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Ancient Ways

by Darwin Artyfact

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1.
Lust 04:18
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2.
Oceans of Greed 04:26
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3.
Pride (Going Here) 04:21
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4.
New Light 06:36
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5.
Life Expectations 02:42
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Dark Night of the Soul 02:48
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Among the Stars 02:59
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Ghatering 03:07
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Swimming in Light 03:04
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10.
The Windy Path 02:57
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11.
The Fire Within 04:02
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Radiance 05:49
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13.
Half Past Midnight 03:54
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Certain Joy 03:54
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Beginning to Glow 04:10
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Theosis 05:26
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17.
Going Back to Earth 04:00
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18.
The Hole in the Roof 04:02
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about

Ancient Ways was born of spiritual experiences happening along the years. However, the framework to understand this album comes from a book by Brian McLaren: "Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices". This book changed my perspective about these experiences and made me able to see it as an ongoing process that I didn't invent, but that has been here all along. Several centuries of pilgrims and saints have practiced these steps. I went through many of the phases described in that book.

Since I'm standing on an ancient Christian tradition of contemplation and meditation, this music is the result of that journey of faith and self-discovery, aided by the voices and textures of electronic instruments. I'm a firm believer that the sounds of a Moog Voyager can clearly embody the voice of angels.

The tracks represent an order or movement from the earthly to the celestial and back again. The process can be described in three steps: katharsis (tracks 1-3), fotosis (Tracks 4-15) and theosis (Tracks 16-18).

Originally, this album was comprised by only three tracks containing each of the pieces. However, I had eliminated that arrangement and made the different parts mobile. In this way, it can be rearranged and rebuilt at will.

Enjoy the journey. Or better yet, create your own!.

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released January 30, 2008

All songs composed and arranged by Daniel Montoya.
Copyright Restore Productions © 2008

Recorded and arranged using Reason 6 controlled with AKAI MPK49 and Micro Korg synthesizer.

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