LX — посланіє by Mystery Tapes etc.
посланіє is an epic song setting by composer pianist Lubomyr Melnyk of
the most famous war poem of his home country, written by Taras Shevchenko in 1845.
"to the living, the dead, and those yet unborn, my epistle"
we suggest that you might make a donation to the Ukrainian aid organization of your choice.
LX was an official Mystery Tape side back in the day,
this being version 2,
here remastered and revised as version 2.3,
& as version 2.4 on March 19th 2022, amended with the 'overview' track.
bonus materials include a 6 page pdf booklet which delineates in detail the relation of track 2 to the Ukrainian heritage & plight.
Tracklist
| 1. | less than a minute | 0:16 |
| 2. | посланіє 'overview' | 7:00 |
| 3. | посланіє | 27:39 |
Credits
Doug Perry — viola
Myron Moskalyk — violin
Jim MacDonald — horn
Sandra Pohran — oboe
David Kent — tympani, cymbal, xylophone, chimes
Christine Frolich — voice
Denis Gertler — signalist
Nicola Wojewoda — thunder piano
Lubomyr Melnyk — pianos
License
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.Recommendations
X...coined to cover the counter-covert world of converted sound and retrofitted music, where collective melodic memories of the familiar are mined and rehabilitated to a new life. The blatant borrowings of the privateers of sound are a class distinct from common sample pocketing, parroting, and tune thievery.