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I'm putting my fashion design and story telling background to good use by releasing a very limited quantity of apparel and accessories made entirely by me.
Materials I'm currently obsessed with using: Selvedge denim, used bicycle tires, vintage tapestries, naturally dyed indigo and black walnut.
All pieces here were made by me in limited runs.
More to come!
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9 - The final song is a reflection and a resolution calling upon all of the voices of the album to say its piece in closing. Our coyotes, the desert melody, overly processed electric guitars alongside acoustic guitar and synth bass all recalling a memory we’re only just beginning to have. The present is a thin line that barely exists holding two things that don’t exist on either end: the past and the future.
Polhymnia
There was a desolation in this riff that I wanted to remain untainted but needed to ensure that it wasn’t too vacuous. In the distance we hear the train which is our only rhythm built from a sample and undertone with a Moog analog synth. This ends up being one of the few songs that I multi-track guitars because the fingering of each take becomes a chorus of voices drifting in rhythm almost like time running over each other in a loop. This riff has always been here.
Euterpe
8 - The space, the train, the desolation carries us into an even quieter place where there is only the sounds of the desert. Inspired by an audiovisual called Desert Melody and a piece of prose by Gurleen, I told the story from another angle. “I’m leaving for the desert, the coyotes are hungry.”
Check out the latest release "Euterpe" by @zombieshepherd.lens 💫
a mesmerizing musical composition that takes listeners on a captivating journey through vast desert landscapes and introspective realms 🎶
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Euterpe
8 - The space, the train, the desolation carries us into an even quieter place where there is only the sounds of the desert. Inspired by an audiovisual called Desert Melody and a piece of prose by Gurleen, I told the story from another angle. “I’m leaving for the desert, the coyotes are hungry.”
Polhymnia
There was a desolation in this riff that I wanted to remain untainted but needed to ensure that it wasn’t too vacuous. In the distance we hear the train which is our only rhythm built from a sample and undertone with a Moog analog synth. This ends up being one of the few songs that I multi-track guitars because the fingering of each take becomes a chorus of voices drifting in rhythm almost like time running over each other in a loop. This riff has always been here.
We're down to the final three tracks of Helicon Descending!!
and there will be airdrops!!
Collectors of songs 1, 2, and 3 will get a song! Kleio, Kalliope, Erato
Collectors of songs 4, 5, and 6 will get a second song! Terpsikhore, Thaleia, Melpomene
Collectors of songs 7, 8, and 9 will get a third song! Polhymnia, Euterpe, Ourania
You must collect all three tracks in succession for the airdrop, this means there are only 13 possible for each track and that narrows as each song mints out!
Thanks for those who have collected so far @0xzfi.lens @gianni.lens @sweetman.lens @watchereth.lens @stani.lens @christina.lens @moonmant.lens @zackenny.lens @supreme_pablo.lens @0x1987.lens @musashi13.lens @dukep.lens
ZOMBIE TIME MUSIC HOUR 🎶 Helicon Descending, NFTs on web 3 Riffs Live Monday on Hypeshot at 8pm EDT
Helicon Descending is a reflection of the fleeting and transient nature of creative inspiration in the absence of divine guidance beyond money and celebrity.
Each song is under a minute long and designed for social media, a commentary on the shift in the art world towards instant gratification and the need for commercial and social media success. Artists struggle to find meaning and purpose in a world where true artistic expression has been redirected towards algorithms guided by the misaligned general intelligence of the market.
The title of the album, Helicon Descending, is a requiem to the muses. While they may have left humanity behind, their inspiration and influence can still be felt, even in the briefest of moments. The songs on this album are a testament to the enduring power of artistic expression and the human spirit, even in a world where inspiration has been replaced by the need for instant gratification and social media success.
Overall, this album represents my own journey in ego dissolution, as an artist in a world that has lost touch with the truest nature of the creative spirit. Through it, I hope to inspire others to reconnect with their truest creativity and to find the inspiration they need to tap into their higher self.
6/9 songs have already dropped and are collectible on Lens.
Kleio
www.beatsxyz.app/post/0x6871-0x035b
Kalliope
www.beatsxyz.app/post/0x6871-0x036a
Erato
www.beatsxyz.app/post/0x6871-0x0371
Terpsikhore
www.beatsxyz.app/post/0x6871-0x038d
Thaleia
www.beatsxyz.app/post/0x6871-0x03a6
Melpomene
www.beatsxyz.app/post/0x6871-0x03ad
Thanks for the support and don't forget to
#LMCC
and stay creative frens!
I'm dropping new tracks every Monday at 8pm EDT on Hypeshot
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Love the lyrics and the performance of them
Melpomene
“Mush! Stay in line!
You shouldn’t mind stepping over corpses to stay in time
There is no peace,
or incentives aligned
We knew exacltly what effect we would have on your mind.
So jump in the fire,
and embrace the ego
The farther we go down this path the more it knows what we know.
And how to control
the vitriol you have for human inconvenience.”
6 - The writing of this album is very focused on melody, harmony, ambience, and juxtaposition. I originally didn’t plan to have lyrics so I didn’t write leaving space for it. Maybe these decisions went hand in hand or vice-versa. I ended up changing my mind as I felt like the minimalism needed some more lead melodies that could have been guitar or synth but I chose voice to complete it. All of that is to say I didn’t plan to write any songs that were this heavy for this album. It happened out of a pure drive of the rhythm of this song. The intensity in it needed to be conveyed fully rather than holding it back to fit into the album better. This has happened a lot with my vocals as well. I have tried to focus more on singing and emphatic delivery rather than screaming and other forms of metal vocals. But some of these things need that emphasis and I find it better to lean in than try to pull punches, like the final line of Blood & Honey. Is this the ego dissolution I was looking for or a regression into old patterns? I like to think it’s an exploration into a past self with the healthy distance to harness that energy without being engulfed by it. Don’t let the trappings of art and culture dull your edges, art isn’t made to be civil and some messages need to be delivered as the raw, abrasive truth.