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this was not initially constructed as a standalone work, but it became
one almost the moment that it was constructed. there was always an
intent to combine the sexuality themed tracks together at the front of
my first record, but the initial idea was something more like
frontloading the disc than building a cohesive work. it just happened to
build itself up that way, and was truly apparent as such on the very
first listen. even the phantom of the opera cover in the middle of the
track became topical in a sort of subversive way.
i first broke the piece off into a standalone file in the spring of 2014
as a mirror image to the sequence that ends my second record, which
actually *was* consciously written as a single work all the way back in
1996 (and appears that way at the end of the very first demo tape). i
thought that if the second record was going to have an epic then the
first should as well. as the first six tracks had long been a subset in
my mind, this was a natural thing to do. the title of the track was
first published as an upload to youtube in mar, 2014 on the
deathtokoalas channel, which is now deleted.
i did not initially number these tracks as symphonies due to their
incorporation of childish vocals, although i had planned to include them
on any symphonic compilation discs, nonetheless. i saw them more as
proto-symphonies - or just as beginner epics, where i was finding my
feet but ultimately still working out ideas.
it wasn't until i finished reclaiming my 1998 demos from tape at the end
of 2015 that i realized that i could resequence my first two records
from scratch and republish them as instrumental works. the ability to
reclaim these two epics as instrumental works, and consequently as full
symphonies, followed as a corollary of this. it was consequently not
until january, 2016 that i finally elevated the instrumental
reconstruction of this recording to the level of my first official
symphony, which is where it will now exist into perpetuity: eternally,
finally.
the focus in reconstruction was to erect a final version rather than
conform to the original mix, so later versions were prioritized over
earlier ones. the first through fourth sections are very similar to the
original album mix, whereas the fifth and sixth sections have been
replaced with expanded mixes.
once the instrumental version had been constructed for the record, i
felt i had lost something by removing the vocals - or at least some of
them. in the context of the improved master, i felt an edited vocal take
could actually elevate the symphony to a different and surreal level,
if presented in the right context. this context could not be on the
record, though, which had to be fully instrumental. instead, i decided
to place the vocal reconstruction as a standalone single, with the
instrumental as a flip side to it.
this is an incredibly dense piece of music that i'm proud to finally place in the serious part of my discography.
written and demoed from 1994-1998. initially constructed in this form in
june, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. sequenced on jan
6-7, 2016 from parts that were rebuilt over 2014 & 2015. released jan 7, 2016. finalized
on july 29, 2016. this is my first symphony; as always, please use
headphones.
section one: initially written & recorded in 1997. re-recorded in
1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. remastered from various
sources on jan 6, 2016.
section two: initially written in 1994. first full recording in 1996.
recreated in mar, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed
on july 18, 2015. sequenced jan 6, 2016. vocals added on jan 7, 2016.
section three: initially written by andrew lloyd webber. recorded in
1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. remastered from various
sources on jan 6, 2016.
section four: originally created in jan, 1998. a failed rescue was
attempted in 2013. reclaimed on july 5, 2015. expanded & sequenced
on jan 6, 2016. vocals added on jan 7, 2016.
section five: written june, 1998. reimagined june, 2001. slightly
rearranged and re-rendered at the end of july, 2014. rearranged again at
the end of may, 2015. remastered from the 2014 & 2015 sources on
jan 6, 2016.
section six: initially written in 1997. recreated in feb, 1998. a failed
rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed july 5, 2015. remixed july 12,
2015. vocals and electronics added on july 16, 2015. sequenced on jan 6,
2016.