Alchemeon: Born of Stars

Born of Stars by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Spring 2009. This was recorded right at the end of a session. At the start you hear George saying that there's about 16 minutes left (until they have to start to pack up and leave). "Let's make it a good one," he says. The whole session should have been filmed by a friend of Pok's who was allegedly something of a whizz where it came to video matters. Unfortunately, he turned out to be rather unreliable. He suddenly entered the room through the door, camera to eye and rolling, halfway through this version of Born of Stars, which was actually the very last song Alchemeon played that day. At 1:25 Pok shouts "Hey!" to greet the man's arrival. Fashionably late would be understating it somewhat. Not only was he very late, he also filmed a lot of things that were not very interesting, such as George's bare foot for about a minute in close-up, some cymbal stands and the carpet. As the band were packing, he sat on the floor leaning against a wall with hands in pockets, surreptitiously stroking his raging boner. It was all just a bit too weird. Later that evening, Pok saw the footage. He was so appalled at how awful it was he simply deleted it all. Blam! Pok plays Marsha on this track. She is a 1985 Ibanez Roadstar II in pale gold with a floating trem. At 8:11, just after a shout of "Rebirth!", he breaks a string and the instrument immediately goes completely out of tune. Unfazed, Pok finishes the rendition, expertly using the whammy bar to control the guitar. You can hear him grinning as he goes into the following vocal. * Born of Stars is a highly rifftastic space rock song in the key of E. * Several sections are deliberately left quite loose to allow for improvisation. * The lyrics also tend to vary from one version to another. BORN OF STARS We are born of stars We are born of stars We are born of stars We are born of stars Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya Gaia We are seeds of time We are seeds of time You are a seed of time You are a seed of time Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya Gaia Create a brighter future Create a brighter future We are a brighter future Create a brighter future Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya Gaia Earth Planet Earth Has made a conscious decision To become one To become whole. Entombed, cocooned In metal and plastic and effluence And pollution and nuclear waste Yet she shall break free Free from these chains Free from this prison Planet Earth And all her people and creatures and life forms Are undergoing an interplanterary, evolutionary, galactical REBIRTH!!! We are born of stars We are born of stars We are born of stars We are born of stars We are seeds of time We are seeds of time You are a seed of time We are seeds of… time! Create a brighter future Create a brighter future We are a brighter future We are a brighter future Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya maitraya Om nam maya Gaia Words and music by Simon Miller/Pete Phoenix/Chrissie Ortner. This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy. Performers: Pok the Bard – guitar and voice Jim Iz – keys and voice Iggy – drums and percussion George – bass and technicals This version recorded live at Sound Gallery, Exeter, 23rd February 2009. Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2020. Cover illustration by Pok. Graphic design by Sam James. Released worldwide September 14, 2020. Original release date: 10th April 2009. Copyright © 2020 Wud Records. Copyright ℗ 1996 Pok Songs/Explicit Music. See also: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/ https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/born-of-stars https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009 https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09 https://twitter.com/WudRecords