In the Shadow of a Weeping Willow

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Micro Landscape of a Bathroom Sink I first encountered Brian's artistry in a delightful, peaceful computer game about what I imagined were flocking birds planting seeds to conquer a planet. It was in fact the music that truly reeled me in. Since then, I often find myself deeply connecting with Brian's music. This time is no different. "Weeping" is a masterful piece to bath in. Thank you B. <3

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	1.	Weeping (Above) 52:54
	2.	Weeping (Below) 01:04:04

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We heard a chord in the air
Over the far hills and the river
Lingering between the ground and sky
Like invisible fog
I laid down beside this tree
Weeping in a green arch
Given up on the sun
Neither awake nor asleep
In between deference and death
Prostrate beneath the held tone
Exhausted, I said to you
"Each of us like you has died once"
We just can't remember it
A blade of grass, a raindrop in a cloud
Woven through the cycles of the earth
Oscillating memory
Dissolved in the sun's rays
And blown through the wind
Hovering vibrations
Saturated by the passage of time
Entropy modulating like a ripple in a pool
Hidden at the edge these woods
Telling myself to be content that I am here
Nearer to or further from that recurrent moment
I try to be silent, I try to be still, listening for the sound

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N.B. - A two-part session from the archives of '22, final glossed and offered here in celebration of Earth Day '24. Made with the Korg Opsix and a sinewave monosynth "pedal bass" in what has come to be thought of as the "old style" of ambient Milieu albums.

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released April 22, 2024

W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded principally on June 14 2022, with final pass work April 2024, at the White Pillar Workshop. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. Text by Brian. Design by ABM&D using visual sampling of "The Accolade" by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1901.This is Milieu Music number MML193. (C) + (P) Oscillog ASCAP 2024. All nights preserved.

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Milieu Dayton, Ohio

Psychedelic electronic music, sun-warmed analog ambient and sci-fi braindance, for cats, aliens and epicureans alike.

I also release music as Coppice Halifax: coppicehalifax.bandcamp.com

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