Leave That World Behind
Electronic Realizations for Guitar and Computer, volume 1

1:  The Tutor Of Achilles                                              26:02
2:  Greenland                                                               59:28
3:  The Reasonably Well-Tempered Assembly Line      68:28
4:  Eye Ten                                                                   65:57
5:  Cicadas Lullaby                                                      77:51
6:  Leave That World Behind                                       15:10
Total Time  5:13:03


This was the first Oenyaw project.  I had originally recorded this and "A Whole Day Off as one
long 10 hour MP3 disc, but found that the quality of MP3 formatted files was not as good at
1286 KBS as 256 KBS.  I had to return to remaster everything, which was quite a chore, but
necessary.  The theme I was going for as an introduction to the music was to simply leave the
world of standard product formats in music behind.  A bit ostentatious I'll admit.  But hey, I can't
help the way I feel.  As Kurt Vonnegut wrote in Slaughterhouse Five, "let him write his own
damn book!"  So, I am.


The Tutor Of Achilles
The title is taken from a line in the film "2010: The Year We Make Contact."  As the
programmer tells the computer he is opening a new file named phoenix, he asks the computer if
it knows what the term phoenix means. The computer replies that it has 23 references to that
word.  The programmer asks which reference the computer believes is the correct reference.
The computer replies "The tutor of Achilles?"; a reference the programmer is not aware of. The
composition is a construction piece, playing a specific note at different octaves within a loop and
filtering the loop while recording. Each loop is recorded onto a separate track and then each
track is filtered and treated. The tracks are ultimately mixed together, making up the
composition.


Greenland
Hoping to call attention to the environmental catastrophe which is taking place in Greenland. As
close to a live piece as possible: recorded in one afternoon, one take, no overdubs. Thanks to
Cleo and Munchkin for attending.


The Reasonably Well-Tempered Assembly Line
Another construction piece. Each note was recorded in a 2 minute loop, with the loops arranged
into place according to a written composition. Each track is assigned a step filter and a position
in space between the right and left channels. The intention is an industrial fantasy of an
assembly line which plays music after the humans have vacated the premises.


Eye Ten
A heavy-metal/industrial ambient piece. The camshafts view of a trip down the highway.


Cicadas Lullaby  
An insect bolero. Living in a forest as I do, I am heavily influenced by the sounds of the night,
primarily that of insects, frogs, and wild turkeys. This one is dedicated to the cicadas.


Leave That World Behind  
A short construction piece which took up way too much memory to be forgotten.

All selections copyright 2005 David Wayne Higgins.

The cover photograph was taken by Carol Higgins.  The location is White Sands, New Mexico.  
In the center of the picture is my son and I, relaxing in the desert.

All selections composed, arranged, performed, recorded, manipulated, treated and produced by
Oenyaw.  Recorded July -November, 2005.  Equipment and software: Epiphone Sheraton,
DanElectro Black Coffee Distortion, Morley Volume Pedal, Line 6 Modulation Modeler, Line 6
Delay Modeler, Lexicon Omega Desktop Recording Studio, E Machines T2542 Computer
(RAM upgrade 768), Cubase LE, Polderbits Sound Editor, All Audio Converter V1.50, Windows
XP.