TRANSMISSION RECORD: NANS! // DISC TWO // RAVE
If Disc One preserves the traditional repertoire, Disc Two demonstrates what happened after the piskies encountered amplifiers, synthesisers, drum machines, sequencers and very large bass bins.
The result is not a single dance style. Each track occupies a different corner of the same imagined piskie rave: sometimes euphoric, sometimes strange, occasionally subterranean, and generally unlikely to comply with local licensing conditions.
FIELD NOTES:
Deus Genen Ni:
The invitation. Dark piskie psytrance and a voice
using just enough English to make the meaning unmistakable:
“Com... wif... uz...”
Golow Glas:
Blue light translated into the language of the dance floor:
strobes, LEDs, lasers and progressive house.
Jynn Pyski:
Hard modern techno. The machinery becomes rhythm and the
piskies appear entirely comfortable with the arrangement.
Res!:
Jungle and drum & bass at piskie velocity:
running feet, chopped breaks and extremely questionable
navigational advice.
Pyskies Splann!:
K-Pop, provided that the K stands for Kernowek.
A polished piskie idol-rave track with choreography,
group hooks and entirely unnecessary confidence.
Kylgh an Pyskies:
An old-school acid-house circle dance. Raw drum machines,
squelching bass and the peculiar impression that an innocent
Cornish word may be encouraging something rather more violent.
Radyo an Pyskies:
Speed garage and 2-step transmitted from an underground
piskie radio station whose exact location remains unavailable.
Faborden Yn-dann Dhor:
The rave slows down without becoming quieter.
Half-time subterranean bass transmitted through stone,
floor and ribcage.
Arta!:
Again. The second wind arrives at approximately 170 BPM
and nobody appears inclined to object.
Na Hwath!:
Not yet. Morning has been mentioned, rejected,
and postponed by collective agreement.
Dons Diwettha:
The last proper dance of the night.
A long euphoric farewell: one final build, one final chorus,
and one final chance for everybody to insist that morning
can wait just a little longer.
Radio an Piskieez (Remix):
The rave itself is over.
The lights are coming up, equipment is being packed away,
and the floor is slowly emptying — although the piskie radio
appears to have no particular intention of stopping.
// END OF MAIN TRANSMISSION
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