The Righteous Fists Of Harmony

by Daedelus

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Jeremy / Yokai this is one of my favorite albums ever. so unique, acoustic yet electronic, there's something so computer influenced but something so human as well. Favorite track: Succumbing To.

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1.	An Armada Approaches 06:03	buy track
2.	Tidal Waves Uprising 01:30	buy track
3.	The Open Hand Avows 02:41	buy track
4.	Order Of The Golden Dawn 04:16	buy track
5.	The Finishing of a Thing 01:40	buy track
6.	Succumbing To 02:53	buy track
7.	Stampede Me 04:19	buy track
8.	Fin De Siecle 02:49	buy track

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In this release for Flying Lotus' up-and-coming label Brainfeeder,
Daedelus presents a soundtrack-of-sorts to the Boxer Rebellion. What,
you ask, could make such ancient history an inspiration for modern
electronics? Well, Daedelus has found a strange relevance to our
modern malady in these epic events of long ago...

After seventy years of China's opium-related subjugation by Queen
Victoria and her allies, a force of resistance fighters -- termed
"Boxers" by the British -- rose to the challenge in 1898. Calling
themselves "The Righteous Fists of Harmony," this secret society of
martial artists felt they held magical powers: they believed
themselves bulletproof, able to fly, and capable of raising the dead
(who would then fight alongside them). And so began the brief Boxer
Rebellion; three years later 100,000 Boxers had fallen, their magic
helpless against the cutting-edge machinery of war. The British
prevailed only to face ultimate defeat, as their empire rapidly
declined.

Daedelus endeavors to compose a requiem for the end; of beliefs, of
lives, and of an era. This elegy for a bygone battle sheds light on
our own contemporary conundrum: will our faith in modernity be our
downfall? Are we blinded by this age of wonders, doomed to be
destroyed by our ingenious inventions? Although Daedelus' music has
always juxtaposed organic and electronic elements, they war as never
before on "Righteous Fists of Harmony," a portrait of a tumultuous era
that came crashing to a close.

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released January 1, 2010

Order of The Golden Dawn vocal by Laura Darlington
Succumbing To vocal by Kid A
Stampede Me additional vocal by Amir Yaghmai

Album cover by Umar Rashid

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Daedelus Providence, Rhode Island

Daedelus is an aspiration of music without limit. Their discography stretching back more than 20 years is fittingly erratic, and list of collaborators dizzying. Most recently releasing with Albert's Favourites, artist in residence at S.E.T.I., and founding faculty of Berklee's EDI performance program. ... more

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