Layers Pt I: Serein (ft. DSI Tempest & Elektron Analog Four)

Published on Mar 18, 2014 Ace Waters·78 videos

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"se·rein - a fine rain falling from a sky in which no clouds are visible.

This is the first video in a six part series titled layers. Everything in this series was created using layers, thus the title. Ace and Kyle would trade the song back and forth, layering new tracks on top of each other, until the full song came to be. The first tracks, or the theme of the song, was inspired by a short story concept that Ace thought up. Then, once each song was complete, Ace would listen to the song and write that part of the story, allowing the story to inspire the song, which then inspires the story. Everything, coming together in Layers. Each song title is based on a really cool word.

Layers Pt. 1: Serein
One evening, as the sun was setting over the horizon of the open sea, I found myself standing on the edge of the shore. My feet slowly sank into the sand, My eyes, transfixed on the sunset. I could not remember how I arrived at this spot. I knew not of what travels led me to this moment. I knew not of what plans I had for what would come next. All I had was this moment, even that felt hollow without context or cause. The world painted its extravagant artwork around me, and I could not feel one emotion stir within me.

It wasn't until my clothes soaked through that I noticed the gentle rain falling from the cloudless sky. In a different situation, this light mist would seem heavenly, set against this all-together lovely backdrop of a sunset. In a different situation, I would be equally puzzled and amazed by the clear, cloudless sky letting free such a delicate rain. In a different situation, this moment would define who I was to become. It would shape and mold me into a better person. I would leave this place with a passion to seek forgiveness and give in abundance. In a different situation, this moment would be my salvation.

But now, I was merely empty, devoid of all emotions the scene demanded and unable to grasp the mystery of the slow falling deluge that now forced my soaked clothes to stick to my skin. I was but a shell of a man: vacant, sodden, and growing increasingly cold as the sun fell behind the edge of the sea."