From the Fountain of Lethe

by Panthea

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1.	Apple Seed 03:46	lyrics	buy track
Apple Seed There's a castle silhouetted in an antic light. Can you see it under the silver canopy of night? Even though its walls are crumbled in arcana, It's a seed within the apple of nostalgia. within the apple There's a castle atop the mountain where I was born. From that vista you can see olive trees and distant storms. There, the devils sit on the clouds, spinning the dust below, And the angels shoot flaming apples, their trails aglow. shoot flaming apples There's a castle: ancestral footmen guarding well their posts. Generations: six hundred years living amid their ghosts. I am named Ricardo Manuel Ramos Costa. Like the apple, I fell here from Penha Garcia. eu venho da Penha Garcia
2.	Reeling (take 3) 12:09	info	buy track
3.	Of Star and Satyr 05:23		buy track
4.	Kakophonos (free) 01:07		download
5.	Ball Dance 05:48		buy track
6.	Ecstatic Annihilation 05:03		buy track
7.	The Cuckoo 03:08		buy track
8.	Odysseus 12:18		buy track
9.	The Purge 02:37	lyrics	buy track
The Purge For all the stupid things I've done For my failure as a son For my betrayals enwrapped in foul embraces Choosing not to understand I'm sorry
10.	Celtic Eyes 03:56	lyrics	buy track
Celtic Eyes There she is Her Celtic eyes came to rest on the crystal unicorns Strangely, I'm overwhelmed And I take a mental photograph Wouldn't it be funny if this stranger turned out to be the one that dances with my soul forever? Six years of flitting within the fringes of the firelight the undeniable truth but now I'm living in her Celtic eyes like the crystal unicorns Here we are Still as one, and we'll handfast again in lives to come Strangely, I'm still overwhelmed And I still keep the mental photograph Wouldn't it be perfect if this stranger turned out to be the one that dances with my sould forever?
11.	Brochan Lom (Scottish trad.) 01:22	lyrics	buy track
"Brochan Lom" in Gaelic: Brochan lom tana lom brochan lom is sughain Brochan lom tana lom brochan lom is sughain Brochan lom tana lom brochan lom is sughain Se brochan lom se tana lom se brochan lom is sughain Brochan tana tana tana brochan lom sughain Brochan tana tana tana brochan lom sughain Brochan tana tana tana brochan lom sughain Se brochan lom se tana lom se brochan lom is sughain Thugaibh aran do na gillean leis a bhrochan sugain Thugaibh aran do na gillean leis a bhrochan sugain Thugaibh aran do na gillean leis a bhrochan sugain Se brochan lom se tana lom se brochan lom is sughain Brochan lom tana lom brochan lom is sughain Brochan lom tana lom brochan lom is sughain Brochan lom tana lom brochan lom is sughain Se brochan lom se tana lom se brochan lom is sughain "Porridge Thin" in English: Porridge thin, sparse & thin, porridge thin & watery Porridge thin, sparse & thin, porridge thin & watery Porridge thin, sparse & thin, porridge thin & watery It's porridge thin, it's sparse & thin, it's porridge thin & watery. Porridge sparse sparse sparse, porridge thin & watery Porridge sparse sparse sparse, porridge thin & watery Porridge sparse sparse sparse, porridge thin & watery Se brochan lom se tana lom se brochan lom is sughain Give bread to the lads with the watery porridge Give bread to the lads with the watery porridge Give bread to the lads with the watery porridge Se brochan lom se tana lom se brochan lom is sughain
12.	Last Bardish Dance 01:36	lyrics	buy track
We are the musicians of a lost age We have come to play for you one last time Never more shall you see us skipping mid the highland hills
13.	Gilgamesh Paean 03:18	lyrics	buy track
Gilgamesh Paean Gilgamesh Lord of Kullab He was the king of Uruk in Sumeria He saw the deep, and many other things he saw Surpassing all other kings, he was called Gilgamesh Learned and wise He returned from a journey with tales that predated the Flood And he wrote on great tablets his story of bliss and of blood Of bliss and of blood. Gilgamesh Built the great walls And the ramparts and parapets no later king could compare And the Temple of Ishtar is measured at half a mile square It's the land of the rampaging bull who is Gilgamesh Scion of Uruk And his strength was as swift as a floodwave, as violent and hard And in battle he pushed through the forefront as fearless vanguard As fearless vanguard. Gilgamesh Mighty and tall He was two-thirds the stuff of the gods and was one-third a man It was Aruru and Ea who fashioned him with their hands He was divinely handsome was the great king Gilgamesh Who else is like him? His stride was six cubits and thick as barley was his beard There were none who could best him in contests of sword nor of spear His folk cowered in fear. His very own folk avoided going near.
14.	IAO 07:14	info	buy track
15.	Kakophonos (closing theme) (free) 00:57		download
16.	Reeling (take 5) 10:15	info	buy track

about

All music © Panthea 2010

Panthea music composed, performed, recorded, and engineered by Rikki LaCoste at Black Ambrosia Studio.

Reeling was composed in conjunction with the choreography of Mary-Fleur Hanlon, the founder of Touch of Tartain, a “Highland-Fusion” dance company.

Cover art by Rikki LaCoste. It is a detail from The Fool, 24x48” acrylic on canvass, the first of a series of paintings named Tarot of the Holy Boor.

Last Bardish Dance was one of the first original songs and piano arrangements ever written by Rikki, and is here recorded for posterity.

The ambitious Gilgamesh project is a work in progress. The recording found here is simply a working draft, and the song itself will be the very first track on an upcoming Epic of Gilgamesh CD collection.

This Panthea CD was produced exclusively for Kaleidoscope-Gathering Festival 2010.