One listen.

This one has been sitting on my list for about a week now. Have some time this morning so decided it’d be good to get it done, and getting it done I did… so yeah. Not a bad piece. It captures atmosphere quite well. I think I tried to get some of that across, though I wasn’t as successful as I’d have liked.

Yoshino Aoki’s (青木佳乃) “The First Emperor” (“ファースト・エンペラー”) is from the soundtrack for Breath of Fire IV, Breath of Fire IV: Original Soundtrack.

I hope you enjoy.

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Percussion stirs in a weighted air. Sounds descend slowly, rise, seem hollow and full at the same time. There’s disconnect contained within an ever-continuing thread, and something feels tense.

Or rather, it feels otherworldly. There’s something here that feels unknown and still, and perhaps beyond. Meditative, reflective, and maybe something irresponsible too. It permeates through the sounds and their dryness, and they remain slow and deliberate. They are careful, and perhaps unknowing of what they do.

The sounds continue on. They continue on with their hollow fullness, and remain steady. They present themselves in a darkened space, and the percussion plays out until everything fades away and the song ends.