Praedormitium by Polypores
Originally released via Castles In Space - Feb 2023
**VERY LIMITED VINYL COPIES STILL AVAILABLE**
https://polypores-cis.bandcamp.com/album/praedormitium
“Praedormitium was inspired by the warm glow and fuzzy logic of hypnagogic states - the realms of consciousness between sleep and waking. These threshold states are characterised by particular images, sounds, and cognitive effects. Both Philip K Dick and Salvador Dali drew upon them for inspiration.”
Praedormitium is the third part of a loose trilogy of albums that Polypores (Stephen James Buckley) has recorded for Castles in Space. Following in the garlanded pathways of Flora (2019) and the universally acclaimed Azure (2020), the expectations for Praedormitium are running extremely high. Stephen continues the odyssey he started on Flora and refined on Azure to deliver an album not only full of his usual depth and invention, but built to exist within that enclave of melody and optimism that typifies the Castles in Space catalogue. The album spins a dizzying 12 track suite of inspirational modular synthesizer pieces built from Stephen’s instinctive and seemingly limitless free flowing creativity.
He continues, “In my third album for Castles In Space, I felt that I should pursue the themes of the previous two by exploring an imaginal place - and decided that the place between wakefulness and sleep was an ideal location. If the previous two albums were... more
credits
released February 10, 2023
Tracklist
| 1. | Frost And Moss | 2:55 |
| 2. | Yolk | 3:03 |
| 3. | Pure Colours And Light Charged Clouds | 4:28 |
| 4. | Growing Crystals | 3:06 |
| 5. | Enchantments | 2:35 |
| 6. | Kaleidoscope | 5:27 |
| 7. | Nonsensical And Fragmented | 4:56 |
| 8. | Loss Of Ego Boundaries | 3:56 |
| 9. | Lattice | 2:08 |
| 10. | Reverie | 3:08 |
| 11. | Our Tiny Orbits | 4:02 |
| 12. | And Slowly Open Your Eyes | 3:45 |
Credits
Written and performed by Stephen james Buckley on modular synthesizer - December 2020
Thanks to Colin. Nick and Antony for their help in making this happen. And to Mark, Neil and Barry for listening.
