[Intro – single fretless lute cycle alone, no percussion, 21 sec] [Cycle 2 – calabash walking pulse enters, lute cycle unchanged, 21 sec] [Cycle 3 – lower lute begins shifting the cycle slightly on each pass, 21 sec] [Cycle 4 – second fretless lute enters one octave above, quieter, 21 sec] [Cycle 5 – upper lute drops out, lower lute shifts once more, 21 sec] [Cycle 6 – both lutes together in octave unison, 21 sec] [Cycle 7 – peak: handclaps and metal ring rattle enter, widest variation, no volume jump, 21 sec] [Descent – upper lute out, lower lute and calabash only, 16 sec] [Outro – calabash drops out first, lute keeps its cycle, cut mid-loop with no final chord, 16 sec] [Arrangement note: instrumental throughout with no voices of any kind. The lower fretless lute never stops cycling from bar one to the end. The upper lute sits exactly one octave above, quieter, and enters only at the midpoint. Percussion is hand-struck and woody, never a kit. Dynamics stay flat across the whole track; intensity grows only through added elements and faster cycle variation, never through volume.]
