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Piston Quints - Oxygene IV​.​MCMLV / XCII

from The 12 Tracks of Christmas 2016: Pure Myrrhr on the Technics by 103 Records

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So, you might've heard; I missed a track on the 14th, something I've not yet done in the history of this yearly project. As you can imagine, there was a lot of drama. A lot of swearing. Maybe some tears, I'm not sure. Either way, it was a Kerfuffle™

It left me wondering exactly what the future of this years 12 Tracks was going to be, and I'm not gonna lie; I debated calling it off at the halfway point. Making it "The 6 Tracks Of Christmas 2016". Both because of how much I've been struggling- with music, with personal stuff, etc.- and simply for how much stuff I've got to work around in my schedule. It looked bleak.

And yet I couldn't stop myself from starting this off early yesterday morning, chipping at it and tweaking it over the course of the day and between sleep. I wasn't always happy with it, and several times I wanted to call this off too- just make it another demo and maybe attempt it again later- but I couldn't stop myself from working on it.

I know why, mainly. I went into this year's 12 Tracks with more or less zero plan, barring one. You see, on November the 28th, days before the project started, my uncle- Les J Aldridge- unexpectedly passed away. It's one of the many things I (and my family) have been dealing with these past couple of weeks, and has been playing a small part in the difficulty I've had getting things done. His funeral is set to take place today, and once the news hit I knew I had to commemorate his life with a piece of music on the same day. I settled on doing a cover/reinterpretation of a song that both of us loved; Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygene IV". The old boy would've probably considered this take on it "pure noise", bless him, but to do anything but leave my own fingerprint on the song would defeat the point of the song. That point being that, ultimately, it's a way of saying goodbye.

Perhaps, too, there's that ever present undercurrent of raw, stubborn willpower. Even if I want to quit, I can't help myself from trying; I just can't let it all go when I've still got work to do.

christ that was all very melodramatic, jeez

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from The 12 Tracks of Christmas 2016: Pure Myrrhr on the Technics, released December 31, 2016
originally composed by Jean-Michel Jarre, arranged/additional material composed by Decon Theed

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103 Records is an independent label based in Cambridgeshire. Spearheaded by Decon Theed, 103 Does not believe in narrow genre focus, forced monetary participation, or exclusion of the individual; our goal is provide music of any genre, produced by musicians from all walks of life, and to have it be as readily available to everybody as is possible. ... more

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