Jul 4, 2020
My Name Is A Killing Word by Secret Archives of the Vatican by Broken Drum Records The title is a literary reference. 170 bpm, 9/8 time. The musical mode/scale being used is Maqam Shehnaz Kurdi.
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My Name Is A Killing Word by Secret Archives of the Vatican by Broken Drum Records The title is a literary reference. 170 bpm, 9/8 time. The musical mode/scale being used is Maqam Shehnaz Kurdi.
The Eternal Quest
Here is a new release from Thousand Yard Prayer – The Eternal Quest. It’s a five track album/EP but the Bandcamp download version has a couple of extra tunes. The release dates are 7 April on Bandcamp, 8 April everywhere else, all mainstream streaming and downlaod sites. All of the tracks have videos and these can be found on our YouTube channel and also on Bandcamp. There isn’t an overarching…
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Fakir Of The Silver Mask
A release from our other entity...
Back in 2002, in the era of CDs, marketing a new release took ages so you couldn’t release an album or track every day like you can now. It took time to manufacture, print, advertise, distribute etc. Secret Archives of the Vatican was prolific and had been busy with releases so there was a need to use another name to get some new music out. Thousand Yard Prayer was essentially Vince’s project and…
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Stars End
This week’s new tune 110bpm Orientalist Trapstep…or something like that. Hey, maybe we just invented a new sub-genre!
Science fiction There are two classic science fiction references here, in the title and vocal sample, and your challenge is to identify both. Titles and authors! We didn’t involve any apostrophes in the title. This was to avoid issues with upload sites that get confused. It keeps…
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The Fall of Trantor
The Fall of Trantor
Weekly offering We’ve been trying to release at least one track a week during this pandemic period. Here’s this week’s offering, from Secret Archives of the Vatican. Musicology It’s another tune where acoustic middle eastern instruments collide with some Croydon bass electronica. That’s what we do! For you musicians, the rhythm is 9/4 time, called Aghr Aqsaq. The scale/mode/maqam used is Maqam…
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If I Was Black I'd Be A Panther
If I Was Black I’d Be A Panther
Here’s a new tune, inspired by current events.
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