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As a child, I was a user of Auoᴹᵒᵈᵉˡ⁸ Daosing Rods - which were relatively outdated for a kid growing up in the 2000’s. This iteration of rods were designed as new-age 80’s recreations of Auolithic epoch rods. Though replicated thousands of years after the Auocene, the rods are thought to be fairly accurate duplicates of the rods of early Lei Music. The Auocene’s chlorine-scented, pollen-dense air gave rise to twisting nexuses of lichen - which were fashioned into the Auoᴹᵒᵈᵉˡ rods. Due to the porous membranes of the lichen structures, these rods are often marked by distinctive flow that displaces Lei Lines into scatterings of stucco blotches. Despite the resulting scrambled readings, these rods are thought of as heritage, iconic models - beloved for their ability to summon rounded, oval-sculpted beings.

The Guaoᴹᵒᵈᵉˡ²¹ displaces Lei Lines in similarly chaotic patterns. Expressive, barbed strokes are shredded into the Lei Lines’ waveforms - dragging out jarring, drastic, stylized entities from the air. Regarded as a specialist build, the Guaoᴹᵒᵈᵉˡ²¹ purposefully trades off accurate readings of the Lei Lines’ form for artisan ruptures and garish flurries. Although controversial to classicists, the Guaoᴹᵒᵈᵉˡ²¹ emblemises a new wave of rod builds that are considered to warp the foundational intent of Lei Music. A growing sentiment in these splintered sects of Lei communities is that the history of Daosing’s inherent flaws should be embraced and advanced as far as possible. Physically, the Guaoᴹᵒᵈᵉˡ²¹ and similar rods are ornate and absurd - cramming together many attachments and cosmetic adornments for the most intense Lei displacing scrambling possible.

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A large undertaking of the Glyph Institute² has been developing our own open-source pair of Daosing Rods. The first model, currently in alpha stages, has been dubbed NewSylphᴹᵒᵈᵉˡ¹. Although our main goal is to develop a rod that can provide a truly pure reading - our initial endeavors have involved developing rods that accentuate highly specific traits in entities. Audibly, the NewSylphᴹᵒᵈᵉˡ¹ initially forms a foundational tone of hushed, hooting wisps - however our controlled tests have consistently proved to escalate in a particularly intense direction. Due to the sharp prongs on the tip of the rods’ reinforced Sylph Alloy construction - the calm tonal entrance generally hits an abrupt shift-gear around 14 seconds after initiating a musical passage. Theoretically, the alloy’s shape causes an emission of pure feedback, centralized in each of the rods’ six sharp tips. The Lei Line formations seem to respond by splitting and reforming in sudden binary patterns to avoid collision with the rods’ feedback. When these abrupt Lei Line pulses interact with the instrumentation - it seems to intensify any quiet rumbling sounds into fully agitated, thunderous plunges. Ironically, the earliest stages of the NewSylphᴹᵒᵈᵉˡ¹ were intended to accentuate soft, rumbling articulations - however we appear to have stumbled across the perfect admixture to accentuate the very opposite in tone. A full composition developed with the NewSylphᴹᵒᵈᵉˡ¹ will be published in the coming week.

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Pebble Networks & The Outer M⚮rlands.

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The outer-m⚮rs of Dorset are sprawling, rugged uplands marked by towering granite stacks, heathery marshes, and orbiting metallic organelle. These silent biomes are brimming with invisible activity, often causing Daosing Rods to lead musicians miles & miles into the marshy depths. To most, the m⚮rs are considered no-go zones; they are liminal yet seemingly infinite planes that engulf those who walk too far away from the warmth of villages and cities. Lei Lines can form anywhere, but it’s in these m⚮rs that they writhe and knot amongst the landscape - unfettered and safe from repellent signals. Here, the soil is bitter and acidic, conducive to only low-growing vegetation and withering shrubs - while the piles of granite blocks form ceilings to tiny wetland alcoves. The land feels unfinished and ephemeral - as if the meager clumps of greenery are too distrustful of the land to commit to growing fully. Due to many past epochs of earth-shattering summoning - the m⚮rland has been forever churning and collapsing in on itself. Horizons upon horizons of shattered boulders are the direct result of particularly violent summon events - some causing entire batholiths to crumble and reshape. Depending on who you ask - Lei Music’s history of battering the earth’s skeleton is either a geological warcrime, or just another natural facet of the planet’s own self-maintenance.

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