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░ ██ ██ Artist: Telergy ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Hypatia █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2015 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-01-13 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: self-released ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ The new Telergy album tells the tragic story of █
█ Hypatia of Alexandria (~ 350-415 AD). She was the █
█ daughter of Theon, the guardian of the Egyptian █
█ library of Alexandria, the greatest repository of █
█ knowledge in the ancient world. Theon trained █
█ Hypatia in astronomy, mathematics and philosophy. █
█ She quickly grew to be a great scholar and teacher █
█ in the library herself, widely renowned for both █
█ her wisdom and her striking beauty. █
█ Alexandria was a place of great political and █
█ religious conflict during this time. These █
█ struggles for political power and control lead to █
█ the library being burned in 391. Hypatia continued █
█ to teach with what fragments could be saved until █
█ mounting tensions eventually lead to Hypatia being █
█ viciously attacked and murdered by an angry mob in █
█ 415. █
█ Most original works affiliated with Hypatia were █
█ destroyed. Much of what we know about her comes █
█ from correspondences between her and one of her █
█ students, Synesius. Many scholars throughout █
█ history have borrowed and expanded on the work of █
█ Hypatia. Admiring her among the greatest of █
█ ancient scholars like Plato, Aristotle, Socrates █
█ and Pythagoras █
█ This captivating tale is brought to life through █
█ the powerful, lush, energy filled music that █
█ Telergy creates, and transports the listener on a █
█ musical journey they will never forget. █
█ Telergy is a completely independent project that █
█ receives no support from a major record label. █
█ Crowd funding is the only way to cover the large █
█ costs of mastering, duplication and distribution. █
█ █
█ --- █
█ █
█ Hypatia is the third album by Telergy, a project █
█ led by multi-instrumentalist, composer and █
█ producer Robert McClung. This new record has █
█ potential to enter many year-end top lists. █
█ Both musically and story-wise Hypatia is built █
█ very professionally, with every detail being well █
█ thought. With its seventeen songs and the concept █
█ that is based on the story of an ancient █
█ philosopher and mathematician Hypatia, the album █
█ is constructed as a rock opera record. Due to the █
█ album's concept depicting the mentioned story, █
█ there is a feeling of record being similar to the █
█ film soundtrack. █
█ Hypatia was a well educated woman who could stand █
█ up in front of men. Her name definitely deserves █
█ to be recognised and put near the greatest names █
█ of ancient times. Robert McClung and Telergy █
█ contribute to that. █
█ As it was the case with other Telergy albums, most █
█ of songs on 'Hypatia' are predominantly █
█ instrumental, even though there are lyrics. There █
█ are no vocals on Telergy albums, but spoken words █
█ that are performed by Durga McBroom-Hudson acting █
█ as Hypatia, Bryan Hicks as Theon, Corey Glover as █
█ Synesius, Blake Carpenter as Cyril, Peter Kelley █
█ as Peter the Reader, and Almus Kentler as The █
█ Professor. █
█ As implied above 'Hypatia' is built upon the great █
█ instrumental work based on symphonic and █
█ progressive metal. The album features guest █
█ contributors who worked with bands such Savatage, █
█ Trans Siberian Orchestra, Symphony X, Rhapsody on █
█ Fire, Kamelot, Yes, Supertramp, Jethro Tull, █
█ Kansas. These names get you closer to what can be █
█ expected from 'Hypatia' in the musical sense. █
█ With all said and done, I insist that 'Hypatia' is █
█ one of the best releases of the year. Don't think █
█ of finishing this year without giving a listen to █
█ this album. █
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░ 1. Scene No. 1 0:38 ░
░ 2. Astronomer 7:15 ░
░ 3. Scene No. 2 0:37 ░
░ 4. Philosopher 11:44 ░
░ 5. Scene No. 3 0:38 ░
░ 6. Mathematician 4:23 ░
░ 7. Scene No. 4 0:25 ░
░ 8. Teacher 6:57 ░
░ 9. Scene No. 5 0:28 ░
░ 10. The Burning of the Library of Alexandria 11:36 ░
░ 11. Scene No. 6 0:39 ░
░ 12. Scapegoat 2:54 ░
░ 13. Scene No. 7 1:05 ░
░ 14. Murder 9:30 ░
░ 15. Scene No. 8 1:03 ░
░ 16. Martyr 3:11 ░
░ 17. Scene No. 9 0:27 ░
░ 63:30 ░
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