Look, I gotta tell you right up front, I don’t know much about this track, Anatomy of Melancholy, except that it’s strikingly beautiful, sounds like a lost Harold Budd composition and has a strange and questionable provenance.
Through some research I learned that it came from a long out-of-business shop in Boston called Gargoyles, Grotesques and Chimeras (Old Yelp listing link). Supposedly, the proprietor of this shop, Lewis Gordon, composed and recorded the piece and that the recording played on a continuous loop. This recording is from a CD that was sold at the shop of that recording. I haven’t been able to find or reach Mr. Gordon to confirm any of this, but since this is non-profit, no money venture, I figured it couldn’t hurt to share this wonderful music.
Thank you also to John “Pathfinder” Lester for initially posting this track on his website here.
It’s a lovely, lovely recording. I’ve been listening to it for months and I really felt that the Ambient Soundbath listeners would enjoy it. I hope you do.