It starts with the melodies,
the
words and the chords. Then in come the
players who turn music into songs
"A rush of sound-waves beating against
an invisible reef of chords",
that is the music of Elycia
The Journey to Elycia began a few years back with a girl, her voice and
a second-hand acoustic guitar. Sitting on a virtual, misty seashore,
the girl, Sylvia, wrote the first Elycian song "Fish in the Sea" just a
few days after first picking up the weathered, discarded guitar to
learn its works. Intrigued by the new sounds, guitar and bass player
Jussi, who had already been playing in various bands for some years
began crafting
the melody and chords into a song adding to it its rhythm, bass,
guitars and synths. And hence, the first Elycian story emerged. This
first song was soon to be followed by another, and that by many others
.
The day the name Elycia came
The name "Elycia" was however
yet to be discovered. Sylvia had an
aquaintance, a night owl who fed on fantasy and magik. This night owl
was not only a striving writer of such genres but also a heavy reader,
and on one of the many shelves piled up with such books in the dimmish
lair was an illusive epos "Elycia"."What is Elycia?" "For different
people it may mean different things. For some, it is a sanctuary
in-between". The notion of this mythical, surreal and dualistic place,
Elycia, became fused with music and hence the song and name "Elycia"
came to be. Shadows
revisited
It
was soon after that the Elycian melodies and words were to be
recaptured and then set asail in a new form. Jussi's friend Tommi was a
true master of the Piano and music theory. Together Jussi and Tommi
began working on the original piece "Shadows", and hence the song was
recreated most noticeably along with Tommi's captivating piano intro.
The
Arrival
Elycian songs were to be further navigated into existence by this trio,
but there were clearly still quite a few musical miles to travel before
reaching the Elycian shores. Through the fog and misty waters they
sailed, and Elycia was eventually reached when Make V and Marko
arrived onboard. Make V, a long-time drummer in many bands, including
the cult punk band "Pojat", had first heard the song "Shadows" on a web
site. He recruited his friend Marko, originally guitar player and
singer of a heavy metal band, to the rehearsals, and thus the band of
Elycia became complete.
And
it is in this form that the Journey of Elycia continues...
Elycia is more than just a home
for
its dwellers, it´s a source of inspiration
for their music, their stories, and a vessel for their ongoing journeys
By An Elycian