A Reckless Relic film, giving a brief history and some examples of Scythian art.
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Steve Spon
A Reckless Relic film, giving a brief history and some examples of Scythian art.
A Reckless Relic film, giving a brief history and some examples of Scythian art. Surviving relics portray a fascinating culture that had no writing, but produced extraordinary art. Note – pictures are for illustration and not necessarily linked to any specific examples being discussed in the film, unless otherwise stated. Also, this film features mummies and human remains that may not be suitable for the young or the squeamish. Written and narrated by Ella Jo, produced and filmed by Diamond Seeds Media with music by Steve Spon’s Nostramus. Scythian Article Transcript: https://recklessrelic.com/cleaning-up…
A Moody dash-cam drive along The Shining Way in West Wales on Xmas Eve.
A Moody dash-cam drive along The Shining Way in West Wales on Xmas Eve.
Mission 6 of our Dash-cam journey through the West Wales countryside. With music by Steve Spon’s Nostramus.
Today’s brand new Nostramus track is called “Crystalwytch” an ambient Drum and Bass soundscape featuring Tony Gee on Trumpet, Ella Jo on Vocals and Steve Spon on FX guitar and Electric Piano.
I am producing this and other material for a forthcoming album project which will be highlighted on my Bandcamp channel. This new work is based on a short science fiction fantasy story involving Pagan Goddesses, Druids and the mysteriously named “Coveners” who ‘cloak’ their real identities as time traveling extra terrestrial providers and you could say – gardeners. The ‘Crystalwytch’ could be the visitors craft or it may be the name of one of the visitors, or even a place. Who knows, it was at story written many years in the future. It is impossible to report it here. Please consider supporting Steve at Nostramus Bandcamp.
With the current Lockdown and the darkest time of year – with snowy weather, it has not been possible to travel to the mountain journeys that I had planned. However on Christmas Eve 2020 I managed to take some footage that fitted a mood that appealed to me. I set the video to play with the song, and came up with “Crystalwytch”. This drive takes place just after sunset along a Ceredigion Ridgway approximately 1000 foot (300 Metres) above Sea Level. Known locally as the White, or Shining Way, the journey traverses the road from Pen Cae and finishes at Post Bach. Whilst the views may be rather “ordinary” compared to some earlier videos, the moody atmosphere and brooding cloudscapes appear auspicious. windswept, bedraggled Beech, Laburnum and Pine trees scatter the hedgerows, and the odd croft or farmstead are often decorated with Christmas lights. Also the road was slightly busier than usual. Although not set for kids, this particular movie is actually safe for kids to watch. Please check all my videos before allowing your kids to watch.
Big thanks to Tony Gee (Redfish) for his speedy and magnificent Trumpeteering and Ella Jo for her “Crystalwytch Prophesy Poem”, finally Spon played Electric Piano and guitar fx. Please check back later for further dash-cam journeys! we are going to journey further into the Cambrian Mountains as soon as we get a few good clear days…. Written and conceived by Steve Spon for Nostramus and Diamonseeds Media 2021
Mission 5 of our dashcam journey through the Wales countryside.
Mission 5 of our dashcam journey through the West Wales countryside.
This time we are heading from Penparcau in Aberystwyth to New Quay along the A487 west coast road, a distance of 22 Miles (35 Kilometres).
According to Bing Maps that journey would normally take 39 minutes as there are numerous hills to navigate along with a host of villages and small towns that have speed limits. Today for this video we have reduced the journey time to 9 minutes by speeding up the video 4 times, which means our journey speed varies from 80 MPH to well over 200 MPH at times depending on speed and safety considerations. The average speed turns out to be 163 MPH…phew!
At no point in the real time journey was the legal speed limit broken and road safety was at all times the primary consideration This road is known and used by many who travel to West Wales on summer vacations and it has some spectacular views of Cardigan Bay and the mountains of Cadair Idris and Snowdonia. On clear days the mountains of the Lleyn Peninsular can be seen marching out to Sea to the North West. Also to the south on a clear day the distant Mynydd Preseli mountains can be seen.
