Steeped Sky, Stained Light

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Richard Bendall DIM's Steeped Sky, Stained Light plucks us up from the shady grove or dungeon grim of previous entries and sets us high amongst the firmament. All praise and glory to the Most High. Favorite track: Hued Sunbeam.

Sacred Ash This album absolutely shines. Its at times playful, other times shows depth and emotion, but all seemingly done with a grasp of world-building and contemplation. This was the first album I heard of DIM's and it quickly put DIM in the upper echelons of DS and Fantasy music to me. Instant classic. One of the most unique voices in DS/Fantasy Synth, one of the most well formed and musical of the genre(s), and instantly pleasing and transporting to my ears. Simply beautiful. Favorite track: Wit and Wisdom of Their King.

iliacbaby a rarity - a totally unique sounding album. a straight up masterpiece Favorite track: Earth Hears No Hurtle.

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Steeped Sky Limited Edition CD
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Featuring a complete spiritual uprising, this limited edition featuring new designs is a part of DIM's tour leftovers. This is the first release from the imprint label, Lowly Dying Steward.

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	1.	I 02:48
	2.	Earth Hears No Hurtle 05:18
	3.	Of Molten Stars 05:29
	4.	Where Springs Not Fail 07:56
	5.	II 01:51
	6.	Wit and Wisdom of Their King 07:00
	7.	A Wood Which Blackbirds Guard 04:57
	8.	Hurling Haven 06:40
	9.	Not Flesh But Spirit! 08:30
	10.	Quest for the Illuminated Marsh 05:37
	11.	Tolling Iron Bells 04:48
	12.	III 02:18
	13.	Hued Sunbeam 06:54
	14.	Winglet of the Fairy 02:24
	15.	Light Entries 03:36

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Available at Dungeons Deep in cassette form: dungeonsdeeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/steeped-sky-stained-light

A sense of echoing memory return blasts from the glow of the sun like great furnace doors. Thou dost age quickly in spite of a far horizon. Fight not alone in Gideon's company. Let their chambers and porches be filled with trials of seafaring and faith. Dimly lit are the corridors without. The river is stilled at the flood, reflecting rays of light, hewn like dull brass in its deep pools. Suddenly there burst out from the vague mystery a clamoring of voices. Tearing to earth, racing headlong, the trace of it is not forgotten.

Steeped Sky, Stained Light was conceptualized immaterially, in dreams, over a span of ten years. As Lynch would say, the "...seed requires electricity", and only so much control can be had over that very process. As it turns out, the year 2021 was the origin of a beginning spark, bringing those vague dream images into a real state. In a stillness, I sought to find something which before eluded me, and in doing so, uncovered a gleaming light, washing away the decaying hands of shadow. For those in need of a lantern amid the beckoning winds of Time, may one be found here, through the unending mystery of the road ahead.

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released September 2, 2022

Conceptualized, rendered and hewn: Lowly, Dying Steward

Special thanks: Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fidélité of Jouques for serenity in the human voice, Hannah & Ingrid for always being present, Lucian and R.B. Russell for a rare look at the world beyond the world, Forss (Eric Wahlforss) for putting forth an idea when there were no ideas all that time ago, Robert Jordan for marking the occasion at its end, Geir Jenssen for confirming the boundary, Sarah Davachi for exemplifying the essence of stillness, Christian Henson for unbounded access, and those I find myself in league with at Dungeons Deep Records and beyond.

Physical merchandise: dungeonsdeeprecords.bandcamp.com
Inquiries: PO Box, Springfield, OH 45501 USA

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Producer and composer Josiah Wilkinson produces "sacral medievalist electronics"--often intense, alluring medieval mirages under the name DIM.

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