Robert ÆOLUS Myers: Music
HIGH PRIESTESS
1) Oracle
(This is the first of twelve tracks from HIGH PRIESTESS remastered and released June 2006; all works composed, arranged, and performed by Robert ÆOLUS Myers - running time 1:55)
2) Jungle Love
(An excerpt from PRIDE, a commission for the Valerie Bergman Dance Company - 4:53)
3) Allah
(melody derived from Rabia Song by Zuleikha; one of the many names of God; a Sufi hymn - 3:14)
4) The Mystery Of Music Park
(My son Michael at the age of two stood up in his high chair and proclaimed this title. This version was created as Sandra, my love, listened from an upstairs bedroom. My fondness and hope for our then new relationship is held in this piece - 5:42)
5) Silky
(A silk aloha print shirt - 4:24)
6) No Where To Run
(melodic bass juxtaposing incidental harmonic colorings all dancing over a chordal pattern repetitively reminiscent of Philip Glass - 4:06)
7) Deep
(Composed for a dcumentary about the great humpback whales which spend their summers in the Hawaiian island chain - 3:26)
8) All Souls
(Composed on Halloween utilizing a pulse designed to create and release tension. The image is that of souls incarnating and returning home, incarnating and returning, again and again - 3:42)
9) JA
(Another name for God; done in strict reggae style--every beat one is empty, wherein lives only God - 3:42)
10) Hong Kong
(An impression of the busy streets of Hong Kong - 2:37)
11) Devadasi
(Indian dancing woman utilizing hallmarks of Hindustan musical forms and instrumentation - 4:23)
12) High Priestess
(What could the Archangel Gabriel have said to the high priestess, Mary, which would have her go along with the birth of a male god by a publicized dispassionate means? Hail the return of the power and passion of the feminine and the great balancing - 9:47)
ARCHIVE VAULT
Embrace - Special Bonus Track - ambient new age
(archive recording by Robert ÆOLUS Myers--circa 1983 offered exclusively as a bonus track for site visitors as a complete download. This is early ambient new age music marking Robert as one of the pioneers of this genre. Running time 12:23)
I Have Known You
(A Second Bonus track from the ambient archives. This work was also premiered in 1987 in NYC. Running time 10:51)
THE MAGICIAN - released 1989
1) Eclipse
(There was a time when the energies of the electro-magnetic in conjunction with the lay lines of the planet were utilized as a source of energy. Shadows upon the face of the planet had an adverse effect upon this source of power - 2:23)
2) Sunset
(A ritual ceremony in an oriental tea house, the sun slipping below the horizon - 2:18)
3) Ecstasy
(the wanderer yearns for the clear waters of the animistic deity, Pan. Passion is remembered as a thirst, recalled in the presence of the Beloved - 4:38)
4) Dangerous Love
(True love requires the lover to change. This change can be preceded by a sensation of fear and danger. Be assured, this is the Way - 4:28)
5) The Snake
(The ancient symbol for that which moves from the lower centers up through the body; used consciously an awakening can be accomplished - unconsciously the adept enslaved - 6:08)
6) Pau Hana
(Hawaiian for the final celebration - 2:38)
7) Dream - Burning Bush
(There are those among us who heal with visible light. It is a gift. The dreamer dreams of the gift as a message from the past and is reborn at the hand of such a one - 2:40)
8) Lovely
(a beautiful announcement. While composing this work, three of my dearest friends called me to say that they had me in their thoughts - this piece is for each of these lovely ones - 2:03)
9) Welcome to the Faire
(the children enjoy the open air in a field of games and balloons. We are all welcome to enjoy this place that we keep safe within our hearts - 4:12)
10) May
(a hauntingly familiar melody - composed in May - 4:51)
11) Father's Sorrow
(My father's father came to me in a dream the night he died. There was so much that remained unsaid between the father and the son. My own father and I are much closer now - 5:57)
12) The Magician
(The hermit climbs the mountain in the storm. Upon reaching his cabin, he enters and the wind blows the door softly closed. He spreads silks, and stones, and potions in preparation for the visions - 8:10)
RAYS - released 1985
1) Arch Angel Michael
(running time 3:35)
2) Magma/Mana
(running time 11:42)
3) Cosmic Snail
(running time 8:34)
4) Journey's Edge
(running time 7:18)
5) Orion
(running time 8:20)
6) Rays - title track
(running time 6:18)