James B. Pollack · 2016

Thorn That Blooms in December

117 BPMD major1:27Ableton Live 9.2.151 samplesBuilt-Out Arrangement

Listen to "Thorn That Blooms in December" by James B. Pollack. 117 BPM, D major, Ableton Live 9.2.1, 51 Ableton sample references. "Thorn That Blooms in December" sits inside James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system and connects most clearly to Little, Big and Aegypt sequence. It points toward calendar magic, seasonal recurrence, and symbolic systems. 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: 117 BPM, D major, 1:27.
  • Ableton source: project "OCT25jam1", Ableton Live 9.2.1, 4/4 time.
  • Tempo source: Ableton project tempo.
  • Session shape: 2 audio tracks, 8 MIDI tracks, 2 return tracks, 1432 MIDI notes.
  • Arrangement read: Built-Out Arrangement, score 49.
  • Ableton scan found 51 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
  • Instrument tags: Drums, Bass, Piano / Keys, Arp, Vocal / Vox.
  • Arrangement tags: Built-Out Arrangement, Dense MIDI, Sample Heavy.
  • Plugin count: 0.
  • Listener mood tags: Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Uplifting.
Ableton Session Data
BPM
117 BPM
BPM source
ableton_project
Detected BPM
117.0
Key
D major
Duration
1:27
Ableton project
OCT25jam1
Ableton version
Ableton Live 9.2.1
Time signature
4/4
Sample references
51
Complexity
Built-Out Arrangement 49
Samples and Sources
  • Ableton scan found 51 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
Crowleyverse Title Connection

"Thorn That Blooms in December" sits inside James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system and connects most clearly to Little, Big and Aegypt sequence. It points toward calendar magic, seasonal recurrence, and symbolic systems. 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.

Motif signalLittle, BigAegypt sequence
Research source: Hachette: Little, BigResearch source: Yale English: Endless Things / Aegypt
Search Context

Keywords: Thorn That Blooms in December, James B. Pollack, John Crowley, Crowleyverse, Little, Big, Aegypt sequence, Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Uplifting, Drums, Bass, Piano / Keys, Arp, Vocal / Vox, Built-Out Arrangement, Dense MIDI, Sample Heavy.

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