09. Memory Death

[Quadrivium]

Grew to be one of my favs on the record. Certain sections remind me of Opening the Mouth. Hauntingly beautiful track, future classic for sure.

[mechanismj]

It feels as if we are listening to someone dying. Right in the middle of the album. Then we are being reborn in The Word Becomes Flesh. So, do we die twice in this album?

[denpa]

For me it's one of the most impactful songs on the album. My mind instantly linked it to a literal memory death and near-death experience. Having experienced the latter, for me, it's very similar to the feeling you get as you lie there accepting you are dying in that moment. The otherworldly voice sounding like it's pleading saying "please..." brings me to tears every time. Incredibly powerful track. It's length is perfect as well. It's all just so fleeting.

[Cupz]

It feels as if we are listening to someone dying. Right in the middle of the album. Then we are being reborn in The Word Becomes Flesh. So, do we die twice in this album?

I think thrice, we are also reborn as a robot at the end. Maybe four times and the first time you come back as a chicken.

[Waterbagel]

all right, this is standing out as one of my all-time favorite interlude tracks. it's just too haunting, but filled with so much yearning

[noveltywave]

The title would suggest our memory dies (all memories), or is it just one particular specific memory that has died?

[Wildfire]

The title would suggest our memory dies (all memories), or is it just one particular specific memory that has died?

I see Acts of Magic as the initial moment the soul is revived from death and reincarnated. Memory Death is the wiping of the memory of the previous life before full reincarnation, then the Word Becomes Flesh is the moment of physical reincarnation.

[Redd Panderson]

It occurred to me to share that this track reminds me of a very matured and richly mastered version of what the artist Sangam is doing. I like Sangam, but man, hearing the same degree of production/mastering on his work as Memory Death would really elevate it a lot.

[rd1994]

I am currently reading a book by a Buddhist monk and in it he talks about that in order to start a new day we have to die the day before that, in order to kill the memories that came from the day before. Maybe that also ties into the title of "memory death"

[♄ope keeper]

[WATER_CAN-_-]

[Redd Panderson]

I am currently reading a book by a Buddhist monk and in it he talks about that in order to start a new day we have to die the day before that, in order to kill the memories that came from the day before. Maybe that also ties into the title of "memory death"

I was thinking along similar lines with this track actually. In Buddhist terms, we are born and die in every single moment. (So we don't have to think of past lives as literal past lives; it can just be earlier versions of ourselves in this life)

Another layer to consider: in Dante's Divine Comedy, the waters at the base of Purgatorio wash away memories of sin for those that enter and before they climb. If we think of the concept of sin more broadly, it could be seen as an extreme connection to something that isn't real / isn't a real manifestation of divine love, eg, photographs, memories, etc. Stuff you have to let go of in order to be reborn to and to be open to the present moment.

Inferno's reference to the Divine Comedy probably has a lot of rich layers to it that someone else would be way better equipped to unpack than me.

[2020k]

“Emilio, they say that, um, sometimes people can hear you when they’re in a coma. I hope you can hear me cause I want you to know…”

I have hope. I am one. I am the Earth. I am the sun.
I had no choice but to let go. I just disappeared.
I was connected to the universe. A pure unitive state.
I fully believe that consciousness is from beyond as well as within.
There is something beyond us and the universe is all connected.”

-DJ Food mix



“ ​​When I’m making a mix I’m looking for ‘moments’, it might be a transition from one song to another or it can be the coupling of two songs together that form a magical third piece. There’s the moment where I use a sample of a girl talking to someone in a coma, she’s saying ‘I hope you can hear me, ‘cause I want you to know…’ before the BoC track ‘Memory Death’ kicks in, they seemed perfect for each other. I then added spoken word I’d made via voice cloning software over the top using notes from a conversation with a friend who related their experiences on a DMT trip. Together they give the Boards track a new dimension which is, for me, the point of a mix like this” - DJ Food

[Negamuse]

The title would suggest our memory dies (all memories), or is it just one particular specific memory that has died?

I dunno why but I was imagining it as the death that awaits you when nobody remembers you, as in this quote

“There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.”
― David M. Eagleman, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

The fact this is tracked AFTER "Somewhere Right Now In The Future" only adds to that suspicion.

[donacidae]

Last night whilst listening I noticed there’s a deep musical connection between this track and Reach for the Dead. Makes sense, as both feature “Dead / Death” in the title.

The bass line for both tracks share the same 3 descending notes - Eb - Db - B. And in the same key as well. Whilst RFTD has a more extended chord progression, but this fundamental 3 note idea is exactly the same. And the notes progress at a very similar tempo.

[Waterbagel]

The bass line for both tracks share the same 3 descending notes - Eb - Db - B. And in the same key as well. Whilst RFTD has a more extended chord progression, but this fundamental 3 note idea is exactly the same. And the notes progress at a very similar tempo.

they do notoriously love descending a root tone down to a flat 6 (here, B would be the flattened 6 of what would normally be the 6th note in the Eb scale, C )

but hell why not. i'm down