Name: Meditations
Channel: Fabio Rodi
Description: License options are available for this song. Edgy muted trumpet and an emotional cornet over a groovie rhytm, electronics and acoustic for an acid Jazzy song destinated to our second album, 'The Alchemist'.

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Edgy muted trumpet and an emotional cornet over a groovie rhytm, electronics and acoustic for an acid Jazzy song destinated to our second album, 'The Alchemist'.

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The Wimshurst's Machine

An italian 8 members chillout orchestra who plays a mix of electronic and acoustic chillout music with ambient, jazz and new age influences.

"...It is easy to imagine yourself peacefully lounging in a scenic land while listening to these compositions, which use a wide array of acoustic instrumentation backed by ambient electronica." : we reached (#26 overall) on iTunes Italian online music store between january 6 and 13, 2005 (since january, official iTunes release date, never went out from the Top100), and had a song (, our 1st CD and , our 2nd one. Check out our link section for a direct link on those albums pages on iTunes! as "Best Instrumental Artist"! Thank you, everyone, for this result! :-)

Song Info

Genre

Jazz • Acid Jazz

Charts

#511 in subgenre Peak #3

Charts

Peak #16

Author

Fabio Rodi

Rights

2004 by The Wimshurst's Machine

Uploaded

December 15, 2004

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.6 MB • 128 kbps • 2:50

Story behind the song

Electronics and acoustic for an acid Jazzy and cool song destinated to our new album. Edgy muted trumpet and an emotional cornet over a groovie rhytm. 
When we were working on our new album, we loked for a captivating song who may show two main things: give a soloing space to our good old trumpet/cornet player Tony, and make something that could capture the listeners with it's groove. In the musical journey that's also this our new album, the song is part V of the suite "Th Alchemist". For the complete story, look for the album on CD baby (available since january 2005).

Lyrics

THE ALCHEMIST
 modern suite in 8 parts
 1-Intro: the call of adventure
 2-Philosopher's stone
 3-Intermezzo: captured
 4-Prisoner
 5-Meditations
 6-Intermezzo: the torture machine
 7-Torquemada
 8-The Escape (Finale)
  


THE TELL TALE BEHIND THE TRACK 
(Italiano in coda all'inglese)
THE ALCHEMIST
 original story written by Duilio Chiarle
 translation by Fabrizio B. Maracich
 V)-MEDITATION
 Long hours of anguish, clearly intended to induce pain and fear, passed, a prelude for interrogations and tortures. What was to be expected? Why he was arrested, in the first place? Who put the inquisition on his traces? “I have always been a good and religious man” the alchemist thought, “I prayed God during my whole life and I have always avoided any kind of wickedness”. Thoughts were running through his mind, mixing together, in a whirlwind of questions with no answers. The alchemist was sure to lose his body, so he tried to save his mind. He crouch himself in a corner of the room, thinking about his whole life, his studies, the quest for the philosopher’s stone. Yes, the stone. The stone was inside his body, he almost forgot this particular. He was so close to the completion of years of hard work when the soldiers showed up at his door. He was going to try a new way, but the arrival of the guards forced him to swallow the stone.
He concentrate all his will in a meditation close to ecstasy, transforming the anguish. His soul was clean like the light. He passed from meditation to sleep and dreamt of God. In his dream God was a awesome flame, a window of fire in the sky. Through this window he saw words of hope. The alchemist, even in that sad moment, was happy thanks to the power of the dream he just had.

V)-MEDITAZIONE Trascorsero lunghe ore di angoscia, chiaro espediente per indurre sofferenza, evidente anticamera di interrogatori e torture. Cosa l’aspettava? Perchè era stato arrestato? Chi lo aveva denunciato all’inquisizione? “Sono sempre stato un buon cristiano” pensava l’alchimista “in tutta la mia opera ho sempre pregato Dio e rifuggito ogni tipo di malvagità.” I pensieri gli si affollavano nella mente tutti insieme, in un turbine di domande cui non era possibile trovare risposta. Così l’alchimista, che era sicuro di perdere il suo corpo a poco a poco, cercò di salvare la propria mente. Si accovacciò e ripensò alla sua intera opera, alla costruzione della pietra filosofale che ora sovvenne di portare dentro di se, inghiottita. Mancava proprio poco al compirsi dell’opera, forse quell’unica operazione che non conosceva. Stava per tentare una strada nuova proprio quando l’arrivo delle guardie l’aveva obbligato ad inghiottirla. Si raccolse in meditazione, una meditazione che si avvicinava quasi all’estasi. L’angoscia si trasformò. La sua coscienza era pulita. Passò dalla meditazione al sonno e sognò Dio. Dio, nel sogno, era una grande fiamma che non arde, una finestra di fuoco nel cielo. E nella finestra scorse delle parole in ebraico. Parole di speranza. L’alchimista, anche nel più profondo della sua disgrazia, si sentiva felice per quel sogno. (won 2 times)