MACHINA SOLIS

A collab by @circlejourneyart and @serialsymphony

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We have been wrongly flagged as explicit by Tumblr. A quick scroll through our blog will show you that there is nothing on it that could be construed as NSFW, so I’m really quite baffled at how terrible their censorship algorithm is.

I do not know if this post is visible to any followers, but if you see this: we have sent three support messages to the Tumblr staff, and are disappointed to say that none of them have resulted in any action being taken. 

As such, we have had to put all music-publishing on hold (and we do have something coming up) until this is fixed.

If we are unable to get our blog back soon, we will migrate to a new blog. Do stay tuned for that.

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I forgot that you *can't* scroll through our blog. Because it's been flagged. Dang it.

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We have been wrongly flagged as explicit by Tumblr. A quick scroll through our blog will show you that there is nothing on it that could be construed as NSFW, so I’m really quite baffled at how terrible their censorship algorithm is.

I do not know if this post is visible to any followers, but if you see this: we have sent three support messages to the Tumblr staff, and are disappointed to say that none of them have resulted in any action being taken. 

As such, we have had to put all music-publishing on hold (and we do have something coming up) until this is fixed.

If we are unable to get our blog back soon, we will migrate to a new blog. Do stay tuned for that.

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The Star of Bethlehem was once theorised to be a comet or a supernova, but neither kind of celestial body would have moved in the manner described. In just two days, though, we celebrate the 2016th anniversary of that star’s procession across the sky.

Happy Holidays from Machina Solis!

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Today begins the annual Leonids meteor shower, and here's a new release. An 80s synthwave-style track about Pluto, where the dark, remote landscape is illuminated only by the sparse lights of human colonies and the distant speck that is the sun.

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There’s no special astronomical event today, but the Ancestral Album did drop, which is a milestone all on its own. Our very first collaboration, this track has been under wraps for an entire year, and we’re pleased to finally be releasing it.

CJ: This track is about Redglare and her lusus Pyralsprite, apprehending the enemies of justice, preserving order in the empress’ name. We wanted the track to evoke an image of the pair flying over a battlefield, laying waste to foes. We decided an epic orchestral sound would be most fitting.

Skip: I think that this song is a vital addition to the dragon genre of music that I feel is severely underrepresented in the homestuck fan albums. Also, the real reason we used a koto is because neither of us wanted harpsichords.

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On this day 48 years ago, humankind placed three men on another celestial body--the moon--for the first time in history. This massive cultural and scientific milestone paved the way towards increasingly ambitious sojourns beyond the stratosphere, and has since come to signify the heights of human aspiration.

For the anniversary of this momentous occasion, we have a new track--Interlude--a song about waiting for a journey to begin, rife with the same high-flying idealism that took humanity beyond the bounds of its home planet. We hope you enjoy it!

Lyrics:

I know that my destination could be anywhere A rising whisper on the ocean breeze is calling me there I can't wait, the time is nigh

A thousand ways into the blue and nowhere else to go A thousand seas I have to cross, a thousand mountains to know On the other side of the sky

The wind unfolds on shores and shoals And foam on sails of salt and whales The vaulting sky as pale, as dry As Heaven above

The sands and skies and dragonflies And blazing eyes in Paradise I'll write you postcard lullabies, my love  

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On July 1st 2004, after a six-and-a-half-year journey through space, the Cassini-Huygens probe became the first spacecraft to enter Saturn's orbit. Cassini is slated to plunge into the gas giant's atmosphere later this year, marking the end of 20 years in space.

On this day, Machina Solis presents a new track, Arrivals, created during a ten-day meetup between its members. While not a part of the main Machina Solis project, it captures a similarly adventurous spirit.

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It’s snowing somewhere else.

Here’s a quiet track for the waning days of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower.

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A late Victorian themed portrait of @serialsymphony​ and I, for our music collab @machinasolis B)

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‘Поехали!’

On the 12th of April 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in history to journey into space. This event marked the advent of an era that saw our knowledge of, and fascination with, space grow in leaps and bounds.

For this occasion, we present our latest track: Saturn’s Bells. In the universe of Machina Solis, Saturn’s moon Titan is home to a thriving community of artists and musicians, many members of which settled there for the breathtaking view of the rings.

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As the ship falls from sublight speed, you begin to feel colder. Jupiter comes into focus: it is vast and luminous, the eddy and whirl of its liquid bands visible from out here.

The transit across the frost line is the one you most enjoy, because there is nothing grander than watching red-white Jupiter grow in your window as the ship approaches. The settler communities on Europa and Callisto certainly share in that sentiment: much of their art features the great planet that fills their skies.

Happy Spring Equinox! Here’s a new track for the Machina Solis project. We’re really pleased with how this one came out and we hope you enjoy it too. Check it out on Soundcloud too!

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Now that an annular solar eclipse is in progress in the skies of the western hemisphere, we're proud to release our very first EP, Escape Velocity!

Escape Velocity is a collection of experiments in the electronic and dance genres, created over the internet via a range of collaboration styles. We hope it keeps you entertained until the next release under the main Machina Solis project!

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As Summer turns to Fall, the curtain opens on the eventime of this world, burning bright in a brass glow.

Today is the 87th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto, and it is also the day of the inaugural release of Machina Solis, a collaboration by @serialsymphony and @circlejourneyart. Machina Solis is an ongoing musical worldbuilding project, set in a Solarpunk universe where the Sun is a clockwork machine.

Check out our About page to find out more!