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Hurricane, I

by Champion Leader

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Evacuate! 04:44
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"Found audio" of the traditional Russian 'spiritual' "Расплачется, растоскуется", or "My Sinful Soul", recorded by an unidentified person visiting the Kremlin Church of the Assumption in Moscow. One translation of this piece offers these lyrics: "My sinful soul, why don't you weep? You shall weep, o soul, and lament always, and therein shall you find consolation, for you won't be able to weep when the death comes, and after death your sins will condemn you. Cast away your sinful attire in repentance, for if you won't cast your sins away, you surely won't escape hell. The sufferers wear crowns on their heads and they sing the song of the Archangels: hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah."
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Blackout 05:08
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I've seen the hand of the Bridegroom write on the wall I've seen the Golden Finger, telling it all! But no one wants to believe it No one wants to change a thing I've seen the factory towers in the sky Belching smoke and fumes that burn the eye But no one wants to believe it No one wants to see it I've see the storm from the inside, looking out I've seen the trees bent low with their branches down But no one wants to believe it No one wants to conceive it! I see the kingdom coming in silent awe I see the holes in hands and the mark of a spear I know I want to believe it! I hope you want to receive it... Amen

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A largely-instrumental soundtrack inspired by catastrophic tropical storms.

Inspired by the music of a multitude of movie soundtracks, as well as a resurgence in the popular awareness of the synthesizer sounds of a couple of decades ago, Hurricane, I is my effort to step away from more-or-less typical songwriting and structure, and move more towards the moods and textures of television and movie backing tracks.

Back around 1999, I discovered through a friend the simple atmospherics of Brian Eno's Another Green World and Before and After Science, which began to reshape how I thought about songwriting. Almost twenty years later, I'm finally giving form to some of those early aspirations. Supplying creative support and inspiration to this effort are the sounds of the movie Interstellar created by Hans Zimmer, the soundtrack of the movie Captive, created by The Edge, the "found sounds" of The Caretaker and William Basinski's Disintegration Loops. On the more pop side of the coin, I drew from the canon of past masters of synth and organic integration Depeche Mode, New Order and Joy Division. And helping to ignite the desire to pursue the instrumental path was last year's sci-fi masterpiece Stranger Things and its excellent theme "song" and soundtrack.

The title Hurricane, I ("I" rhymes with "eye") is a reference both to life on the southeastern coast of the US, and the anticipation, fear and sense of loss that accompany life changing events like (or more tragic than) the occasional hurricane passing over one's town, but it is also a reference to my own part in the reality of the violence and evil and destruction that is sadly a part of this life. I truly am the hurricane, and if I want to lay blame at anyone's door for the evils that persist in this life, then my door is the first and only one with which I should concern myself .

I suggest that you listen to this collection of songs by allowing it to play in the background, at a modest volume. While they will stand up to scrutiny, most of them are meant to function as mood pieces that occasionally grab your attention. A couple have a catchier quality to them, and you might find yourself humming along with them.

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released November 4, 2017

Composed and recorded at The Office, Beaufort, SC, during Fall 2016 and Summer 2017.

All songs © 2017 J Bozeman

Cover image: "The Beast in the Sea", B&W digital, J Bozeman, © 2016

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Champion Leader Beaufort, South Carolina

J. Bozeman, of Luxury and They Sang As They Slew makes music under the borrowed moniker "Champion Leader", which itself is a name given to Mary the Mother of God.

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