{"title":"Sound of Ceres BUNDLE","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"sound-of-ceres-nostalgia-for-infinity","title":"Nostalgia for Infinity","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"section group\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col span_1_of_2\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px 6px 8px; background-color: #a9a9a9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 100%; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eTrack Listing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/244056138%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-Ina3M\u0026amp;color=ff5500\u0026amp;inverse=false\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;show_user=true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePursuer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBryn Marina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmber Age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Spiral Arm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand Of Winter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide A\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou’re Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKingfisher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAntiprism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDagger Only Run\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col span_1_of_2\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px 6px 8px; background-color: #a9a9a9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 100%; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAfter releasing three albums with their band Candy Claws, Karen and Ryan Hover have evolved into Sound of Ceres. Joined by Robert Schneider, Ben Phelan and John Ferguson of the Apples In Stereo and Jacob Graham of the Drums, Sound of Ceres draws influence from an array of genres and decades, exploring soundscape-laden, dreamy pop. The Colorado-based group crafts a lush, ethereal sound which pulls as much from mid-century lounge music and '70s nature documentary soundtracks as it does from '90s shoegaze and modern sampling techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSound of Ceres’ debut LP, Nostalgia for Infinity, is released March 4th 2016 on Joyful Noise Recordings. The album is a conceptual retelling of the '60s Brazilian hit \"The Girl from Ipanema\" - except the girl is replaced with a spinning antiprism, and the unrequited longing is replaced with an existential shout into the expanding universe. Nostalgia for Infinity also explores the parallel between the '60s hit song and Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time, in which Proust describes \"a world beyond us but within our understanding.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sound Of Ceres","offers":[{"title":"Aqua-Blue Vinyl + Digital","offer_id":14306623623,"sku":"JNR187LP-C1","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black Vinyl + Digital","offer_id":14306623687,"sku":"JNR187LP","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD + Digital","offer_id":14306623751,"sku":"JNR187CD","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (Instant download in MP3 and WAV.)","offer_id":14306623815,"sku":"JNR187digital","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Limited Edition Vinyl (VIP exclusive, limited to 300 hand-numbered copies on Aqua-Blue and White \"a-side\/b-side\" vinyl.)","offer_id":18782246023,"sku":"JNR187VIP","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/5451\/products\/albums-nostalgia-for-infinity-1.jpg?v=1516294075"},{"product_id":"rebirth-lil-bub-cover","title":"Rebirth (Lil BUB cover)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"section group\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col span_1_of_2\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px 6px 8px; background-color: #a9a9a9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 100%; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eTRACKLIST\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRebirth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col span_1_of_2\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px 6px 8px; background-color: #a9a9a9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 100%; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOn March 25th and 26th, JNR artists convened in our hometown neighborhood of Fountain Square, Indianapolis for the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.fountainsquaremusicfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eFountain Square Music Festival\u003c\/a\u003e. 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Sound of Ceres' creative cohort of authors, composers, and illusionists traveled from a snowy Alpine retreat to the outer limits of deep space to bring you \u003cstrong\u003eThe Twin\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhile their 2016 debut \u003cstrong\u003eNostalgia for Infinity\u003c\/strong\u003e responded to the hugeness of time and space, now Sound of Ceres explore the strangeness of being just one human outcome amidst an infinitude of possibilities. