September 15, 2022 - Self-released
We awake in a cave, deep underground. The distant patter of trickling water guides us through the darkness, our hands scraping against the cold rock walls. A faint light appears, a trail of bioluminescent fungi arching overhead. Soon, another sound takes over, an overwhelming, pulsing drumbeat. The fungi grow brighter with each pulse, the cavern walls transforming into a throbbing mass of sound and light. Droning chords rise up from the ground. Hidden alcoves and tunnels make themselves known, and we oblige them, exploring their twisting pathways.
Eventually, we find a central chamber where the sounds converge into a deep and meditative rhythm. The atmosphere becomes stifling. There is no more room amongst the sound, amongst the interplay of light and shadow, amongst the volume of the void. The pressure builds in a sweeping crescendo and is released in a blinding flash of light.
We emerge from the cave, on the edge of an ancient forest. The light bubbles up around us, illuminating the trees that tower above, their trunks thick with moss and vines. The music from the cave soon follows. It is charged with a new energy, brighter and faster but still pushing us forward into the unknown.
The glowing bodies of fireflies sync with the rhythm of the night, turning the twisting paths into nebulous star currents in a constant state of ebb and flow. The trees call out in a unified chord, branches stretched upwards toward the sky. We surrender to the current, letting the music and light wash over us as it spreads into every root and leaf and cell.
We lift our heads, surrounded by trees. The light has eased into the forest, a calm glow radiating from all living things. We clamber over roots, slipping past the massive trunks. The distant percussive throb guides us through the trees, our hands scraping against the damp bark. As we move forward, our hands feel the bark give way to the familiar texture of cold rock, not the cave walls, but instead the stone bricks of a structure. We look up to find the canopy replaced by a towering ceiling. A stone cathedral, its spires reaching up towards the sky.
The walls are lined with intricate carvings, depicting scenes from ancient myths and legends both of this world and not. The forest’s light filters in through stained glass windows, casting a kaleidoscope of colors on the stone floor. It is a monument to dance, filled with the drones and synths and percussion that has followed us out from the cave. We close our eyes once more and let the music and light take over.
We open our eyes, surrounded by the club. Sweaty bodies move all around us. The music grows in intensity, pulsing with the light. We have arrived.
Zvrra is a producer and game developer based in Chicago, Illinois. She has been releasing gripping ambient and techno tracks at an ever-increasing pace, exploring the edges of genre, time, and space through metallic percussion and deep, earthy bass. We look forward to the next experience.🍍