Time for another preview! Here's one that nobody has heard yet- it hasn't been featured in any publication or blog until now, so buckle in.

This track is about the physical discomfort of the horrible distorting things that would happen to one's body on an extended spacewalk. Our astronaut isn't just zen the whole time this is happening to them, you know. There are moments on the album where acceptance and peace fill in (and courtesy of your poll, there's about to one more!) but this one is about a different stage of grief: bargaining. At this point on the album, the astronaut is trying so hard to be zen, but the fact that they are in incredible physical pain is interrupting that. Their resolve is wavering a little in the face of so much discomfort.

"It's not fair- if this is all the experience left that I get to have, then how is it right, how is it right that I should be so sick for it? How can I make it stop?"- The Astronaut

The track is written specifically to induce discomfort. If listened to in headphones, you may find yourself uneasy. It's powerful for that reason. Then at the halfway point, it all sweeps away, and- relief. However you want to interpret that. The astronaut finds their resolve again and goes back to admiring the heavens.

We're going with the especially powerful Mikey Neumann performance on this render. He went above and beyond my instructions in his acting and it's really arresting.



Nondeterminism in this track:

The uncomfortable synth that keeps sweeping from side to side has so much randomness in its placement to keep you off balance and stop you from finding your center.
The cacophony that springs forth from the astronaut's final "I'm so sick", building, stuttering, swirling- that's all nondeterministic, it will never happen the same way twice.
During the "relief" segment, there's light glitching on the chords in that passage- those are all nondeterministic.
As far as the Hypertorus part? That one's for me to know. :3