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This is lovely. Music has always been an inspiration and big part of my life and I could tell I was in for something special from the title screen alone. Admittedly, it reminded me of more "modern" music where you're going to find more harps. Songs like Bjork's Moon:

That musically tries to capture the cycles of the moon, both in it's structure and lyrics. The lyrics seem to fit especially well with Minotaur Hotel

All rested
As if the healthiest pastime
Is being in life-threatening circumstances
And once again be reborn
Best way to start-a-new is to fail miserably
Fail at loving and fail at giving
Fail at creating a flow then realign the whole
To risk all is the end all and the beginning all

As well as the music of Joanna Newsom:

This song is, from what I gather, about the death of a child, but I think all the imagery of the sea and some lines in particular work well with Asterion before his current situation.

And in the trough of the waves,
which are pawing like dogs,
pitch we, pale-faced and grave,
as I write in my log.

Then I hear a noise from the hull,
seven days out to sea.
And it is the damnable bell!
And it tolls — well, I believe that it tolls — it tolls for me.
And it tolls for me.
And darling, we will be fine; but what was yours and mine
appears to me a sandcastle
that the gibbering wave takes.
But if it’s all just the same, then will you say my name;
say my name in the morning, so that I know when the wave breaks.

I wasn’t born of a whistle, or milked from a thistle at twilight.
No; I was all horns and thorns, sprung out fully formed, knock-kneed and upright.

So: enough of this terror.
We deserve to know light,
and grow evermore lighter and lighter.
You would have seen me through,
But I could not undo that desire.

The Lyre is such a beautiful instrument. It hits that same airiness that defines the harp, but in a more ephemeral way. Harps are large. They're a production and are pretty set to where they are. That production also grabs attention, so it's a sort of inward instrument. Lyres seem perfect for storytelling and exchanges over a fire. There's an outward feeling to its form where it seems to underscore a setting. I'll have to check out more of Lina Palera's work to get a better feel, but judging by how subtly complex most tracks are in MiHo (Seikilos Guitar I is so damn good. I cannot state that enough. Just...bliss.) I imagine I'll enjoy it.

Is there a particular place you'd recommend to start with Lina Palera's work?

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First of all, 
>Joanna Newsom

Remarkable taste

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I actually met my current boyfriend because I mentioned my love of Joanna Newsom. He told his sister he'd find someone else who loved her since she'd get annoyed by him playing her music. We luckily had a lot of other things in common, but I'll always find that funny. She really is something.

Also shut up, Nanoff. You're not allowed to be the reason Khenbish exists and like Joanna Newsom. That's being greedy with great taste.

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As a quick aside: This might sound a bit weird, but you've got the spirit of an alchemist. On the surface, this post seems to go against your negative reaction to Kentucky Route Zero being too academic. However, you've managed to filter the study of classics through your experience of them, allowing others to find their own connections through yourself and others who have contributed, thus creating their own personal attachment. A catalyst in a sense. It's a bit unorthodox to use this as a major pillar in a work like it is in Minotaur Hotel, but I think the discussions throughout the forum speak for themselves. I don't know how much of this was intentional, but it's interesting nonetheless.

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I recommend checking the Seikilo Ancient World Music channel, there are plenty of videos of her playing the lyre. Search for "Lina Palera" in the search bar. It's actually kind of funny, a few days ago I was talking with a friend and he told me that Mrs. Palera is "a big name" in the world of lyre players. I am not surprised by that, but it was funny to me because I just enjoyed her music without being in any way aware of her status.

Anyway, I'm posting below two videos I particularly like from her, just as an appetizer.

God, Delphi is just hauntingly gorgeous. Both are great, but that mix of dark and light that Delphi has is something I'll never get tired of. I love how melodic both tracks are, too, and how much they shift to tell stories. It's why I find the Seikilos Guitar Suite, but especially part 1, so powerful. It basically contains every emotion up to that point with the distance between notes slowly getting closer before melody and excitement begin to take over.

I know this is once again modern, but the Joanna Newsom track I picked before was mostly because of how it felt somewhat thematically appropriate. This song is slower, but her voice has toned down and even if you don't like it I think you'd appreciate the last minute even if the song has a lot of crescendos throughout the track.

I'm going to listen to more Lina Palera in the meantime. (Off-topic, but her personal style is wonderful, as is that room.) Thank you again for introducing me.
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Joanna Newsom is the greatest living poet.

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Her music didn't click until I started really diving into the lyrics. And once it did, it became essential. There are a couple of low points in my life where it allowed me to process and move on. "In California" was eerily analogous to my situation, so having "Does Not Suffice" be an almost secret reprise eventually broke through the spiral I was experiencing. 

I know Divers wasn't as positively received, but "Time, as a Symptom" is one of her most beautiful songs. And I love that the album loops so that song transitions into the opening, creating an endless loop. Ys will always be my favorite, though. I can't imagine an album from any artist topping it. I do hope we get more music soon, but with her child, I imagine it will be a while.

ETA: Time, as a Symptom is a very Minotaur Hotel song. Like:

When cruel birth debases, we forget
When cruel death debases
We believe it erases all the rest
That precedes
The nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating
Joy of life
Joy! Again, around–a pause, a sound–a song:
A way a lone a last a loved a long
A cave, a grave, a day: arise, ascend
(Areion, Rharian, go free and graze. Amen.)
A shore, a tide, unmoored–a sight, abroad:
A dawn, unmarked, undone, undarked (a god)
No time. No flock. No chime, no clock. No end
White star, white ship–Nightjar, transmit: transcend!