By Traikan traikan Bandcamp.
Cover art by Vero.
Released 11/24/2012.
Duration: 2:34.

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Artist commentary:

Traikan:

I had that G, G#, B motive stuck in my head for a long time, and I knew I wanted to use it for a desert song, so when I saw "Years in the future" I jumped at the chance to put it into play. The latter half of the song is scavenged from an older piece, that never saw the light of day. Texturally, acoustic guitars, high strings, droning pads, and a bit of brass all make me think "DESERT." The scale does most of the also desert themed, work establishing that, though. I wanted the song to be upbeat and include two parts. The first serves as a "conversation theme" to be played when the exiles are communicating with the players and "exile action" which, is unlikely to be heard by a player, but would accompany something more intense happening years in the future.

Brad Griffin: (booklet editor)

[YEARS IN THE FUTURE...
A ramshackle wanderer
...finds a giant book?]