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Category: Weekly Song

The Weekly Song category.

  • Tzolk’in – Meztli

    Tzolk’in – Meztli

    It starts slow, creeping its way through echoes and dark soundscapes. Two minutes later, the percussion kicks in and you’re on your way to what Tzolk’in wants to be a journey into the ancient Mayan culture, reinterpreted by the contemporary electronic music style. Tzolk’in is a type of calendar used by the long-gone Mayan civilization.

    This is a seriously introspective song, but not one that is easy to digest. Dark undertones are joined by a subdued but relentless thrashing. In my book, it’s one of the best finds of 2015.

    You can listen to the song for free, in good quality, on BandCamp, which is one of the best websites when it comes to supporting artists. You can also purchase the song (or album) from this same location. And in case you’re wondering, yes, I did purchase Tzolk’in’s album :).

    https://ant-zen.bandcamp.com/track/meztli^

    YouTube (decent quality):

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    https://open.spotify.com/track/0aGoNNPkI23dvXBSAcuyIe^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/67158664^

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  • Terry Oldfield – Dancer In The Void

    Terry Oldfield – Dancer In The Void

    Listening to this melody with my eyes closed is like traveling to another world. This is one of those rare gems that are good any time of the day and anywhere in this Universe. You can find it, and other like it, on Terry Oldfield’s “Journey Into Space”, an album released in 2012. Terry is the brother of Mike Oldfield, another great musician, author of the famous “Tubular Bells”.

    You can listen to the song for free, in good quality, on BandCamp, which is one of the best websites when it comes to supporting artists. You can also purchase the song (or album) from this same location. And in case you’re wondering, yes, I did purchase Terry Oldfield’s album :).

    https://terryoldfield.bandcamp.com/track/dancer-in-the-void^

    YouTube version (decent quality, and a pretty video too):

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    https://open.spotify.com/track/5wECNjSM3caqtNDlVc9s1o^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):
    http://www.deezer.com/track/81719386^

    This Weekly Song entry has been brought from the FaceBook archive of Weekly Song^. This exploration was originally started through a FaceBook page, about 13 months prior to launching Mentatul. Actually, this is the song with which I started on this musical adventure. Slowly but surely, the entire FaceBook archive will be brought here.

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  • Arbre Noir – Roam

    Arbre Noir – Roam

    Didgeridoo? Yes please! “Roam” is a cool psybient song which works great for creating an atmospheric mood. Arbre Noir sure know how to orchestrate their music because this melody ebbs and rises in a beautiful celebration of sound and pattern. The didgeridoo is very well integrated into the music and enriches it through the tribal dimension it adds.

    You can listen to the song for free, in good quality, on BandCamp, which is one of the best websites when it comes to supporting artists. You can also purchase the song from this same location.

    https://musicmosaic.bandcamp.com/track/roam-arbre-noir^

    YouTube (decent quality):

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/52447961^

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  • Geomatic – Beyond the Beginning

    Geomatic – Beyond the Beginning

    Of a haunting beauty, Geomatic’s “Beyond the Beginning” manages to capture with amazing mastery the ineffable notion of something that doesn’t yet exist. The atmosphere and construction of this song make me think at exactly that: something beyond the beginning – a place where life and death are just two sides on a multidimensional dice. Nothing exists, yet everything does – the singularity of thought.

    I would probably love this piece even if it would be called “Tom’s Never-ending Fall”, but I absolutely adore it with the title it has. Those three words are the only verse this song has, the only verse it needs. Let the melody ravage your imagination and wonder “what was, is or will be, beyond the beginning?”

    You can purchase the album from the following location on BandCamp, which is one of the best websites when it comes to supporting artists. And in case you’re wondering, yes, I did purchase Geomatic’s album :).

    https://m-tronic.bandcamp.com/album/blue-beam^

    YouTube version (decent quality):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp_zgc9Hayk^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    http://open.spotify.com/track/61ZRmP7i3HFWHbmVHmo09j^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/68375360^

    This Weekly Song entry has been brought from the FaceBook archive of Weekly Song^. This project was originally started through a FaceBook page, about 13 months prior to launching Mentatul. Slowly but surely, the entire FaceBook archive will be brought here.

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  • Platonic Scale – Stardust (feat. ALLA)

    Platonic Scale – Stardust (feat. ALLA)

    The year has barely begun, yet this precious little gem by Platonic Scale looks set to become the song of the year 2016 for me. Building up from a slightly melancholic setting the melody blossoms to deliver a hopeful jolt. All the more impressive is that through well-chosen words the writer is giving the listener something to ponder.

    It’s quite difficult to deliver a profound spiritual message in an unassuming, playful way, yet this is exactly what Alla and Platonic Scale are doing here. Backed by beautifully paced music, Alla’s voice goes from dreamy to provocative, ultimately reaching an uplifting climax. This is a well written song, in all the ways that a song can be well written.

    Oh, and did I say that this cute – and in the same time deceptively intense – video does it justice as well?

    “‘Cause there’s stardust in our bones
    And there’s music in these stones
    And there’re stories in the sea
    And so much more we can learn to be”

    You can listen to the song for free, in good quality, on BandCamp, which is one of the best websites when it comes to supporting artists. You can also purchase the song (or the EP) from this same location. And in case you’re wondering, yes, I did purchase Platonic Scale’s EP :).

    https://platonicscale.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-the-blue^

    YouTube version (decent quality, and the pretty video too):

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/117350784^

    The entire EP, including “Stardust”, on SoundCloud:

    https://soundcloud.com/victormmusic/sets/out-of-the-blue-ep

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