Dystopian Symphony

by Crystal Wilkes

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Soundtrack to 2050 09:22
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What will 2050 sound like? a Dystopian nightmare or a Utopian new way of life. This track is a slice of earth experience as told by animals of the forest. After the devastating bushfires in 2009 burnt down my childhood home I returned to see the once misty wet lush forest I grew up in during the 80's completely burnt out and destroyed. Over the years the ecosystem had become drier and drier as private land clearing opened up the forest and dried out the bushland.

As I walked over the blackened soil and looked up at the charred black remains of the big old trees, with white ash falling like snow there in the distance a lone lyrebird walked . Unbelievable to imagine how it survived, when the blue stone foundations of my childhood home had been reduced to powder by the heat of the fires.

The Lyrebird that we hear in this track imitates the sound of a chainsaw and trees falling. It is the story keeper of the happenings of the forest. It mimics perfectly the sounds it hears... car alarms , camera clicks, chainsaws and the sound of a tree being sawed.

Targets for change by 2050 are too late. If we want to live in a beautiful environment filled with wildlife and rich ecosystems, action and changes need to happen now. We are blindly walking into a Dystopian nightmare. But the future is still uncertain. There is still time.

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released December 11, 2021

Composed and Produced by Crystal Wilkes
Drums: Grant Gerathy
Electric guitar: Ed Bambach and Crystal Wilkes
Dulcimer, Piano, Flute, Bass guitar and Sound Production: Crystal Wilkes
Shakuhachi: Shivam Rath

Special thanks for encouragement, feedback and tech support to:
Dirk Tirrell, John Gould, and all my class mates at SAE
Recorded at SAE Byron Bay by Jan Muths and Dirk Tirrell
Mixing: Crystal Wilkes and John Gould
Mastering: Michael Worthington

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Crystal Byron Bay, Australia

Crystal loves all aspects of music creation and production. With associate degrees in both audio engineering and music production she js passionate about helping to capture the best recording possible for up and coming musicians. But also all aspects of post production including mixing , mastering and creating compositions to compliment sound design mixes and film scores
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