Appointment in Samarra

by João Reis

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1.	Merchant and servant talk (back in the merchant's store) 03:47	buy track
2.	Bus to Bagdad marketplace 07:24	buy track
3.	Death and merchant talk (in the marketplace) 05:24	buy track
4.	Death will not find him 04:18	buy track
5.	Taxi 03:20	buy track
6.	Buying train tickets at 4 PM 03:52	buy track
7.	Bagdad Station wc 01:28	buy track
8.	Bagdad - Samarra Train 03:54	buy track
9.	Or uber? 04:59	buy track
10.	Sad airbnb next to the Tigris 03:52	buy track
11.	Death greets servant 06:29	buy track
12.	The beginning is only the end 03:02	buy track

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There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was Death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture, now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra and there Death will not find me. The merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop he went. Then the merchant went down to the marketplace and he saw me standing in the crowd and he came to me and said, Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning? That was not a threatening gesture, I said, it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Bagdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.

"The Appointment in Samarra"
(as retold by W. Somerset Maugham [1933])

Instruments and software:
Arturia Keylab II, Arturia Microfreak, Akai Mpk Mini Mk2, Electric Guitar, Mixbus 32C, Audacity

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released August 30, 2019

A capa é uma fotografia tirada de dentro de um avião. Por mim. Com um telemóvel.

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João Reis Lisbon, Portugal

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