It is too late to stop the arm. It is too late to close the eye. We cripple like victims when we hear the news: another state fallen, more of the intrinsic lost to gain, to us, to oblivion and history. We see the path as it curls, seemingly innocuous and friendly; seemingly protective and sheltering; seemingly invisible and muted as it happens across the dirt, the sea, to them. In the end, it was a change that we say happened swiftly -- when in fact the arm had been wresting and curling for decades. We knew this, we went to work. It is too late to close the eye; to stop the arm.
Performed live since 1999 as "Alexandria, Falling" and developed as a concept album in 2007, this EP contains an expanded 9-song opus in rich, complex Indian / Arabic / Post-Rock fusion. Primarily instrumental (only two tracks contain vocals on this album) and segmented into individual chapters, the "Alexandria, Falling" EP is a paranoid look into a near-dystopian reality; the genocide of all that was once subtle, and real.
1:0 Theme is the overture for the instrumental EP "Alexandria, Falling" by Julean and the Rai.
Performed live since 1999 as "Alexandria, Falling" and developed as a concept album in 2007, this EP contains an expanded 9-song opus in rich, complex Indian / Arabic / Post-Rock fusion. Primarily instrumental (only two tracks contain vocals on this album) and segmented into individual chapters, the "Alexandria, Falling" EP is a paranoid look into a near-dystopian reality; the genocide of all that was once subtle, and real.
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Julian and the Rai, Julian and the Ray
from
Alexandria, Falling (European demo version),
track released November 9, 2007
Engineering and performances by Julean Rai. Album art by Benjamin M. Bader (
neoelegance.com). Lyrics and music (c) Copyright 1996, 2007 Julian Rai (BMI); Julean Rai (BMI); Julean and the Rai (BMI); All rights reserved.