So please buckle up your seat belts, turn up your sound, put your feet up and enjoy the journey. Yet again there are brand new sounds from Steve Spon’s Nostramus, this time there are three movements, “Temporeral”, “Levelling Up” and “Disshevelance”. Big thanks once more to Ella Jo’s wonderfull contribution on “Levelling Up” Please bear in mind these videos are meant for adults rather than kids to enjoy. This has to be defined by Youtube these days, whhich have a much stricter set of protocol’s to navigate if the video involves entertaining kids. In this video please be aware there is some “Explicate Content” in the words. Big thanks to Shaman Murphy and Ella Jo for company on the trips Please check back later for further dashcam journeys! we are going to journey further into the Cambrian Mountains as soon as we get a few good clear days….
Please be aware there is some strobing as the Sun flashes through the trees !! I hope this can mitigate those in current lockdown who yearn for the wide open beauty of our glorious countryside. #Lockdown#LockDownEntertainment Special Thanks to Ella Jo Street for her wonderful vocal chords! Another dashcam journey with music by Nostramus with music Steve Spon is producing for a forthcoming album project which we will be highlighting on our Bandcamp channel. Please consider supporting Steve at Patreon (Link Below) The return journey from a dashcam videoed road trip across mid/west Wales. Last week we premiered our first leg of the journey into the Cambrian Mountains “Ysbyty Ystwyth” to “The Devils Bridges”. Now we present our return leg of the mission from the Hafon Arch which is known as the gateway to the Cambrian Mountains on the mountain road to Rhayader from Aberystwyth and the coast at Cardigan Bay. This video comes in two parts, today we present part one. With a new piece of sound sculpture by Nostramus titled “Cambrianne”. This journey starts at The Hafon Arch built by Thomas Johhnes in 1810 who owned the nearby “Hafon” estate. He built in commemoration of the 1810 Jubilee of the so called ‘mad’ King George III. Until recently the mountain road ran through the arch. This marked the entrance to the Cambrian mountains and the old packhorse road was one of the only passable tracks through the mountains to the Welsh coast. This is one of the finest scenic routes in Wales and it has some pretty stiff competition as Wales is a beautiful country.
Devils Bridge to Aberystwyth Part 1 Movie
Another dashcam journey with music by Nostramus with music I am producing for a forthcoming album project which I will be highlighting on my Bandcamp channel. Please consider supporting my Nostramus channel at at Bandcamp .
The return journey from a dashcam videoed road trip across mid/west Wales. Last week we premiered our first leg of the journey into the Cambrian Mountains “Ysbyty Ystwyth” to “The Devils Bridges”. Steve was accompanied by stained glass artist Jon Murphy on this group of journeys Special Thanks to Ella Jo Street for her wonderful vocal chords as Nostramus’s movement “Cambriannia” is reprised from part one! For part two of this journey and included in this video are two brand new tracks written and produced by Steve Spon for Nostramus the two tracks are “The Conduit” and “Cluster Five”. Steve is hoping to raise funding for a new Nostramus album which he is currently writing and producing as Nostramus during lockdown, so if you can me please consider supporting me at Bandcamp or contacting me directly through this Youtube channel or my new Dronescaping Ynys Prydain Youtube Channel. The links will follow shortly.
I have arranged this new music to complement the journey, finding it inspirational and easier to work with moving image’s. “The mixes are bespoke for the journeys but out of this I hope to distill and produce this music into fully fledged album productions which I hope to mix all in 5.1 3d sound” So watch this space!
Now we present our return leg of the mission from the Hafon Arch which is known as the gateway to the Cambrian Mountains on the mountain road to Rhayeder from Aberystwyth and the coast at Cardigan Bay. This video comes in two parts, today we present part Two. This journey starts at Pant Mawr roughly half way along the route to the coast. This road is better known as the A4120 today and the views are spectacular, on a really clear day the mountains of Mourne in Ireland can be made out across Cardigan Bay from certain parts of this road and also the mountains of the Lleynn Peninsular rise spectacularly over the Sea in the distance. The end of the journey is marked by the iconic sentinel summit of Pen Dinas with it’s Wellington Monument overlooking the Seaside Town of Aberystwyth the “Biarritz of Wales”, famous for housing the Library of Wales , the University and elements of the Welsh Government. It is also a traditional Victorian Holliday resort made famous a few years ago when a storm tossed up wave splashes higher than those buildings on the Sea front, seen across the worlds media. Constitution hill can be seen in the background of the last image with its famous funicular railway and camera obscura. This is one of the finest scenic routes in Wales and it has some pretty stiff competition as Wales is a beautiful country. Please check back later for further dashcam journeys! we are going to journey further into the Cambrian Mountains as soon as we get a few good clear days….