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the “G.A.” Project
G.A. Field Guide
preliminary notes (updated May 23, 2025):
G.A. = Green Annex
the Green Annex is the name that came to me for a place that appears to be the direct opposite to the gnostic Black Iron Prison, as discussed by Philip K Dick in several novels, most notably VALIS (note: this is not necessarily a tribute to PKD, that’s just a way to describe it. another way might be that the Green Annex represents something like enlightenment, a plane of higher consciousness, perhaps. it’s not 100% clear to me for reasons you’ll see below).
my G.A. series of EPs therefore constitutes a story I am writing for myself, to myself, that is being written concurrently with the music. almost written BY the music, in a sense - as the process is not as straightforward as it might sound, and it is an ongoing process.
on a narrative level the G.A. series is like a post-apocalyptic novel about someone trying to reach a certain safe place in a dangerous world. standard post-apocalypse storyline really.
on a symbolic level it chronicles my own explorations and experiments with belief/magick/philosophy etc.
as such it’s simultaneously a quest, a journal about said quest, and the subject matter of its own quest. the art is the journey but it’s also the outcome/product.
it’s a long form ritual AND magickal diary.
(the intent for said ritual is not just about me, either)
there will be definitive documents, at a later stage.
if there’s a formula it’s like… an idea/concept/thought/belief experienced or explored by myself > becomes a tune on an EP > tune inspires section of creative writing… or something like that. it’s not that the music is the soundtrack for a novel, it’s the inspiration. i am not naming these tracks with an eye to informing the content of these stories, for example.
how to read:
numbers in the title represent the chronology of the chapters (EPs)... we began with Zero, then move backwards to Minus One, to be followed by One, then Two, etc.
currently there is no defined Last Number.
the sub-titles of each EP (Crystallisation, Currents, etc) represent the subject matter of that part of the story. Crystallisation represents the formation of the idea, any idea, the concept, the drive, the quest. Currents represents the backstory in a way, how we got here, why we are on the quest. Crossing (coming soon) is the beginning, a crossing-over into a phase you can’t really step back from - you just have to push through.
One final note (for now): none of this is necessary to anyone “understanding” these tunes. it’s still music. on a very basic level I’m just doing this because I realised - at a very low point fairly recently - that I’m at my happiest and most content in the world when I’m creating and playing with large, outlandish, inter-related ideas. World-Building. if you will…
G.A.: Two: XXXXXX ——- coming very soon
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