Medea’s Descent

When I began experimenting with electronica in early 2020, one of the first projects I wanted to realize was a soundscape opera based upon Euripides’ tragedy Medea. 

With the resurgence of ‘Feminism’ at that time, and how much attention it was getting, I thought Medea was a great metaphor. You have it rough, lady in the Starbucks checkout line? Well dig this…

Euripides’ Medea

I’ve worked on it off and on in that time, but needed – at the least, a voice actor to read as Medea. I got one for a spell, resulting in ‘Her Loathed Existence’. The following pieces represent Medea as she realizes her husband has betrayed her – and then when she makes up her mind to see through her horrible revenge.

If interested, here are the demos…

Her Loathed Existence

Her Mind Unfurls Such Dreadful Horrors

Bärkər: Synthesizers, Sounds
G.A.B: Recitation 

Engineered and Produced: Bärkər
Equipment/Instrumental VSTs used: Ableton Live, Ableton Push 2
Recorded: Cyclops' Lair - Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Cover art: jprocyonart

 

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