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South Tower

by Dominique Cyprès

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Even without any serious lyrical content, this album tells a fantastic story. It is packed with intent and beauty. Favorite track: 43,600 Windows.
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Victus Fanfare 00:44
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2.
Missing Persons Report 02:45
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3.
Le Carnaval des animaux: XIII. Le cygne 02:34
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Dunes Beyond Omelas 05:00
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The War Plant 03:40
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And now Let's see what's going on down in Pine Ridge Hey Abner Where's your papa? I believe I've got some good news for him Oh hello Lum Uh Papa, he's, uh He stayed home today Well, get him down here 'Cause I think I found a job for him A job? Well, good for you Good for Papa Hooray, hooray I was talking to Walt Bates this morning He says there's an opening over at the war plant The war plant? Oh, I'm afeared that'd be too heavy work for Papa No, not this job All he has to do is just set there and keep time Keep time? They got a band over in there? Your papa's a citizen, ain't he? Huh? He ain't a alien, is he? Uh, what race would you say your papa's in?
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Top of the World 03:51
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Unmanned Aerial Violence 03:10
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Ground Zero After Dark 01:55
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43,600 Windows 03:07
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10.
Unknown Knowns 05:46
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Reports that say there's… That… that something hasn't happened Are always interesting because As we know There are known knowns There are things we know we know And we also know there are known unknowns That is to say we know There are some things we do not know But there are also unknown unknowns The ones we don't know we don't know
11.
High Rise Blues 02:53
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Prince Street Station 06:53
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Fin de Siècle 02:57
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14.
Falling in Reverse 02:37
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15.
At Age Ten I Watched Thousands Die on Live TV 01:35
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about

South Tower is my fifth dark ambient album produced primarily in VCV Rack. This time around, I've acquired some eurorack hardware and augmented a few tracks with a contact microphone, a CEM3340-based analog VCO, and After Later Audio Waves, a clone of the Mutable Instruments Ripples design for an analog filter.

In terms of composition, this album leans more toward fully composed original work than previous releases, though there are generative and improvised elements throughout it once again, and one Saint-Saëns arrangement for good measure. After some of the more aggressively discordant sounds on my previous album Interregnum MMXXII I've returned to a more contemplative mode, albeit retaining more percussion than on my first releases.

South Tower explores a range of moods organized around a central theme about our individual failures to process and adequately respond to collective loss and shared trauma, and particularly that of the 11 September 2001 attacks that precipitated so many war crimes justified to the public as somehow both retribution and humanitarian intervention. I hope you find something to connect to here.

Love,
D Cyprès

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released August 3, 2023

Performed, arranged, recorded, and edited by Dominique Cyprès. All tracks composed by Dominique Cyprès except Track 3, which is composed by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Cover photograph by Raphael.concorde, used under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike-3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

The photograph was altered from the original to form the album's cover art by Dominique Cyprès. The cover image may be used under the terms of the same Creative Commons license.

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Dominique Cyprès Bolton, Connecticut

Student of synth, connoisseur of warm analog sounds, and jack of all trades.

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