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe adventure begins with one of the great works of 20th century German literature, The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. As Ryan Hover read the tale of Hans Castorp (named for one of the twins of Gemini), whose life as a shipbuilder gets sidetracked by a visit to a rest home in the Swiss Alps, new chords, melodies, and lyrical ideas seized his imagination. Elements from the novel – the snow and isolation of the mountains, echoes of Grimm's Fairy Tales, a fixation with the number seven – took on a new form as the fantastic universe of \u003cstrong\u003eThe Twin\u003c\/strong\u003e took shape. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaren Hover and Ryan gave voice to early versions of the songs, exploring the sound of words even as they teased out lyrical ideas. Rough sketches were dispatched to band mates Derrick Bozich, Jacob Graham, and Ben Phelan, and then Ryan fashioned their instrumental contributions into new arrangements. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut just as Hans in The Magic Mountain undergoes a great transformation as from the flatlands through the narrow gauge to the Alps, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Twin\u003c\/strong\u003e underwent great changes as it began to travel – in this case, to Iceland.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRyan, Karen, and Jacob arrived at the Reykjavik studio of producer Alex Somers (Sigur Rós, Julianna Barwick) with the original mixes of what seemed like more-or-less finished songs. And then they went through a different door. Guitars and harpsichords gave way to more analog synthesizers and melodic percussion. As the music's dynamic range grew wider, timbres chilled, and more layers of vocals were woven into the background, a new twin of \u003cstrong\u003eThe Twin\u003c\/strong\u003e emerged. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Twin\u003c\/strong\u003e opens with the hypnotic \"Gemini Scenic,\" analog keyboards and pulsating drums lifting up Karen's hazy, layered vocals; the intensity ebbs and flows, propelling the listener deeper into the album's mysterious sonic universe. \"Mercury's Moods\" clicks and hisses like some steam-powered alien machine, while \u003cstrong\u003eThe Twin\u003c\/strong\u003e underpins harp glissandi and Ryan's voice with crisp, dry snare hits. Hints of '60s exotica, '70s AM radio, and even symphonic grandeur weave through layers of rippling synths and shifting rhythms. Ideas drawn from the past and future fold together, creating a sound that exists outside any particular time or trend. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn concert, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Twin\u003c\/strong\u003e evolves and changes nightly; no two versions of this immersive audio-visual experience are alike. Lasers and fiber optics pierce the darkness and smoke, creating a web of ever-changing constellations. Stars, circles, and double-helixes dance around the band, bouncing off reflective costumes and outstretched hands. Responding fluidly to each unique environment where they perform, Sound of Ceres transport the audience into the heart of the great cosmos via a mystifying display of lights and effects, coupled with hypnotizing sound. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJust as the various members of Sound of Ceres combine ideas and energies to fashion their magical world, everything they create together – words and music, video, live performance art – interlocks to tell the whole story. And when all the elements align, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Twin\u003c\/strong\u003e unlocks a universe of endless possibilities and infinite outcomes. 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Guitar, lead vocals, and interpretation by Rob Crow. Additional vocals by Robertdale III, Yossarian, and Scout Crow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMike Adams At His Honest Weight\u003c\/b\u003e - “False Memory” - Written and recorded at home by Mike Adams Additional lead guitar recorded by Zac Canale at his house Mixed by Ben Lumsdaine in AD’s basement \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKramer\u003c\/b\u003e - “Send In The Clowns (Stephen Sondheim)” - Music \u0026amp; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. All instruments \u0026amp; voices by Kramer. Produced by Kramer at Noise Miami (aka; Home).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEerie Wanda\u003c\/b\u003e - \"2020\" - Written and recorded by Marina Tadic at home in Nijmegen, NL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThor Harris\u003c\/b\u003e - “HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa”- Written and recorded by Thor Harris from his home in Austin, TX. Thor Harris played - trumpet , trombone, clarinet, marimba , dulcimer, Kalimba, glockenspiel, harmonium and voice; Anni Rossi - viola; Sima Cunningham - vocals; \u0026amp; Abra Moore - vocals; Monk Parker - baritone sax. