James B. Pollack · 2015

Vespers for the Hermetic Year

120 BPMA minor2:58Ableton Live 9.2.186 samplesLean Arrangement

Listen to "Vespers for the Hermetic Year" by James B. Pollack. 120 BPM, A minor, Ableton Live 9.2.1, 86 Ableton sample references. "Vespers for the Hermetic Year" sits inside James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system and connects most clearly to Aegypt sequence. It points toward Pierce Moffett, Faraway Hills, Hermetic history, John Dee, Giordano Bruno, alchemy, memory, and nested manuscript worlds. The source connection is literary and thematic rather than an official adaptation: John Crowley was Pollack's writing advisor at Yale, and the title system treats the catalog as a set of linked rooms inside that influence.

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Production Notes
  • Core DJ metadata: 120 BPM, A minor, 2:58.
  • Ableton source: project "dec13jam1", Ableton Live 9.2.1, 4/4 time.
  • Tempo source: Ableton project tempo.
  • Session shape: 0 audio tracks, 9 MIDI tracks, 2 return tracks, 264 MIDI notes.
  • Arrangement read: Lean Arrangement, score 31.
  • Ableton scan found 86 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
  • Repeated sample sources: sandblaster c0 1, sandblaster c0 2, sandblaster c1 1, sandblaster c1 2, sandblaster c2 1, sandblaster c2 2, sandblaster c3 1, sandblaster c3 2, sandblaster c4 1, sandblaster c4 2, sandblaster c5 1, sandblaster c5 2, sandblaster f#0 1, sandblaster f#0 2, sandblaster f#1 1, sandblaster f#1 2, sandblaster f#2 1, sandblaster f#2 2, sandblaster f#3 1, sandblaster f#3 2, sandblaster f#4 1, sandblaster f#4 2, sandblaster f#5 1, sandblaster f#5 2.
  • Related sample families: sample-sandblaster-c0-1-1ac86f86, sample-sandblaster-c0-2-35c8013f, sample-sandblaster-c1-1-acb19738, sample-sandblaster-c1-2-517c3024, sample-sandblaster-c2-1-7c3e618a, sample-sandblaster-c2-2-caba8b8e, sample-sandblaster-c3-1-fcc1bbe5, sample-sandblaster-c3-2-5929985a, sample-sandblaster-c4-1-75c730a3, sample-sandblaster-c4-2-05066f97, sample-sandblaster-c5-1-983a38f3, sample-sandblaster-c5-2-25a870bf, sample-sandblaster-f-0-1-76b747d4, sample-sandblaster-f-0-2-416cb3bb, sample-sandblaster-f-1-1-7ef6a5f5, sample-sandblaster-f-1-2-2e8c7f60, sample-sandblaster-f-2-1-4b74863b, sample-sandblaster-f-2-2-37fadf6e, sample-sandblaster-f-3-1-7f931b88, sample-sandblaster-f-3-2-7fbf4fbc, sample-sandblaster-f-4-1-ac63904a, sample-sandblaster-f-4-2-b381a4bb, sample-sandblaster-f-5-1-15ffb2c2, sample-sandblaster-f-5-2-65225bda.
  • Instrument tags: Drums, Bass, Pads, Leads, FX.
  • Arrangement tags: Lean Arrangement, Sample Heavy.
  • Plugin count: 0.
  • Listener mood tags: Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Melancholic.
Ableton Session Data
BPM
120 BPM
BPM source
ableton_project
Detected BPM
120.0
Key
A minor
Duration
2:58
Ableton project
dec13jam1
Ableton version
Ableton Live 9.2.1
Time signature
4/4
Sample references
86
Complexity
Lean Arrangement 31
Samples and Sources
  • Ableton scan found 86 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
  • Repeated sample sources: sandblaster c0 1, sandblaster c0 2, sandblaster c1 1, sandblaster c1 2, sandblaster c2 1, sandblaster c2 2, sandblaster c3 1, sandblaster c3 2, sandblaster c4 1, sandblaster c4 2, sandblaster c5 1, sandblaster c5 2, sandblaster f#0 1, sandblaster f#0 2, sandblaster f#1 1, sandblaster f#1 2, sandblaster f#2 1, sandblaster f#2 2, sandblaster f#3 1, sandblaster f#3 2, sandblaster f#4 1, sandblaster f#4 2, sandblaster f#5 1, sandblaster f#5 2.
  • Related sample families: sample-sandblaster-c0-1-1ac86f86, sample-sandblaster-c0-2-35c8013f, sample-sandblaster-c1-1-acb19738, sample-sandblaster-c1-2-517c3024, sample-sandblaster-c2-1-7c3e618a, sample-sandblaster-c2-2-caba8b8e, sample-sandblaster-c3-1-fcc1bbe5, sample-sandblaster-c3-2-5929985a, sample-sandblaster-c4-1-75c730a3, sample-sandblaster-c4-2-05066f97, sample-sandblaster-c5-1-983a38f3, sample-sandblaster-c5-2-25a870bf, sample-sandblaster-f-0-1-76b747d4, sample-sandblaster-f-0-2-416cb3bb, sample-sandblaster-f-1-1-7ef6a5f5, sample-sandblaster-f-1-2-2e8c7f60, sample-sandblaster-f-2-1-4b74863b, sample-sandblaster-f-2-2-37fadf6e, sample-sandblaster-f-3-1-7f931b88, sample-sandblaster-f-3-2-7fbf4fbc, sample-sandblaster-f-4-1-ac63904a, sample-sandblaster-f-4-2-b381a4bb, sample-sandblaster-f-5-1-15ffb2c2, sample-sandblaster-f-5-2-65225bda.
Crowleyverse Title Connection

"Vespers for the Hermetic Year" sits inside James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system and connects most clearly to Aegypt sequence. It points toward Pierce Moffett, Faraway Hills, Hermetic history, John Dee, Giordano Bruno, alchemy, memory, and nested manuscript worlds. The source connection is literary and thematic rather than an official adaptation: John Crowley was Pollack's writing advisor at Yale, and the title system treats the catalog as a set of linked rooms inside that influence.

Direct title or character signalAegypt sequence
Research source: Yale English: Endless Things / AegyptResearch source: Aegypt sequence reference
Search Context

Keywords: Vespers for the Hermetic Year, James B. Pollack, John Crowley, Crowleyverse, Little, Big, Aegypt sequence, Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Melancholic, Drums, Bass, Pads, Leads, FX, Lean Arrangement, Sample Heavy, Ableton Live 9.2.1.

December 13 in history
  • 1962 NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.Wikipedia: NASA
  • 1972 Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.Wikipedia: Apollo program

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