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Astrophobos 1917

by Dreams in the Witch House

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In celebration of Lovecraft's birthday on August 20th, 1890, the "Dreams in the Witch House" team presents this dynamic take on Lovecraft's poem written in 1917.

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In the midnight heavens burning
Thro’ ethereal deeps afar,
Once I watch’d with restless yearning
An alluring, aureate star;
Ev’ry eye aloft returning,
Gleaming nigh the Arctic car.

Mystic waves of beauty blended
With the gorgeous golden rays;
Phantasies of bliss descended
In a myrrh’d Elysian haze;
And in lyre-born chords extended
Harmonies of Lydian lays.

There (thought I) lies scenes of pleasure,
Where the free and blessed dwell,
And each moment bears a treasure
Freighted with a lotus-spell,
And there floats a liquid measure
From the lute of Israfel.

There (I told myself) were shining
Worlds of happiness unknown,
Peace and Innocence entwining
By the Crowned Virtue’s throne;
Men of light, their thoughts refining
Purer, fairer, than our own.

Thus I mus’d, when o’er the vision
Crept a red delirious change;
Hope dissolving to derision,
Beauty to distortion strange;
Hymnic chords in weird collision,
Spectral sights in endless range.

Crimson burn’d the star of sadness
As behind the beams I peer’d;
All was woe that seem’d but gladness
Ere my gaze with truth was sear’d;
Cacodaemons, mir’d with madness,
Thro’ the fever’d flick’ring leer’d.

Now I know the fiendish fable
That the golden glitter bore;
Now I shun the spangled sable
That I watch’d and lov’d before;
But the horror, set and stable,
Haunts my soul for evermore.

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released August 20, 2021
Astrophobos 1917
Music by (Blair, Dalager & Ringman)

Guitar / Axe-Fx: Douglas Blair

Lead & Acoustic Guitar / Piano: Anders Ringman

Bass: Emily Retsas

Drums: Sean Jones

Violin / Viola: Molly Rogers

Flutes: Gina Luciani

French Horn: Amy Sanchez

Vocal: Mike Dalager

Fractal Soundscape by Douglas Blair
Orchestral Arrangement by Anders Ringman
Audio Mix by Chris Laney
Mastered by SoundLab

Cover Art by Mohloco
Special Thanks to Andrew Leman of the HP Lovecraft Historical Society.

Video available to view at YouTube (WitchHouseRocks) and Vimeo (Platform West). Filmed and edited by Davey Robertson.

Produced by Platform West LLC

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"Dreams in the Witch House: A Lovecraftian Rock Opera" (2013) is a Concept Album adaptation of the 1932 Horror tale by HP Lovecraft. This BANDCAMP page will feature expansion tracks developed by the Producers. Enjoy!

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