Moons Over the Ziggarat - Exclave 12-H-009 (Hekthos)

[Intro - Free Rubato, Ancient of Ancients] [solo oboe only, unaccompanied plucked lyre arpeggios, completely bare arrangement, no drums, no bass, no mallet percussion, no synth, silence between phrases, rubato, no fixed meter, sparse and exposed] [Development - Court Procession] [tuned mallet percussion enters quietly for the first time, still no bass, still no drums, still no synth, tempo remains loose and free, lyre and oboe interweaving, texture thickening gradually] [Transition - The Concord Arrives] [upright bass enters for the first time, establishes walking quarter-note pulse, tempo locks to 104 bpm, brushed drums enter quietly for the first time] [Domestication - Cool Jazz Groove] [full band locked in, oboe melody re-harmonized with cool jazz chord voicings, lyre line now performed by clean sine synth arpeggiator entering for the first time, vibraphone comping] [Outro - Resolution] [oboe and synth in unison on the original motif, bright major/Mixolydian resolution, fade]