The Mound is a small parcel of land and water set aside for the benefit of wildlife.

 

It is an international airport. Full of foreign tongues, lost children and worried passengers. It is a stopover, a starting point, or, if a fox has called in, an ending place.

It has it's own moods and the same stateless, timeless quality as any departure lounge.

 

Even Steven is a separate piece, which starts as a meandering thread that mutates itself, then finally returns to it's original form.

 

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arrivals and departures

immigration

customs

even steven

 

All compositions by Jon Goddard

 

For an imaginary orchestra

Jon Goddard keyboards and sequencing

 

Reviews

 

 

The Mound illustrates a completely different facet of the composer focusing on the equivalent to a small orchestral soundtrack for stage presentation. Many themes are MIDI conceived but with a wider use of capabilities. One can image the types of activity occurring on the main stage during the opening sequence with Arrivals and Departures: it's all very hectic and bustling with activity. Immigration exploits an entirely symphonic score by imparting a laborious main theme that switches into a pizzicato and sampled corny trombone part. The landscape changes to a scene depicting (my guess) incoming foreigners. Customs depicts dire circumstances by oboe and a minor chord progression that resolves into another fugue like interlude. Even Steven closes out the quartet of pieces on a techno introduction into another obtuse cycle. In closing, Goddard is a praiseworthy guitarist whom has embraced jazz, orchestral stage and ambient genres on equal terms ready for wider notoriety.