In this track Shade and Flake announce themselves, before battling it out. Shade is represented by the Tabla, while Flake is represented by Bodhrn. After the central question and answer section Flake emerges victorious.
Mendhi Singh (Tabla)
Breda Horgan (Bodhrn)
ABOUT SHADE AND FLAKE
In 2006 I made a white top hat and a black top hat. In the night I woke up, put the hats on in front of the mirror, and out came the two poems “Shade’s Theme” and “Flake’s Theme”. I proceeded to make two costumes, write music for them using my loop machine, and started performing the two pieces in open mics. The poem “The Crystal Joy” followed in 2007 (performed at The Bath Story Telling Circle), but it wasn’t until 2009 that the concept E.P. took shape, and not until 2011 that the prologue and epilogue poems were written and recorded.
The opening piece contains the lines:
From out two hats the brothers crept
to duel upon the life of knots entwined.
So know we well, how through the darkness pass
the tormented writhings of our minds.
and the final piece contains the lines:
You who would the knots of night to make untie
In error do you toil alone.
Our knots shall breaken be, by the medicines of laughter
And melted by the warmth of gentles’ love
Copyright Ash Mandrake 2011
These are reflections from personal experience of struggling through depression, and how the way through it may be simpler than one might imagine at the time.
lyrics
Lyrics are selected from the tracks "Shade's Theme" and "Flake's Theme"
credits
from Footprints From A Tribal Id 2012,
track released August 5, 2012
Mendhi Singh (Tabla)
Breda Horgan (Bodhrn)
Paul Nocher for the loan of a recording system and Mic
Thanks to Breda for the recording space
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