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Tandavam

from The Monomyth by Dr Ted Nelson

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The hero now faces their “grand ordeal”; the defining moment of the journey in which they face their biggest test. This can come in the form of slaying a dragon, finally confronting a romantic interest, or reaching enlightenment. This track is heavily inspired by the progressive music that keeps music feel fresh and original, at the cost of being a little too high-brow at times. With influences from Frank Zappa to Ravi Shankar to Jacob Collier, this song exhibits a variety of musical flavors and aesthetics: compound metres, tonal serialism, the Purdie shuffle, chamber choir, and Musique concrète. It’s a freak-of-nature of a song but it’s diversity is what makes it unique. The title represents the Hindu god, Shiva, who dances eternally in a ring of fire surrounded by mythical musicians. The dance is the source of the cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution in mythology. Shiva is the destroyer in the Hindu pantheon, but what is destroyed is made new again through reincarnation. In other words, what dies never fades; it just recedes into memory.

lyrics

Tandavam
The dance divine
Samsara
Must reach Moksha
Feel the rain
Absolve us
Time is circular it blinds up
Aum ॐ

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from The Monomyth, released May 6, 2020
Guitars/Vocoder/Synths/Percussion: Nick Vollbrecht
Piano: Dan Foster
Bass: Brad Monkell
Drums: Ryan Javens
Marimba/Aux Percussion: Ben Grant
Drums: Ben Grant
Trumpet: Zech Allen
Alto Sax/Tenor Sax: Sean Hastings
Trombone: James Coover
Additional Voices: Alex Hayes, Conor Grocki, Joe Taurone

Composed Arranged/Produced/Mixed by: Nick Vollbrecht
Engineer/Co-mixer/Mastered by: Aidan Sloppy

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