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNo Joy \u0026amp; Josh Kastner\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Love Stomp\" - Written and recorded by Jasamine White-Gluz and Josh Kastner at their respective homes in Montreal, Quebec.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDeerhoof\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Dismantle the System\" - Ed Rodriguez: guitar. Greg Saunier: drums, keyboard. Satomi Matsuzaki: vocals. John Dieterich: guitar, bass, vocals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJad Fair + HIFIKLUB\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Staying at Home\" - Pascal Abbatucci Julien – electronic drums; Anthony « Daffodil » Belguise - synthesizers, piano, acoustic guitar; Jad Fair – vocals; Jean-Loup Faurat – guitar, effects; Régis Laugier – bass; Music composed by Pascal Abbatucci Julien, Jean-Loup Faurat and Régis Laugier; Lyrics written by Jad Fair; Produced and mixed at home by Anthony « Daffodil » Belguise; Recorded at home by Pascal Abbatucci Julien, Anthony « Daffodil » Belguise, Jad Fair, Jean-Loup Faurat and Régis Laugier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHelvetia\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Psychic Life\" - Everything done at home by Jason Albertini.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTall Tall Trees\u003c\/b\u003e - \"You and Isolation\" - Written and Recorded by Mike Savino at home. Mike Savino - banjotron, bass, synth, vocals, mixing. Micah Thomas - drums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eC.J. Boyd + Will Oldham + The Quarantine Choir\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Savory (Jawbox)\" - Acoustic bass guitar, alto clarinet, upright bass: C.J. Boyd; Bass clarinet: Josh Bennett, Arrington de Dionyso, Bruce Lamont, Andy Rayborn; Bassoon: Carly Cassano, Mark Ortwein; Clarinet: Shannon Fields, Thor Harris; Flute: Maxx Katz; Harmonium: Sarah Ruth Alexander; Harp: M. Bailey Stephenson; Marimba: Thor Harris; Oboe: Felix Zimmermann; Lead vocals: Will Oldham; Quarantine choir: Sarah Ruth Alexander, Kendra Amalie, Karl Blau, C.J. Boyd, Sima Cunningham, Madeline Johnston, Julia LiBassi, Adam Matlock, Ko Newborn, Amber Pollard, Lauren Poole, Lilah Rose, Linus Schief, Macie Stewart, Molly Sullivan, Tara Toms, Karima Walker, Andrew Weathers. Song by Jawbox, arranged collectively. Mixed and produced by C.J. Boyd. Everyone recorded themselves in their own homes, and a few had engineering help from their partners: Ates Isildak recorded Carly, Ben Kirby helped record Amber, and Stephen Lucas recorded Sarah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKishi Bashi \u0026amp; El Ten Eleven\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Every Day Is A Sunday\" - Kishi Bashi - vocals, synths, violins. Kristian Dunn - basses. Tim Fogarty - drums. Mixed by Drew Vandenberg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Ophelias\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Grand Canyon\" - Spencer Peppet- vocals, guitar, lyrics; Jo Shaffer- bass; Andrea Gutmann Fuentes- violin; Micaela Adams- drums; mixed by John Hoffman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSound of Ceres\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Enchanter (Demonstration 1)\" - Written and recorded by Derrick Bozich, Jacob Graham, Karen Hover, and Ryan Hover. Mixed by Ryan Hover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSUUNS\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Indecisions\" - Mixed by Antoine Goulet. Written and performed by SUUNS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDumb Numbers\u003c\/b\u003e - \"On High in Blue Tomorrows (edit)\" - Written by Adam Harding and Thor Harris. Recorded by Thor Harris at home in Austin, TX. Additional recording and mix by Adam Harding at home in Indianapolis, IN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSwamp Dogg\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Southern Soul\" - Writers: Jerry Williams,Bob Jones,Larry Clemon, Bob Jones. Produced \u0026amp; Arranged by Jerry Swamp Dogg Williams and Larry Moogstar Clemons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003egooD fUCK\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Hyenas on Fox\" - Good Fuck is Tim Kinsella and Jenny Pulse. Recorded in Carrizozo, New Mexico and Galatina, Italy. Mixed by Hunter Husar. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOhmme\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Homicidal Hamsters\" - Written\/performed by Ohmme. Thor Harris - percussion, marimba, dulcimer, horns, clarinet, gong, tubular bells. CJ Boyd- fuzz bass. Mixed by Dorian Gehring and Sima Cunningham at Fox Hall, Chicago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMagic Sword\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Covenant\" - Written and performed by Magic Sword. Recorded in isolation from the shores of oblivion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAll tracks mastered by John Hoffman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col span_1_of_2\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px 6px 8px; background-color: #a9a9a9; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 100%; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0px 0px;\"\u003eStruggle and isolation often spawn great art. In this strange moment of history, we can't help but see the potential for creation... With all of our artist's sidelined from touring and regular life plans, we decided to commission the artists of our label to record a new song from within their quarantine environment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe resulting project is called \"Safe In Sound - Home Recordings From Quarantine\". Featuring songs written and recorded while each artist is isolated at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA total of 20 contributing artists include \u003cstrong\u003eSwamp Dogg, Deerhoof, Kishi Bashi \u0026amp; El Ten Eleven, C.J. Boyd \u0026amp; Will Oldham, Helvetia, The Ophelias, Kramer, Rob Crow \u0026amp; his kids, Thor Harris, Mike Adams At His Honest Weight, No Joy \u0026amp; Josh Kastner, Jad Fair \u0026amp; Hifiklub, Tall Tall Trees, SUUNS, Good Fuck, Dumb Numbers, Sound of Ceres, Magic Sword,\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eOhmme\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen we started this project we knew it would be good. 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Rendered in dynamic, ambitious orchestral passages, it forms the basis of future stage performances intended to draw its half-submerged narrative into the visual sphere. In its dreamlike impressions, it could also be the soundtrack to a long-forgotten early musical film - an experience that delighted and transported audiences and then vanished from record, surviving only in the imprint of memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in three acts, \u003cem\u003eEmerald Sea\u003c\/em\u003e follows two deities who trail each other through the furthest reaches of experience. There is the Universe, all that exists, voiced by performance artist \u003cstrong\u003eMarina Abramović\u003c\/strong\u003e. And there is Venus, transformer of matter and avatar of love, sung by the group's lead vocalist Karen Hover (who goes by k).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a dazzling suite of songs inspired by Maurice Ravel's ballet \u003cem\u003eDaphnis et Chloé\u003c\/em\u003e, Gustav Holst's \u003cem\u003eThe Planets\u003c\/em\u003e, and Les Baxter's midcentury exotica, \u003cem\u003eEmerald Sea\u003c\/em\u003e studies intimacy on both an interpersonal scale and a cosmological one. Connection and severance, joy and grief, wonder and bewilderment all tumble through its scope. In the widest frame, the universe begins, meets itself, and ends. In the closest frame, two people encounter each other, grow close, and then separate. These stories are two views of the same fractal. In every intimacy human beings cultivate, every rush of connection, no matter how fleeting, we reenact the universe for ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I envisioned myself journeying through these different realms -- space, the land, the sea, the heavens -- and following Marina's character,\" says k. \"I always saw her as a shadow figure that I couldn’t quite figure out.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRyan says, \"The album’s story is an allegory for the emergence of mind and meaning from the matter of the universe, and its eventual fading, with a glimmer of hope at the end.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn its current cycle, \u003cstrong\u003eSound of Ceres\u003c\/strong\u003e is Derrick Bozich, songwriter, harpist, and flautist; Jacob Graham, synthesist, costumer, and light designer; K Hover, vocalist, lyricist, costumer, and choreographer; and Ryan Hover, songwriter and producer. They recorded \u003cem\u003eEmerald Sea\u003c\/em\u003e in collaboration with Jon Sonneberg at Ka-Boom studio in Ohio. It was mixed by Nicholas Principe and mastered by Kramer. When you receive it, when its sounds in motion light up your mind's eye, it is also created in collaboration with you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePROGRAM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACT I - THE VOID\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe begin in death. Maybe you are used to calling it space. It's not the silence after a story's last chapter, but the void that limns life, the emptiness that frames and encases substance - the cold on the other side of the skin of the world. Amid this absence, a presence surges. She is the universe. At the crest of her voice, uncountable stars bore holes in the dark. Their light enriches the nothingness between them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor eons, she stands alone in her tower, looking out onto all that is. And then, one day, she becomes aware of her aloneness. She grows restless. She wanders into the garden at the tower’s base.