P Tersen’s “Methymnia” begins with a drone and brings in an array of organic sounds like a discordant orchestra. The title of the song is the name of the part of the island of Lesbos that was home to the poet and musician Arion who is attributed as having invented dithyrambic poetry, the precursor to Athenian tragic theater. In the context of P Tersen’s song one hears the deconstruction of classical structure favoring something more unorthodox in the vein of what Alexander Scriabin did with his “Piano Sonata No. 6” in crafting something singular and alien using fairly traditional instrumentation and pushing the aesthetics in ways that defy easy description using the usual language in capturing the tenor, mood and dynamics of music that seems to follow its own organic and internal logic. “Methymnia” bridges the worlds of ambient and drone with the classical avant-garde in a way that strikes the ears as mysterious and fascinating like remembering music from the world of dreams visiting another quantum reality where notions of harmony and melody at decidedly off from even the different cultural traditions in the earth we know. Listen to “Methymnia” on Soundcloud and connect with P Tersen at the links provided.
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