Category: playercharacters
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Journey to “Red And Blue”
Somewhere en route from Paris back to Singapore with Poliphilos’s “Landscape Fantasy” in her headphones it hit her: she had been here before. The views. The sounds. The fusion kitchen and the Krug. All of it had meant something for someone many years earlier. But was that someone her? Or someone else? She couldn’t decide.…
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About “Ancient Manager”
Ancient Manager is the myth of the Flying Dutchman set in the modern corporate world. Listen to it here. In my verision, the Ancient Manager is struggling between corporate forces of customer demands, legal requirements, employee worries and top management pressure, but manages to turn the tide and bring the company back to green with…
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Lyrics to “Ancient Manager”
(listen to the song in here)Beneath the moon’s soft and silvery glow:Towers Of Steel standing stillSilver moon over the sleeping steeplesI set my course to where the trade winds blowThe Seven Markets vast and deepThe Ancient Manager picks up his fleetWith a flock of suits he’s cursed to sail the seas”With the Silent Period loud…
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Journey to “Ancient Manager”
The other day, Poliphilos was planning the “Player Characters” album again in his apartment overlooking the city. “Messenger!”, he called. Nothing. “Messenger?!”, he repeated. In a whoosh he was there. Disheveled with twigs and pine cones hanging in his…” “Is that moss???”, Poliphilos asked. “Don’t ask”, the Messenger said, tidying up. “I guess I better…
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About “Player Characters” album
The singles An investor playboy with questionable morals maintains multiple intimate relationships to see which of them starts working out the best The history of mankind in three minutes from an agrarian society to joining the stream of other races in the universe A secret agent in a big city dreams of a quiet life…
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About “Ordinary Day”
In short, ‘Ordinary Day’ tells the story of a movie star who drops everything to start a new life in Rio after discovering a secret about her husband. Listen to the song here. Philosophically, the message of the song is the fact that despite your best efforts, you may not succeed in life. I chose…
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Lyrics to “Ordinary Day”
It was supposed to be an ordinary dayWith wining and diningAnd an evening at The Ballet.Should have later been an ordinary nightUp in the club up in LAShe had planned to bake her husband the cake,Give her dog a bath and read all the hate mailShe had planned to do all those things sheThought that…
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Journey to “Ordinary Day”
Poliphilos opened the television the other day, and what a disappointment it was. He couldn’t help but wonder, why do I even have a television? Oh yes, he remembered – we use it to communicate with the TV people. Poliphilos called out for the Messenger, and with a whoosh, he appeared. “They don’t play the…
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About “Landscape Fantasy”
Oh boy. What to tell about “Landscape Fantasy”? “Landscape Fantasy” may seem like just another upbeat track at first listen, but beneath its melodies lies a world of inspiration and introspection. Also: chance was an important factor in this journey like it often is in my music. You can listen to the song here. It…
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Journey to “Landscape Fantasy”
“Okay,” Poliphilos said to himself. “If we’re ever putting on a show, I need showgirls.” “And I know just the place.” Poliphilos made his way to the eastern waterfront, booked passage on a ship, and crossed the sea to where it had all begun. he took shelter under the trees for the night, knowing it…