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA second voice calls to the first. A newborn scorches the frame. They are the universe's complement, light pocked through with darkness, cooling stone swinging around the suns. They bring the vision by which the universe might learn to know herself. Imagine an eye, and the swath of the universe reflected in that eye, and the universe seeing her reflection inside the glassy organ that sees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What is this mind?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe'll call them Venus. They've found a crack in the firmament. They pry it open with claws of light and crawl through.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeneath them, the ocean yawns ahead, nipping at an unmarked shore. Behind them, the universe, draped in shadow, follows. For a moment, Venus and the universe hang in tandem, considering each other. The universe is overcome with a premonition: Venus devoured in the fiery jaws of some wild beast. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVenus smiles. They wander into the waves. Just before they disappear beneath the surface, they beckon the universe to follow. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe universe sees Venus in duplicate, two shimmering figures undulating in the surf. One figure tumbles into nothingness. The other darts deeper into the sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACT II - THE DEEP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeneath the emerald sea, Venus and the universe find a long-drowned city. The universe stands beneath a deteriorating archway. She has cast off her mantle of shadow, and radiates flame. Bubbles spray from her hair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why do you come in pieces?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe universe reaches for the fragmented Venus, a child's figure made from flakes of glass. Venus reaches back. When they clasp hands, the fire darts through Venus, too. They melt themself solid. The heat from their palms stirs the mounting foam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile at first Venus saw themself as separate from the sea, an interloper in its depths, now they assume its flow. Steam jets open wherever they step. They populate the dead city. People of fire rise from their fingertips. The crumbling, kelp-strewn streets now bustle. Delighted with their creation, Venus chases the universe through the city, into the reefs, the light from their flamed heads alighting the coral. Their feet dance across shipwrecks studded with barnacles, the shark-bitten ribs of sailors. They move with all that's living and all that's dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVenus is a child, and children like to vanish. In their delight, they wander past where the light of the sun can penetrate. Eyes of beings they cannot name watch them from the furrows of the earth. Tendrils grasp at their ankles. Creatures that have never known light gnash their teeth at this sudden interruption of flame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Venus is quick, and darts from them. To them, it is a game. They regard the monsters of the deep with a child's trust. They rest inside the mouth of a cave, where they amuse themself by shooting fiery plumes from their fingertips. The cave rumbles. The stalagmite at Venus's back is not an outcropping of rock, but a tooth. Just as the behemoth's mouth is about to close around them, the universe finds Venus and whisks them to the surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACT III - THE FIRMAMENT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe universe carries Venus to the sky. Again, she changes shape - no longer a torrent of fire, she is a warrior who wears a jeweled sword the color of dusk. Venus, too, has grown. Like the palace where they land, they are made from vapor, the edges of their form fraying into the surrounding cloud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe days and nights whirl the palace around the globe. Venus and the universe watch the surface of the planet below as it changes. Continents lock into place. The people of fire become people of flesh and scatter across the earth. Venus and the universe share the love of gods, whose bonds are not constrained by time as mortals know it. Their love is both ancient and perennially incipient. It ages in the same moment it is born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom their vantage, Venus and the universe watch love bloom across the earth. And they watch it die in fire and fracture, watch the tumult of what unfolds in its lack. There is so much pain beneath them, and in their observant circle, they fold the pain into their love, and scatter it back transformed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt cannot last. In time, the earth grows cold and the sun grows close. This is the time of perfect death from perfect love. Venus splits into their three aspects: Venus Caelestis, the glassy-eyed child, the morning star; Venus Physica, the sea-born creator who plays in the deep; and Venus Verticordia, the changer of hearts and transformer of love. As they shatter, they whisper to the universe a spell that will restore her to her beginning. 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