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Polis by Charles B. Kim
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fave it Ambient | Soundscapes
15 tracks | 60 minutes
Released Mar 2006
on GenevaMars Music
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:25 Quietude 1: First View of the Polis BUY MP3 02:25 Quietude 1: First View of the Polis "GIFT MP3" 02:25 Quietude 1: First View of the Polis
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:49 Chaconne: Traffic BUY MP3 05:49 Chaconne: Traffic "GIFT MP3" 05:49 Chaconne: Traffic
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:28 Elegy 1: Isolation BUY MP3 04:28 Elegy 1: Isolation "GIFT MP3" 04:28 Elegy 1: Isolation
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:46 Temple BUY MP3 02:46 Temple "GIFT MP3" 02:46 Temple
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:44 Nightmusic BUY MP3 03:44 Nightmusic "GIFT MP3" 03:44 Nightmusic
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:00 Quietude 2: 1st Day, Dawn BUY MP3 03:00 Quietude 2: 1st Day, Dawn "GIFT MP3" 03:00 Quietude 2: 1st Day, Dawn
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:47 Citadel BUY MP3 04:47 Citadel "GIFT MP3" 04:47 Citadel
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:56 Cortege BUY MP3 03:56 Cortege "GIFT MP3" 03:56 Cortege
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:15 Elegy 2: Coronation BUY MP3 07:15 Elegy 2: Coronation "GIFT MP3" 07:15 Elegy 2: Coronation
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:23 Quietude 3: 10th Year, Dawn BUY MP3 02:23 Quietude 3: 10th Year, Dawn "GIFT MP3" 02:23 Quietude 3: 10th Year, Dawn
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:34 Mekanic BUY MP3 04:34 Mekanic "GIFT MP3" 04:34 Mekanic
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:40 Awaken, Sleeper BUY MP3 02:40 Awaken, Sleeper "GIFT MP3" 02:40 Awaken, Sleeper
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:23 Ostinato: Departing the Polis BUY MP3 03:23 Ostinato: Departing the Polis "GIFT MP3" 03:23 Ostinato: Departing the Polis
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:27 Elegy 3: Ascension BUY MP3 05:27 Elegy 3: Ascension "GIFT MP3" 05:27 Elegy 3: Ascension
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:51 Final Quietude: Lighthouse BUY MP3 03:51 Final Quietude: Lighthouse "GIFT MP3" 03:51 Final Quietude: Lighthouse
A wordless opera with emotive vocals, dark ambient atmospheres and minimalist rhythmic elements.
Bio / Background
An exploration of modern city life in a mythical context, Polis is an opera without words, where melodic themes are the characters that play out the drama amidst dark ambient environments and pulsating rhythmic latticework. In a sense, Polis follows the concept of program music, music that represents extra-musical ideas such as a picture or a story. The voice, so evocatively provided by Mariana Bernoski (This Side of North), is not utilized as a solo vocal line as in traditional songs, but rather as an instrument, blended with other electronic and acoustic instruments to create an organic whole.
The story of Polis recounts a young woman's journey to a great city that is not from the present, past or future, but draws elements from all three. It exists in "mythical time," or a time that does not necessarily exist in our timeline here in the real world. Her visit is spurred on with the hope of finding a future and ultimately finding herself within the megalopolis.
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