‘Nu’ the precursor to the album is Transit. In the creation myth of ancient Egypt, ‘Nu’ is the primordial sea from which everything arises.
The narration in Nu is the creative commons poem Poem Automata by Rockstar Not (pseudonym of Scott Lake). This poem is automatically generated by entering the phrase ‘I Am’ into an internet search engine. The results were then hand-selected and structured into a poem.
Nu was written and recorded in August 2010.
Remastered in 2023.
credits
released July 27, 2023
Raymond van Melzen - all composition, instruments and production
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