The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes: The Man & The Journey

soniclovenoize “The Man & The Journey” studio reconstruction
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Source notes from soniclovenoize:

Side A–The Man–begins with my own personal “short” edit of “Grantchester Meadows” as “Daybreak”. This edit significantly cuts the intro, solo and outro, making the song just over four minutes in length. This is followed by a train whistle from the EMI sound effects library slowed down to sound like a factory steam whistle–what I am fairly sure Pink Floyd actually did for their performances–then goes to “Work” (since this musical piece was never recorded by Pink Floyd, we will use a similar-sounding track, “Sysyphus Part III” from Ummagumma). In this iteration, I chose to use a fragment of “The Narrow Way I” (aka “Baby Blue Shuffle in D Major”) to represent “Tea Time”, and acting as an outro to the song. “Afternoon” follows (“Biding My Time” from Relics), as well as the track “Doing It!” meant to represent sexual intercourse (often a Nick Mason drum solo, Pink Floyd often used either “Up the Khyber”, “Syncopated Pandemonium” or “The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party (Entertainment)” for this; here I use the later from Ummagumma). Next the Man falls asleep (using a new short edit of “Quicksilver” from More) and slips into a “Nightmare” (as represented by “Cymbaline” also from More). The side concludes with the Man waking from his dream to the next day’s “Daybreak” (a short edit of "Grantchester Meadows") and the sound effect of an alarm clock from the EMI effects library.

Side B—The Journey—begins with the pilgrim leaving the British pastoral countryside (“Green is the Colour” from More) by sea, when they are soon “Beset By Creatures of The Deep” (depicted by “Careful With That Axe Eugene” from Relics). Using storm sound effects from the EMI sound library–as Pink floyd originally did–as a crossfade between the two, the pilgrim’s ship plows through a 'horrid storm' (as depicted by “The Narrow Way III” from Ummagumma). They finally arrive on land, moving through a “Pink Jungle” (while Pink Floyd performed “Pow R Toc H” for this piece, here we will substitute a different ‘tribal’ track based around a rolling bass riff: an edit of “Main Theme” from More with the animal vocalizations from “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict”). Our adventurers next creep through the “Labyrinth of Auximenes” (this piece often featured the bassline to the verses of “Let There Be More Light” juxtaposed with guitar effects and ominous drums; when stripped of the bass line, we are left with a track reminiscent of the first few minutes of “The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party II” from Ummagumma, which I used here) and “Behold The Temple of Light” (the chord sequence from “The Narrow Way II” also from Ummagumma). “The End of The Beginning” is a problematic conclusion to the album, as any use of “Celestial Voices” would be reusing an old track, not to mention an anticlimax if using the subdued studio version that lacks the bombast of how it was performed for “The Man and The Journey”. Here, we will substitute a different song that features a very similar design of a climaxing organ phrase: “Sysyphus Part IV” from Ummagumma. Although I had previously used “Cirrus Minor”, this, I feel, creates a more inspiring and strange ending to a likewise inspiring and strange album.

Sources Used:
Relics (1996 remaster)
Soundtrack to the Film ‘More’ (2011 remaster)
Ummagumma (2011 remaster)
EMI Productions - Sound Effects (1970)