The sonorous piano notes drawn out as if headed to a distant and mysterious horizon bring us into DataBass’s “Journey of Anubis.” The inspiration of the track is the never ending journeys of the jackal-headed Egyptian god of the dead, Anubis, as he delivers and protects souls of the departerd on their way to the underworld. The measured and processional pace of the piano work and synth drones like the distant winds of eternity create a sense of the sacred and enigmatic but also a gentle spirit like the sound of acceptance of the inevitable without angst, of a natural process and order of things and the passage from earthly death to another state. In Western culture a deity like Anubis might be seen as sinister but in ancient Egyptian culture Anubis is undoubtedly benevolent and nurturing in his stewardship of the souls of the departed and his own role in the grand order of the universe. There is that sense to the song too, a chance to experience the unknowable as a musical analog thereof and in that manner “Journey of Anubis” succeeds completely. Listen to the song on Spotify and connect with DataBass at the links below.
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