APOCALYPSE by Rayson He
The idea of this album was formed in my head when I was reading Stanislaw Lem’s mysterious book SOLARIS. Especially, these sentences on the very last page inspired me a lot:
“We all know that we are material creatures, subject to the laws of physiology and physics, and not even the power of all our feelings combined can defeat those laws. All we can do is detest them. The age-old faith of lovers and poets in the power of love, stronger than death, that finis vitae sed non amoris, is a lie, useless and not even funny. So must one be resigned to being a clock that measures the passage of time, now out of order, now repaired, and whose mechanism generates despair and love as soon as its maker sets it going? Are we to grow used to the idea that every man relives ancient torments, which are all the more profound because they grow comic with repetition? That human existence should repeat itself, well and good, but that it should repeat itself like a hackneyed tune, or a record a drunkard keeps playing as he feeds coins into the jukebox…”
In fact, this album starts with “a record a drunkard keeps playing as he feeds coins into the jukebox” and then becomes the imagination of the past and future of the universe. I want this album can be grand like a film score, but also can be seen as a personal narration, which conveys my thoughts about the human beings, the world, the cosmos, and of course, myself.
Hope you enjoy it.
— Rayson He
Tracklist
| 1. | Inane Record | 5:22 |
| 2. | Exiled Souls | 8:23 |
| 3. | Lost in Mist | 5:46 |
| 4. | Sunrise, or the last breath of the world | 7:56 |
| 5. | Erosion | 5:57 |
| 6. | Asylum | 4:22 |
| 7. | Distant Stardust | 14:53 |
| 8. | Heterization | 6:00 |
| 9. | Deserted Planet | 5:32 |
| 10. | Floating away from the Earth | 5:24 |
| 11. | Soaring | 5:54 |
| 12. | Dust of Time | 4:03 |
| 13. | Rebirth | 6:43 |
| 14. | Bonus: Lost in Inspiration (Ambient Edition) | 12:44 |
Credits
Composed, Recorded, Mixed, Mastered, & Produced by Rayson He (何宇轩).
License
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Rayson He (何宇轩) is a Chinese-born experimental music composer currently residing in Germany. He is widely recognized as an innovative producer who creates the fusion of symphony orchestra with cutting-edge technology.
His works blend various genres such as classical music, electronic synthesis, ambient music, environmental music, noise music, electro-acoustic music, cinematic music, etc.