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“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” ― William Shakespeare, The Tempest Official Video here: https://youtu.be/mmZTqpvTZCs?si=u5ks4YE7XDx6bhlx Check out the review over at Doomed & Stoned: https://doomedandstoned.com/post/813332350278746112/mystictapedeck The Soothsayer's Bone is said to be the femur of a prophet and psychic so ancient, their name has been forgotten to the mists of time. Th...

COMPLETE LINER NOTES HERE---> https://mystictapedeck.com/bards/the-clock-of-the-four-winds/ The clock of the four winds is a tall-case grandfather style clock originally assembled in 1710 by an Italian astronomer and mathematician named Ricco Foscari, a direct patrilineal descendant of famed explorer, vintner and occultist, Cosimo Foscari. The magical properties of the clock were such that when it...

The Feathered Crown is a card of pride, loss, and the aftermath of hubris. It draws upon two rich veins of folklore — the Appalachian belief in a feathered crown found beneath a dying person’s pillow, and the ancient myth of the Sirens and the Muses. Together, these stories form a layered symbol of reckoning, the echoes of lost glory, and the burdens of victory. In Appalachian tradition, discoveri...

The Crystal Caves is a symbol of submission, revelation, and the enigmatic boundary between knowledge and madness. It depicts vast, gleaming caverns deep beneath the earth’s crust, where immense quartz crystals grow like frozen lightning. These radiant formations are not merely geological wonders — they are conduits of consciousness, forming the neural lattice of an ancient, mythological intellige...

FULL SONG NOW AVAILABLE HERE: https://soundcloud.com/mystictapedeck/the-feathered-crown We often do some quite elaborate percussion ensembles within our songs which can get a little buried under everything else we do. The aim of this release is to highlight some of the more interesting percussion passages in our songs, before you hear the songs themselves. Just thought it might be fun to feature t...

Some things belong underground, though they may emerge every now and then to feed in the night. "The Busy Worms" is a sweet little bedtime story about things which wiggle and dance in the serious moonlight. So let's dance. But then it's time for bed. LYRICS ---------------------------------------- (What? Oh I guess I can tell you one little story. Ok, lay down...) A wee little wiggle, deep undergr...

Ekasha Gada is the mace wielded by Lord Shiva, one of the three primary deities in Hinduism. According to mythological accounts, a single blow from the Ekasha Gada is said to be as powerful as being struck by a million elephants, emphasizing its immense force and destructive capabilities. Guitars, Bass, Mandolin, Vocals: PS Perkins Drums, Percussion, Backup Vocals: R Thomas LYRICS: ---------------...

Read the short story which accompanies this song here: >>>> https://mystictapedeck.com/bards/the-forest-witch-2/ < < < < All instruments, mix and production by PS Perkins and R Thomas LYRICS --------------------- Fare thee well, on a bell, may I spill you a tear? See the storm clouds approaching? Hear the riders drawing near? The bishop has sent forth all their bloodthirsty pawns To capture your h...

READ THE ACCOMPANYING POEM HERE >> https://mystictapedeck.com/bards/the-gravedigger/ All drums and percussion: R Thomas Guitars, synths, scraping sounds, vocals, bass, lyre, slide lyre, lyrics: PS Perkins Mix and master by PS Perkins and R Thomas E'en that... Who'll supply the shovels used to split the sacred soil? And who will help the spirit shuffle off this mortal coil? Who'll embalm the body,...

"The Roadside Ghost" by PS Perkins and R Thomas Guitars, bass, vocals, synths: PS Perkins Drums, percussion: R Thomas Featuring Wendy DuMond aka "Bog Witch" aka @mamby-p on phantom background vocals LYRICS: --------------------- Out on the street, people you'll never meet Struggling just to survive You wouldn't want to be them, pretend you don't see them, Just roll up your windows and drive But th...

Now what may foeman's malice do to harm us? What, O Immortal, mortal man's deception? Absorbed into the heart, be sweet, O Indu, as a kind father to his son, O Soma, As a wise Friend to friend: do thou, wide-ruler, O Soma, lengthen out our days for living. These glorious drops that give me freedom have I drunk. Closely they knit my joints as straps secure a chariot. Let them protect my foot from s...

SUPPORT LABOR UNIONS >>>>> VIDEO >>>>> https://youtu.be/cVy1UTIQ-S8 < < < < < LIKE & SUBSCRIBE < < < < < Consider that this song is ten iterations of a pattern, representing the hands of the laborer as well as ten-based systems of measurement. Credits: -------------------------- PS Perkins: Guitars, bass, vocals, floor tom set 2, howl 1 R Thomas: Synth Guitars, backup vocals, floor tom set 1, snar...

