Thermal Meridian from Helix Hijinks by Orbigon

The raw, unforgiving duality of our crash-landed world finds its voice here, charting a specific traverse through the planet's most extreme meridian. This track explores the volatile borderland where the scorching day meets the eternal night, an instrumental journey that demands courage from its very first note. You can feel the distinct shifts in tempo and density, from blazing 11/16 polyrhythms—sharp, aggressive—to vast, glacial sustained tones, reflecting the sheer hostility of the environment. Our thermal distortion technique is at its most pronounced here; a clean signal slowly heats, distorts into absolute chaos, then cools back into pristine, crystalline clarity, mirroring the physical and psychological pressures of such an existence. The 12-string microtonal bass provides those unsettling, almost sub-audible shifts, like a subtle tremor underfoot, defining the genre's capacity for nuanced unease. This piece captures the isolation inherent in surviving these extremes, yet also the profound strength found in daring to cross them. It’s a narrative arc, mapping not just the planet’s surface, but the blending of distinct identities—the methodical Calculators, the enduring Wanderers, and the dreaming Sleepers—at these critical junctures. Much like the transition points of a year, it highlights where true change, and true hijinks, begin to unfold.

We turn geometry into riffs and equations into explosions. Our guitars speak in fractals while drums count in impossible numbers. No vocals needed when mathematics screams this loud.