![]() ![]() 'We All' begins, and the listener enters a new phase of the dream which is more nostalgic of the first few pieces but in some ways is more upbeat. ![]() The Cuban rhythms and chord progressions in this song retain the seriousness of the minor key which the other song demonstrate, whilst underlining the difference between this and the first songs. Endymion is now in deep sleep, everything makes sense within the dream and yet out of context becomes nonsense. 'Two is the Number' tells the story of a gang of thugs, gangsters, ruffians. Endymion’s dream does not stop there however. This piece is the carnival of the dream where nothing makes sense and absurdity is the norm and highlights the vulgarity of the subconscious mind, the illogical logic of the dream world. ![]() A musical theme for the following song is introduced towards the end of this short instrumental, which gives way for the next piece to commence, 'That’s What I Want'. Endymion’s brain is processing his life and reinterpreting it in front of the listeners. “We are planning an auto-annihilation mission between now and tomorrow morning” says the voice on the radio. The song fades and Endymion is suddenly listening to the radio, but the report is odd and it becomes clear within the first few seconds that we are still in a dream. The vocals surge into reverb when the chorus is introduced, moving from an intimate area between the listener and the singing in the verse to suddenly being transported to a larger space. 'Win the War Tomorrow' enters the dream and delivers yet another message of hope - "they will win the war today, but we will win the war tomorrow”. It is better to dream now, “catch a dream just out of sight”. At the end of the song the somewhat sinister laughter reminds is that the “devils” from 'It’s in the Mind' are still coming for us and if we do not dream they will find us. The voice is close to the listener’s ear and is slightly sultry starting on a journey of sadness but lets you know that no matter what, there is still hope.ĭarkness is cast as 'Dream Now' announces that the dreams are about to begin but we will still remember everything from when Endymion was awake. 'It’s in the Mind' steps directly into the world that Endymion dreams of. In track 1 for example, 'It’s in the Mind', sadness and self doubt dominate the song and yet the message is that no matter how much this happens, it does not need to control us, as seen in “it can’t do anything to you”. With every dominant emotion in a song comes a contrasting counterpart which is of equal importance. Endymion’s struggles are mine - his dreams, his thoughts - are all a part of me. These recurring nightly terrors started to make me look at life as something fragile, as something to be afraid of and it affected me deeply for a long time. I recently lost my Grandmother to cancer and my girlfriend and I have been facing difficulties for a number of years, I was finding it hard to grieve properly and it all amounted into the worst nightmares I have ever experienced. The inspiration behind Endymion Dreams came from various emotional states, situations and relationships in my life. The piece ends with an influx of gentle sounds brushing over the ears, as Endymion stops dreaming and is finally at peace. The listener enters the dreamworld and falls slowly into someone else’s slumber. The themes explored are doubt, fear, hope, love, absurdity, discovery, all enclosed within a lucid story line. As the tracks progresses, more electronic instruments are used, and the more absurd the stories told become, as they would in a dream. The classical effect with which the album begins represents the roots of Endymion’s classically inspired name as well as the realism and tangibility of an acoustic instrument (the piano) and he is not yet completely asleep. He progresses through struggles and turmoil but also the soft embrace of love and passion. ![]() Endymion falls asleep to the chords of a piano and begins to reflect. He was also said to be an astronomer - the first in fact to observe the movements of the moon - as well as a stargazer and dreamer, and it is for this reason that 'Endymion Dreams' is named after him. In this sense, his name already conjures a dreamlike sense of displacement, not ever having a firm grasp over who this character is. In Greek mythology Endymion appears as various characters ranging from kings to shepherds. ![]()
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