One listen.

I heard this song earlier today, thought I could write about it but it was a struggle to do so. I think that is mostly due to being tired; I think covering this song would be easier if I wasn’t looking more to sleep than anything else right now. Some of what I wrote is okay but a lot of it is pretty poor, I think.

Bocuma’s “To Be Made Mandatory” is from The Day of Purple Dawning.

I hope you enjoy.

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Thuds and pulses play rhythmically whilst the background hums and gentle notes move on through everything else. A bit more sound comes in and it moves with a bit more vigour. The beat rises to prominence and soon everything, or at least most things move with some sort of confidence.

That more vigorous sound returns and it alters the melody slightly by adding a sense of range before disappearing once more. The sounds keep on driving forward and they push on, but they do so with ease as they craft their landscape.

A sense of rest, or at least “slowing down” for a moment. It’s almost a time to breathe but everything around is relaxed. The beat has changed and soon all return to the main flow and it’s all a cool walk; a cool motion moving through the landscape that has come forward.

Some sound drops whilst everything else pushes on. Then it rises back and brings everything to a halt. Almost. The beat continues on in a muffled form, then something starts rising, but then what is left here stops and the song ends.