UNSPEAKABLE TIDINGS

(note: Aarni mostly uses the Discordian calendar.)

22/ 03/ 3175	Greetings Frater/Soror/Neuter, What in the name of an authentic pair of used Aleister Crowley socks?! Another update issue so soon? That's right, for: 1) Emuu, yet another new Aarni song, has just been put online at Reverbnation as a Fan Exclusive for streaming and downloading. The Finnish title of this "kalevala-folkish" instrumental means "the originator/genius/totem spirit of a species". Although featuring inter alia swan-song, the track alludes to the emuu of humans rather than to that of swans...because waterfowl are the traditional holy representation of the Golden Woman manifest in the Primeval Ocean. She is the creatrix of the universe, the gods, humans etc. in Fenno-Ugric mythology. So there. It seems very likely that no further songs will be posted until the completion (sometime in 3176 AM?) of Aarni's third album Lovecraftian, so enjoy(?) the existing ones in the interim... 2) Shoggoth-sized thanks to Greg Kaminsky for featuring Aarni's songs in his excellent Occult Of Personality podcast episodes. Karmic brownie points will surely fall like manna from heaven for all concerned! 3) Omnimantia EP, the Double Demo and the Aarni/Umbra Nihil split album still available for ordering. You only need to give us all your money - a bargain at twice the price. Now the unutterable dive into the Deep One-infested waters of making the third album shall continue. 93/23, Master Warjomaa
07/ 03/ 3175	Hi honey! 1) I have put the new song Lemminkäinens Tempel online at Reverbnation, go check it out if you want a taste of how the next album will not sound. Rather the track represents a comic relief from making the third Aarni album...the tune in question is Aarni's first to feature Swedish language lyrics (except for one interjection in Finnish). This naturally fits the song's subject, which deals with the esoteric (in the widest sense of the word) theories and practices of the unwitting Finnish Discordian saint Ior Bock. Consider it a homage to the man and delusions in general. Musically we may be looking at some sort of "tr00 doom metal" or Black Sabbath-esque ditty, done in the best possible taste of course. The song sounds better if you perform saunasolmu aka autofellatio while listening. 2) Currently Aarni concentrates on a more serious song, also likely to be put online once finished, namely a "kalevala" folk instrumental akin perhaps to Kivijumala and/or Kesäyö from the Bathos album. This tune like the one above and 49 Angeli Boni shall hopefully also see release on CD at some point. After the lovely folky jig Aarni promises to sink back to the maddening tentacle-ridden mucus that is the process of making our third LP Lovecraftian. 3) Our pampered underground agents are on strike because of a recent incident involving forced travel via sewers and some exceptionally unwashed Aarni fans. Because of this prudery we still haven't received trustworthy updates on the band t-shirt matter, but we will let you know asap. Near misses, Master Warjomaa
13/ 02/ 3175	Greetings fellow cultists, here's an assload of news: 1) New song '49 Angeli Boni' online at Reverbnation. Not related to Aarni's third album-in-process Lovecraftian in any way; rather this new tune represents a momentary relief from all the hard, almost religious work we have lately engaged ourselves in with the afore-mentioned album. The lyrics of this short song simply recite the (proto-Enochian) names of all the 49 "good angels" from Dr John Dee's 'De Heptarchia Mystica'. The angels in question are those of the seven classical planets and related days of the week plus their planetary hours, with each planet/day featuring a set of seven angels whose names are composed of seven letters. To underline all this emphasis on the number seven, the song's chord progression rotates around seven descending chords, while the organ plays an ascending pattern of seven notes with seven variations. And the breaks between the seven verses are made of - you guessed it - seven notes. The whole ditty is in 7/4 time with a tempo of 149 BPM and employs a whole step scale, which famously has...seven notes. All of this makes for pretty repetitive music and we have intended the song more as a tool for getting in the mood when practising Heptarchic/Enochian magick than as your typical soundtrack for boozing... As always a lyrics page for the song will appear here on the Aarni webshite in the near future. 2) Our label tells us the near-mythical Aarni T-shirts shall be made available during April. Thanks to all of you who have expressed an interest in this ineffable vestment! More news once the actual garments manifest. 3) I recently made four "elemental ads" plus a pentagram pseudo-logo for Aarni for no good reason. Maybe you'll find some use for these pics. High resolution versions of them can be found on the Gallery page while lo-res versions have been posted to sites such as MySpace, LastFM etc. 4) If you should so wish, you can now follow our studio-related and other bizarre practices also on Twitter. Cheerio, Maharishi Warjomaa
28/ 01/ 3175	Dear inmates, Lucky 3175 A.M. to you all & for now just a brief note from the staff: 1) Green light for the Aarni t-shirt, thanks to your expressed interest in it! Our label tells us that the opaque garment will probably manifest in March-April; I shall let you know once I manage to channel more specific information. Wear it or drink it! 2) Meanwhile Aarni busies itself working on Lovecraftian and we recently completed what will possibly be the album's somewhat unnerving opening track, 'The Strange High House in the Mist'. Presently we move on to the serene 'Celephaïs', another (instrumental) song. Currently the album looks like to be for the most part a sort of soundtrack to individual HPL stories, with emphasis on what we consider to be the pertinent ambience & atmosphere & so forth, while his poetry has inspired the album's more conventional(?) songs. Time shall tell how pnakotic this analysis is... Wake loose, Mawster Warjomaa
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