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Vespers
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Instrumental chill-out music painting the memories of a monastery on a Summer afternoon.The gurgling river, flute playing and the calling of the bells.
electronica spiritual holy chillout etherial
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Ambient electronica, chillout dance beats, ethereal vocals or occasionally harp. Feel free to livestream/record any of these in internet church services.
Abbess was the composer in residence for the Visions creative multimedia collective and church service in York from 1991-2010. She then went to work for Leeds Minster before moving South to Winchester Cathedral. Now she is working for the Transcendence Trust. A few years ago she added some free downloads of settings of ancient songs used in the mornng prayer liturgy. Abbess' music ranges from classically influenced chill-out pieces through trip hop to departures into the land of techno. Feel free to use the mixes and/or words in a non-profit church service situation, and let her know if they liked it!
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Genre
Electronic Ambient
Charts
Peak #332
Peak in subgenre #28
Author
Abbess
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Abbess
Uploaded
November 27, 2003
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MP3
MP3 7.7 MB 128 kbps 8:26
Story behind the song
The piece was inspired by visits to the ruined medieval abbeys of Yorkshire and the rhythm of the monastic day with times for work and play. I tried to give the feel of a Summer afternoon with the sounds of the river in the background. Steph played plainchant(a fragment of a piece by Abbess Hildegard) on the flute for me, and I used our voices to sing etherial Glorias above the ambient techno soundscape.
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