Profane Riddles by Nick Didkovsky

Nick Didkovsky - electric guitar

Nine enigmatically embroidered pieces for electric guitar. Stop the world for 31 minutes. Lie down and listen without interruption.

"The sky is overcast today (6/5/24) and there is a cool breeze blowing. It fits this music perfectly. - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery

"A transporting listen that has already triggered one vivid dream since I first heard it. As I type this, Profane Riddles restores my belief in the communicative power of the electric guitar." Ken Shimamoto, The Stash Dauber

Tracklist

1.	Rebirth	1:42

2.	Wherever I Am I Be	6:52

3.	Ascension	0:56

4.	This Sacred Purity, this Oppressive Paradise	3:53

5.	My morning star and light-bearer	2:02

6.	What is revealed in the light of thy Lord Lucifer?	3:49

7.	Pre-Crystallization (God and Corpse)	3:18

8.	The hand, palm upward, fingers curled in ecstasy	3:40

9.	The morgue's final thoughts	4:27

Credits

released May 25, 2024

Thanks to Linda Leseman, Han-earl Park, Phil Burk, Sasha von Didkovsky, and Leo Didkovsky for your generous guidance.
Thanks to Y.I.H.H. for your restless creative fire.

This record is dedicated to Larry Polansky.

"Rebirth" is for Phillip Trimble.
"This Sacred Purity, this Oppressive Paradise" is inspired by a poem by Ahmad Shamlu.
"Pre-Crystallization (God and Corpse)" is impelled by the writings of Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh and Y.I.H.H.
"The morgue's final thoughts" is dedicated to the memory of Michael Brown.

Produced by Nick Didkovsky
Mastered by Thomas Dimuzio at Gench Studios
All tracks composed by Nick Didkovsky, (c) 2024 Didkovsky / Punos Music (BMI) except #2 composed by Phil Corner, (c) 2000 Philip Corner / Frog Peak Music (BMI)
Original art by Y.I.H.H.
Graphic permutations by Nick Didkovsky

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