THE OCTAVES

The cycle through which The Lexicon becomes sound.

The Canonical works of RANGES move within a repeating structure known as The Octaves.

Each Octave is a cycle of seven albums. These seven positions correspond to the prime symbols of The Lexicon: The Cube, The Star, The Cross, The Sun, The Moon, The Circle, and The Crown. As the cycle unfolds, each album occupies one of these symbolic stations, translating the language of The Lexicon into sound, imagery, and concept.

In this way, the Octave becomes the moment where symbol becomes music.

The first Octave establishes the foundation of the system. The symbols appear instinctively, their roles forming through discovery and emergence as the early works take shape. This cycle concludes with And The People Cried Out For A King, completing the first movement of the ascent.

The second Octave begins with The Ascensionist. Here the structure becomes conscious of itself. The symbols return with greater clarity. Patterns reveal themselves. The system begins to reflect upon its own design.

The final Octave has already been determined.

The beginning and the end have always been known.

When the Octaves are viewed together, their full architecture becomes visible as The Arcana, the twenty one album structure revealed in Fig. 21, first published in the gatefold of Babel: Confusion of Tongues. There the works appear arranged as a three by seven field, each row representing an Octave and each column representing one of the seven archetypal positions.

To follow the albums is to follow the Octaves.

To follow the Octaves is to begin to see the system.