The Demented Eight builds on the fierce spirit of its predecessor, “Rejoice.” Where “Rejoice” captured why and how we struggle, this follow-up dives deeper into what we fight: a musical reflection on the impediments we face in the pursuit of justice. Blending ambient drone and percussive elements, it evokes the darkness we confront—both within and without.
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Rejoice
Growing up in the 80’s Texas it was impossible to escape Rumi or Kahlil Gibran. Whirling Dervishes were on TV all the time, and we’d twirl at recess. Unbeknownst at the time, a cold stagnant evil was germinating. Within my lifetime we plummeted from a unified joyful people to a stratified hateful mass. So here’s my little tribute to freedom and solidarity. If we’re ever to return, we’ll have to remember what joy and liberty felt like, we’ll have to join together to fight off the hate. Join us in love.
TITLE: Rejoice
DESCR: In a world where cynicism, hatred, and division threaten to eclipse empathy, Rejoice stands as a manifesto of defiant hope—a call to build a fairer, more enlightened society. At its core, Rejoice asserts that true freedom is found in unity, where joy and compassion replace rage, and fear gives way to a shared purpose.
As democracy falters under the weight of calculated division, Rejoice serves as a rallying cry against the forces that seek to keep us apart. It reminds us that our power lies in solidarity—that only by coming together, guided by love and understanding, can we break the chains of inequality and step into our full human potential.
This is more than music. This is resistance, celebration, and a vision of the world yet to come.
If this message speaks to you, share it, amplify it, and stand with us. Let’s move as one, an unstoppable wave of compassion and resolve—proclaiming that only through love can we truly transform society.
PROJECT: Dronescapes
RELEASE: 136
GENRE: Ambient, Dronescape
YEAR: 2025
PUB: Quasigentsia
TAGS: conceptual, percussive, ambient, music,
humanist, spiritual, manifesto, love, solidarity, resistance
URL: Persistent
MIRRORS: BandCamp| YouTube
Rejoice, by Franklyn Monk
- Be Jubilant
- And Dance
- For I Have Come
- Amongst You
- With Joy
Crazy For You
An upbeat energetic industrial/noise track to keep you moving.
TITLE: Crazy For You
DESCR: An energetic industrial/noise track for cycling, cleaning, working out, or running around.
ALBUM: Dronescapes
TRACK: 125
GENRE: Dronescape
YEAR: 2023
PUB: Quasigentsia
TAGS: ambient, desire, dronemusic, dronescape, fieldrecording, industrial, life, love, lust, noise, percussive, sculpted, soundscape, want, yearning, no_125
URL: Persistent
MIRRORS: Archive Audio | Archive Video | SoundCloud | YouTube
IMAGES: Frame Grabs
LICENSE: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
ISRC: QZWFF2387410
Crazy For You, Rough Cut
A work in progress of my current industrial/noise project.
Number Six: The Cursed Frequency
Here is some noise shaped with a dynamics envelope. It turned out quite percussive. It was a month of madness and anxiety and hurt, with then there was this track, in the background, taunting me from the shadows.
ALBUM: Dronescapes
TRACK: 124
GENRE: Dronescape
LENGTH: 17:52
YEAR: 2023
PUB: Quasigentsia
TAGS: No-124, ambient, soundscape, experimental, percussive, Number_Six, cursed, Dronescape, Monk
URL: Persistent
MIRRORS: Archive Audio | Archive Video | SoundCloud | YouTube
IMAGES: Frame Grabs
LICENSE: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International