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Church bells ring with joy

Once in darkness souls now sing:

“Christ from Death, Rises!”

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(Notes: The words “Христос Воскрес!!” mean “Christ is Risen” is Ukrainian.  It is a traditional greeting between people during Easter Season.  The response is “Воїстину Воскрес!” which means, “Indeed He is Risen!” The song I wrote above repeats the traditional, liturgical phrase, “Christ is risen from the dead, conquering death by death, and to those in the tombs he granted life!!” in Ukrainian.  It is done with entirely with loops – in other words it’s done in one take, live. Symbolically speaking, loops have no beginning and no end.  There is a fitting aspect to using this technology to sing about Easter.)

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Fascinating piece on the sounds that various stones and rock formations can make. 
Makes me wonder about how they might have used the sounds in conjunction with cave painting.
 
 

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