“Into that Darkness” Found Song #1
This is the first completed “Found Song”, Into that Darkness… It is from a prescription by Christian Kiefer that reads as follows:
Graveyard
Dark
Black metal
Vikings
Gang vocal
glockenspiel
cello
banjo
electric guitar
percussion of your choosing, but not a drum kit
Must include this line:
“Go you into that darkness, my friend.”"
I recorded the Banjo for the first movement while sitting on the grave of Francisca Granados, who died in 1858 and is buried in the Mission Dolores cemetery, a few blocks from my house. After fleshing out the first movement with glockenspiel, electric guitar, wood blocks and Jeffrey Luck Lucas on the cello, I went to Sacramento and recorded the vocals and apocalyptic second movement with my oldest musical friends: Chris Fernandez and Aaron Holt on guitars, Ryan Avalos on bass and Doug Finley on floor tom. It was the first time we had all played together in 15 years.