Additional story here: https://mystictapedeck.com/mythology/the-mountebank/ Guitars, "townie" vocals, timbales, hand drums, drum kit, piano, toy piano, percussion: R Thomas Guitars, "monty" vocals, melodica, omnichord, ebow, bass, percussion, toy piano, claps and snaps: PS Perkins Additional guitar snippets: KVN Finch Spanish guitar outro: Mark Wand LYRICS: ---------------------------- (townie) Pe...

PS Perkins: Guitars, bass, vocals, samples R Thomas: Drums, percussion, keyboards, kitchen gamelan Mixed & Mastered by Mystic Tape Deck More experience here: https://mystictapedeck.com/bards/the-technician/ LYRICS: ------------------------------------------------------- The flashing light is indicating error, error A wave of fear, a rumbling of terror, terror Push the button, summon the repairer,...

A banned book fetish. That's our current kink. Read the accompanying poem here while you listen: https://mystictapedeck.com/bards/the-librarian/ PS Perkins: Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Piano, wood blocks, programming R Thomas: Drums, Wah guitar, shakers, cowbell LYRICS -------------------------- A secret knock, a hidden door, a narrow hallway The eyeless guide sees us inside, watching us always As we m...

PS Perkins: Guitars, bass, lyre, vocals Ron Thomas: Autoharps, Drums Production notes: --------------------------------------------- Very early on we wanted to use autoharps on this song to create a sort of swirling backdrop, reminiscent of the harps in Indian/Bollywood soundtrack songs of the seventies. Right away there were challenges because the song is in B flat and is not wholly diatonic to b...

Good mouth feel, aromatic bouquet. Contains the essence of everything. Story/Poem: https://mystictapedeck.com/songs/the-vintner/ Guitars, Bass, 17 string Lyre, Vocals, Percussion, Programming: PS Perkins Drums, percussion: R Thomas Mixed by PS Perkins and R Thomas =========================== LYRICS =========================== it's in the air it's in the seed it's in the want it's in the need it's...

The Askesis of Diogenes. Yeah, we're literally writing songs about ancient Greek philosophers now. https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/ Drums, percussion, mixing: R Thomas Guitars, Melodica, Bass, Vocal, MIDI, mixing: PS Perkins The Poem: https://mystictapedeck.com/bards/the-cynic/ ------------- LYRICS ------------- Adrift In a world that you can't comprehend As you shuffle down sidewalks you u...

While we wait for BARDS: Of The Shimmering Seraphs to finish physical production, in the meantime we are forging ahead with a new crop of songs for the next album. The next album will serve as a continuation of the oracle deck concept, featuring songs about "objects" - the first of which be this little song about the magical horn of the elusive and beautiful Aardvark Girl. It is also about a recen...

The final track from our forthcoming third album in the BARDS series, "BARDS: Of The Shimmering Seraphs" 76 minute CD + 52 page full color book with original illustrations, lyrics, liner notes, and expansion poems. Each track is a major paragon from a custom tarot deck in the works. The album/book will be available in another month or so. Keep your ears peeled for updates. There will be SIGNS. htt...

Collab w the great @Tea_are_sea (source tracks) FREE DOWNLOADS ENABLED PS Perkins of Mystic Tape Deck: Lyrics, Guitar, Robot Drums, Slice n Dicer, Salad Spinner, Snuggling Bears, Toenail Creams ----------------------------------------------- Soundless syllables tumble from clacking keyboards No breath behind them, no flapping meat of tongue No hiss of air squirting through saliva moistened glands...

This is an old song, originally written in 1992 or '93 while on a hitchhiking trip through the Nevada desert from Boise to Tucson Arizona. It took my friend and I eight days on the road to travel about 700 miles. The title is a reference to the two of us standing on opposite sides of the highway, willing to take a ride any direction as long as it got us out of there. It's about desperation, resign...

Atlanta’s “Bog Witch” and Boise’s “Mystic Tape Deck” announce the release of a new collaborative single, “Dogs of Chernobyl” to mark the anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster. Following the April 26, 1986 nuclear accident, the City of Pripyat was evacuated. The residents were forced to leave their pets (including domestic dogs) behind. Nearly 40 years after the accident, the descendants of these d...

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/W8TQxNqow7o The video pretty much explains everything. Now available via Bandcamp here: https://mystictapedeck.bandcamp.com/album/bards-of-the-next-revolution 100% of your faithful tithing supports our global outreach ministries.

Strange things have been arriving in plain packages. A couple weeks ago we received this tape in an unmarked post, we can only guess at who is sending these to us. Side A is marked "4-12-85 Ashland" and appears to be a recording of a strange presentation and meditation service evidently held in "conference room B of the Holiday Inn and Suites of Ashland Oregon." We know from our in-house Nazilic h...