rhythms dense and intricate] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a solo violin enters high above, holding one long single note on A, the rhythms begin to lean toward it] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the violin holds longer single notes, the celesta, harp and strings gather their patterns around each held note] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a large warm string section opens in long chords beneath the violin, the gallop continues, never a wall of sound] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak, urgent and broad, the violin holds its highest note and the chaotic rhythms anchor around it, all layers sounding] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak continues, the violin line rises two steps then leaps up and holds, the interference pattern at its most intricate] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the celesta and harp leave, the string section softens, the violin keeps its held notes] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the high synth arpeggio leaves, the violas leave, the gallop and the gated bass continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the cello gallop thins to one note on each beat, the thud on beats one and three remains] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the violin leaves, the cellos and the gated bass lock into one unison pulse on D] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the thud leaves, the pulse eases into longer and longer notes on D in the bass and cellos] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the volume only falls, one long low D held on the analog bass with the cellos, the pulse resolved into a single sustained tone] [END]