Music From Ancestral Archeology | Secrets of the Fern

by Nina Pixel

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1.	The Scene With Trees and Organic Textures 00:57	buy track
2.	The Scene Where All the Magic Wisdom Sleeps 07:48	buy track
3.	The Scene Symbolizing Everything That One Seeks But What Is, in Fact, Unattainable 03:59	buy track
4.	The Scene of Rites, Unreachable and Alluring, Existing Only in the Realm of Delusion 04:33	buy track
5.	The Scene of Roots That Grow in the Most Secluded Parts of the Forests 05:08	buy track
6.	The Scene Where a Bang, or a Thunder Follows Its Birth 03:14	buy track

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This is music from a video I made in collaboration with Adrián Kriška called ANCESTRAL ARCHEOLOGY: Secrets of the Fern

youtube.com/watch?v=_ftRPBqbBz0

An ancient Slavic myth of the fern flower symbolises everything that one seeks but what is, in fact, unattainable.

Fern Flower is rooted in the Slavic tale in which the fern is an unreachable and alluring plant existing only in the realm of delusion.

The legends say that only the fern that grows in the most secluded forests can bloom with the magickal flower and sometimes with a magickal fruit. It has to be a place far away from the human villages, where no dog barking, rooster crowing or people talking could be heard.

The fern gives birth to the flower around midnight, and a loud sound described as a crack, a bang, or a thunder follows its birth. The flower shines with a golden, purple or blue glow. It is extremely delicate: blooms only shortly and dies before dawn or lives only less than an hour.

According to the folk legends, a person who manages to find the flower will be filled with exceptional supernatural wisdom that would bring happiness to their life or be given great wealth and power.

Imagine layers of the soil. Dirt elements stacked on the previous epoch. Imagine civilizations living on the top floor of their ancestor's habitats. Wisdom, memories, history, myths, poems, songs, fears, all connected via deep roots of shared consciousness.

How do your roots feel? How does the soil of your home taste? What is the sound of your skin? Music and visuals inspired by Slovak folklore and anthropology in connection to our personal narratives.

Folklore without old narratives. Queer and feminist forms incorporated into the new story of our identities.

What about retelling the narrative of our present? Who are we and what do we remember? What are our values and what do we believe in? What is the „real“ face of our identity and which one is your favourite? What is our story to tell?

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released March 5, 2021

Music by Nina Pixel
Mastered by Andreas Bonkowski at Magic Window
Cover picture feat. Tina Hrevušová, taken by Adrian Kriska

Used folk song samples are originating from Liptov - Panorama ludovej piesnovej a hudobnej kultury - Liptov a Panorama of Folk Songs and Music Culture a collection compelled by Svetozar Stracina and Viliam Jan Gruska released on Opus label 1982

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