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Gradient Departure

by Lucid Sound Driver

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::::::CASSETTES AVAILABLE HERE SOON:::::::
aurawire.bandcamp.com/album/gradient-departure

:::Aurawire Description:::

"Jack Murphey, under his alias Lucid Sound Driver makes his premier on aurawire with his release, Gradient Departure.

Gradient Departure differs from most of his other mainly-ambient works by blending in his signature ambient style with influences from IDM and field recordings.

Continuing the story of the indigo child from last year's release, "Serenading the Indigo Child" on No Problema Tapes, Gradient Departure's story is ingrained into every track, being like a soundtrack for a non-existent movie.

Gradient Departure is now out on digital along with a cassette release to follow in the coming weeks.

[aw10]

Lucid Sound Driver:
lucidsounddriver.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/lucidsounddriver"

-Aurawire



::::Full Story::::

The Bell Rings and school is out…

I stand up from my desk as I throw my bag over my shoulder; students go rushing by as they swarm for the doorway…

I turn my head and stare out the window.

I begin to get lost in my own thoughts as the chaos and noise begin to fade out.

Staring into the skies blue abyss I feel myself drifting away. . .

Suddenly I am ripped back to reality as a fellow classmate shoulder checks me nearly taking me to the floor, reaching out for the nearest desk I catch myself from falling, when I look up and they have vanished, I am the last person left in the room…

I exit the classroom as I head towards the bus home…

It’s so strange, I find myself becoming lost in thought more and more these days.

Constantly I catch myself slipping into an almost trance like state, lost in thought as I begin to cancel out my surroundings.

The longer I am in this state the more vivid visions become…

I finally reach the bus as it gets ready for departure, I climb on and find a seat towards the back as I put in my headphones and I feel my eyes grow heavy…

In the darkness of my eyelids images begin to form…

I see lush shades of Blues, and Purples swirling through vast landscapes…

Ever changing geometric patterns move along the environment interchanging continuously like looking through a moving kaleidoscope…

I walk through the sky towards the mountains

The closer I walk towards the mountains the further they move away, The world transforms below me as I traverse over Forests, over Cities, Over Deserts, Overseas …

The Bus comes to a screeching halt and I awake to the Bus Driver yelling “FINAL STOP!”

I get off the bus quietly as its tires kick up dust when it passes

What was that that just happened?

It was so surreal…

Like a living dream, I’ve never experienced something so vivid in my own thoughts, but what’s even more strange is I feel as if I’ve been there before, it had this familiar quality to it, as if I’d been there my entire life.

I walk home, and ponder the experience, perhaps putting too much thought into it.

Time soars by when I finally get to my house, hours go by like mere seconds and I find the time has already reached 12:34 AM…

I decide to turn in for the night so I go use the restroom and brush my teeth before sleep, I return to my room and undress as I get into my night clothes.

Shutting the light off I lie down in bed and set my alarm…

I begin to relax as I feel like I’m falling though an open void.

I open my eyes and am blanketed in darkness…

I am in my room no longer; I reach out into the vast empty space as I feel my body drifting off into the nothingness…

Where am I?

I try to yell out, but my voice remains silent…

I feel a strange pressure grow heavier against my body.

I hear an alienated voice tell me “Everything will be okay”.

I look down and see a light in the distance, I turn my body towards it as I begin to try and swim through the air.

With every second the light grows brighter as I near its opening finally bursting through…

The sight is Serene…

I find myself in the same forest as before on the bus but its different, There is a distorted haze this time around, the scenery changes from forest to city to deserts and oceans more rapidly now…

I see landscapes from all over the world.

Geometric transformation becomes less subtle and begins transforming so quickly it begins to become all I can see...

I begin to walk around over the shifting realm towards a set of Amethyst Mountains out in the distance.

Unlike before the mountains begin to move away from me…

I feel my heartbeat in my chest as I get closer.

Suddenly the world begins to disintegrate at an astonishing rate and bright streaks of light blur my vision, I find myself in outer space as I approach the mountain top…

At the peak of the mountain there is a mouth to a cave its entrance looks like a wall of liquid mercury…

I land on the ledge before it and approach slowly…

I touch the entrance and it ripples like water…

A light travels up my arm from the point of contact…

I reach further into the opening as the substance moves out engulfing my body…

I feel it suffocating me, whatever this substance is begins creeping down into my body and into my lungs.

I make one last attempt for a breath of air as I lose consciousness…

With blurred vision I awaken in an empty hallway as I cough up mouthfuls of the shining mercury like substance…

I stand up and look down a dark corridor which appears to be endless…

I begin embarking down the path before me as the floor begins to illuminate before me…

One step in front of the other I feel myself begin to gain energy as I move further, slowly I begin to pick up speed, and before I realize it I find myself running…

I don’t know where I am going but I run manic like I’ve been here before, a spiritual pressure pushes me from behind as I run with the current…

In the distance a doorway stands before me emitting bright light…

I slow down as I approach its entrance…

There are objects floating in the air as I get closer…

What is this?

These are items from my childhood…

My blanket, my teddy bear, my old coat…

I feel tears come to my eyes for some reason when I see these things and I bury in my face in my arm, as I look up a photo lands before me…

A photo of my mother and myself before she passed away…

I feel myself fall to my knees I begin to cry as her memory sets in…

I feel a hand touch my shoulder and the pain begins to reside, I feel a positive energy as I am picked up to my feet…

Slowly I approach the doorway as it blinds my vision…

I breach through the light in a haze and as my eyes adjust I see a child’s silhouette standing before me.

As we approach one another they reach their hand up towards me and place their hand on my solerplex…

An electric shock overwhelms my body as I see my life rush before me…

Every good memory appears before me.

In a burst of light I am released from my paralysis and I find myself standing before the child again…

As I look towards the silhouette I hear its voice…

My voice whispers “Goodbye”…

I wake up in a sweat in my bedroom as I get out of bed and take a step outside…

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released November 24, 2017

All Music Written, Performed, Recorded, and Mastered by Jack Murphey
All field recordings and vocal recordings by Jack Murphey
Album Artwork Hand Drawn and Digitally Edited by Jack Murphey

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