I haven't done a darn thing during the Covid-19 crisis except clean out my garage, but Michael Levy does not suffer from my sort of creative malaise. Read his announcement below for some good news:
1. I have just been contacted by a music curator from the BRITISH LIBRARY SOUND ARCHIVE - who wants to preserve for posterity in the NATIONAL COLLECTION, the entire repertoire of my 'New Ancestral' musical creations...for all future generations!!
As far as my musical mission goes, at reintroducing the recreated lyres & ancient musical modes back into the modern musical world, for me, this is a truly 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED MOMENT'! Orpheus may have been the most legendary mythological lyre player of antiquity, but unlike me, neither he nor all the actual lyre players of ancient times had the either the opportunity or the technology to preserve their musical art, forever, in perpetuity - NOW I DO!
Not only will each and every track from each and every album and single I have continually been releasing since 2008 be painstakingly conserved and preserved, but also, so will the original, raw 'live' YouTube audio which originally resulted from my 2008 'live from my spare room' rendition of the oldest written melody in history (Hurrian Hymn Text H6) - currently the most viewed presentation of any extremely early music, on the planet!
This is about the nearest I have ever come to something akin to the iconic Sci Fi ideal of achieving immortal...via mind-uploading!
Indeed, to quote Grimes, from her utterly epic 2018 single, "We Appreciate Power"...
"...And if you long to never die
Baby, plug in, upload your mind
Come on, you're not even alive
If you're not backed up on a drive
And if you long to never die
Baby, plug in, upload your mind
Come on, you're not even alive
If you're not backed up, backed up on a drive" - I AM NOW!!
2. Other important news - as well as all the usual digital music platforms, all my albums can also be purchased direct from my website! Simply visit the either the "Music" & all the sub-pages of the "Albums for Solo Lyre" sections to make your meditative track selections!
In particular, this new option of my website will now enable you to either preview in full or purchase my new album, "The Scented Gardens of Alcinous", ahead of its release across the usual digital music platforms on 3rd May! As a taster, just for you loyal subscribers, attached is track 2, "Sacred Rites of the Priestesses of Cybele" - enjoy!
Hoping all you lovely lyre music fans stay safe, sane and well during the ongoing global crisis - you are all in my thoughts. I sincerely hope that my music brings you all some much needed inner peace during these, the most challenging and troubled of our modern times.
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