From the Ever More Distant Stars - Light Awakening and Night
of Splendour
These two compositions, published as Expanding Space II, do not differ from The Naiads either in purpose or in terms of their tonal universe.
On the tape sleeve, Jes Bertelsen writes as follows:
From the Ever More Distant Stars beskriver musikalsk bevidsthedsfelter
og energiniveauer, som mediterende ofte må stræbe efter på anden vis: Den højere
astrale dimension; bevidsthedstilstanden i dyb søvn, hvor bevidstheden fungerer på
kanten mellem liv og død, den såkaldte bardo-tilstand. I det højere astrale felt er
også den planetariske, kosmiske dimension af betydning.
From the Ever More Distant Stars synes at strømme fra dette niveau; det er som om
denne musik altid lyder, hvad vi har her er et lille brudstykke, en passage af dette evigt
klingende materiale ...
(genoversat til dansk fra engelsk).
From the Ever More Distant Stars maintains more or less the same tonal universe for half an hour, though there is a shift about half way through. Listen to the two samples, one from the beginning - glistening, expanding, in combination with a slow descent
- the other from the second half, which is more restrained.
The tonal universe in Night of Splendour is of another kind - more violent, perhaps. Listen to a sample from about two minutes into the piece.