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Gloria = Enigma

from Flux Gestation by Isotherme

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Written and recorded in January/February 2014.

An early “ghost ambient” piece about memories of an amorous encounter by candlelight from my college days (her name was not Gloria). I chose the name Gloria, inspired by a song called “Gloria’s Step” from the famous Bill Evans Trio album Sunday at the Village Vanguard. Also, to me, the name Gloria sounded like a traditional Catholic girl’s name, and my cohort in this particular encounter had a penchant for saying the rosary each night before going to bed—or before engaging in some other night-time activity (!). I almost removed the synthesized heavy breathing I originally recorded in the track in order to clean it up for this album’s release. It’s a bit campy, admittedly, but I decided to leave it in. What the fuck. Yes.

This track makes gratuitous use of Mellotron sounds, too (albeit unauthentic) and hand-spliced sound effects. I also used a creepy electronic glockenspiel sound from Propellerhead’s Thor synthesizer, triggered from my iPad.

My original recording of Gloria=Enigma was a lot slower. I thought it dragged a bit, so I increased the tempo during the remix for this album.

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from Flux Gestation, released November 12, 2016

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Experiments in ambient guitar, electronic musical texture, ghost ambient and sound collage.

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