The Endarkenment

by helen_g

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The Endarkenment 46:39
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"Five years later, I take a deep, shuddery breath to stop myself crying. It's not just that I can't hold Aoife again, it's everything: It's grief for the regions we deadlanded, the ice caps we melted, the Gulf Stream we redirected, the rivers we drained, the coasts we flooded, the lakes we choked with crap, the seas we killed, the species we drove to extinction, the pollinators we wiped out, the oil we squandered, the drugs we rendered impotent, the comforting liars we voted into office - all so we didn't have to change our cozy lifestyles. People talk about the Endarkenment like our ancestors talked about the Black Death, as if it's an act of God. But we summoned it, with every tank of oil we burned our way through. My generation were diners stuffing ourselves senseless at the Restaurant of the Earth's Riches knowing - while denying - that we'd be doing a runner and leaving our grandchildren a tab that can never be paid."

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Inspired by the last section of David Mitchell's 2014 novel, "The Bone Clocks", it's a longform (approx. 46 minutes) continuous mix of instrumental minimal ambient/ambient drone music, recorded in a single take, with spoken word voiceovers added later.

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released November 19, 2023

"Five years later, I take a deep, shuddery breath to stop myself crying. It's not just that I can't hold Aoife again, it's everything: It's grief for the regions we deadlanded, the ice caps we melted, the Gulf Stream we redirected, the rivers we drained, the coasts we flooded, the lakes we choked with crap, the seas we killed, the species we drove to extinction, the pollinators we wiped out, the oil we squandered, the drugs we rendered impotent, the comforting liars we voted into office - all so we didn't have to change our cozy lifestyles. People talk about the Endarkenment like our ancestors talked about the Black Death, as if it's an act of God. But we summoned it, with every tank of oil we burned our way through. My generation were diners stuffing ourselves senseless at the Restaurant of the Earth's Riches knowing - while denying - that we'd be doing a runner and leaving our grandchildren a tab that can never be paid."
[David Mitchell, "The Bone Clocks", 2014]

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Grew up in the foothills of the Welsh Misty Mountains before packing my spotted hanky on a stick, eventually washing up on the unforgiving concrete shores of a big city on this rainy fascist island
There's always been music; lately I've done more listening than playing but as I get older & my health quietly deteriorates I've started making music again, while there's still time & a habitable planet ... more

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