Cult of the Circle Dance

by Othercast

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1.	Prologue: Summer of Nothing 01:16	info	buy track
2.	Night of Potential 02:07	info	buy track
3.	Circle Dance 03:29	info	buy track
4.	Grove of the Firelights 02:49	info	buy track
5.	Memory Garden 01:19	info	buy track
6.	Othercast & nino - Recreational Delusions 04:15	info	buy track
7.	Falling Off 03:35	info	buy track
8.	A Growing Doubt 01:45	info	buy track
9.	Paths in Every Direction 00:58	info	buy track
10.	Headache 02:08	info	buy track
11.	Dream Fingers 02:53	info	buy track
12.	A God-Shaped Animal 01:21	info	buy track
13.	Eye Pattern Failure 04:11	info	buy track
14.	Pink Horror 03:19	info	buy track
15.	Winterfall 01:17	info	buy track
16.	Sleep Death (The Cold) 02:04	info	buy track
17.	The Long Fade 04:51	info	buy track
18.	The Final Hour (Blackwater Demon) 06:00	info	buy track
19.	Ending: A Room Full of People 04:06	info	buy track
20.	Leaving the Forest 01:30	info	buy track

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A long time ago, tucked away in some forgotten wooded cranny, there was a village. Wrapped around this village, there was a Darkness. Though it is unclear whether the village and the Darkness were friends or enemies, they did know each other. And every harvest season, on the night of the first winds, the children of the village would venture out into the woods; not all would return…

One thousand years later, a boy grows tired with the constraints of modern life. Raised on fanciful tales of magic and purpose, he vows to force such a fairytale upon reality. He too discovers the Darkness, though he is not as afraid as he should be. Others soon join the boy, drawn towards his promises of transcendence, each with their own desires and demands. Of these is ███, seeking to drown their ennui with new friends. And so, on the night of potential, the new village children venture out into the woods…

At first, all seems well– sublimity as promised. The Dance appears to have worked. Though ever so slowly, a doubt starts to swell and the beauty and fun grow sickening. And as the night drags on, the Darkness makes his appearance, having been willingly built through belief. Madness, confusion, and horror ensue, and ███ barely escapes with their life. In fact if it weren’t for the kindness of a few passersby, they would have surely been lost to the cold of the night.

███ awakes in an unfamiliar room, still a bit dazed but intensely grateful to still be breathing. Later, after they’ve left the forest for good, they record their experience the only way they know how.

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released August 17, 2022

Composed, produced, and mixed by Kelman Wolfkostin

**Track #6, “Recreational Delusions” was composed and produced in collaboration with Samuel Uribe-Botero who also contributed guitar and woodwinds to track #4.

Guitar in track #11 by Victor Kim

Mastered by Evan Courtney & Kelman Wolfkostin

Cover photo by Mauriel Hearn
Cover design by Kelman Wolfkostin

Story & track photography by Kelman Wolfkostin

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Endlessly collapsing into New Time and folding thru itself..

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