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"From out of the dark"

From Out Of The Dark

From out of the dark is a collection of 6 songs finished during the infamous Covid lockdown of 2020, drawing musical influences from many different genres and based on different themes close to my heart.

Some with a narrative, others about how I felt a particular junction in life, playing music, writing and recording songs has been a great outlet for me and helped me deal with and express myself in a productive fashion.

With no single genre over the six songs I decided to put them out as From out of the dark, to show how something good can come from the darkness. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed making them.

I appreciate so much all the friends and family who have helped critique these tracks ready for public consumption. Thanks also to my younger sister, Hannah, for providing her vocal talents and lyric writing on two of the songs.

Please listen below and follow me on all of my social networks using the links above.

Matt x

#DawnOfTheJedi Into The Void - Spoiler Free Mini Review


Into The Void by Tim Lebbon is the first entry in the Star Wars Novels Legends timeline, and is set in an eror before laser swords and hyperspace travel. Our main character Lanoree Brock is  a Jeda'ii Ranger, called upon by her Masters on her less visited home world of Tython to investigate and seek out her brother, Dal whom she had thought dead.

Teamed up with an unusual 3 Lekku'd Twilekk named Tre, with a dark past an unusual relationship with the a Jeda'ii master, the pair journey over Tyhon encountering interesting and despicable characters on the way in an attempt to find out for certain what Dal's intentions are and his whereabouts, of course encountering well written and exciting altercations along the way. Blasters and technology are still advanced in this era, but Lanoree wields a traditional sword rather than the famous lightsaber, using it to deadly effect often removing her adversaries heads from their bodies.

The story moves between the investigation and flashbacks to Lanoree and Dal's childhood, where as force sensitives they were destined to become journeyers. They are to set out on a pilgrimage to different Jeda'ii temples, each tasked with specialising in and sharing the knowledge of a specific discipline such as combat, force skills or science and alchemy. Lanoree embraces the force, using it to accentuate her natural affinity and talents. Dal shuns it, not liking the invasive and controlling nature or the mystical power. As the story moves on we see their relationship become more distant.

This pre-Jedi story is largely compelling, and there are lots of tense moments, interesting and well written characters and locations, and despite being a prequel, feels steeped in history. Lebbon has clearly thought about the world he is writing into.

The movement between past and present keeps things interesting, and I always felt eager to read on and discover the next series of events.

I did feel however that the conclusion was quite an anti-climax, and didn't reveal as much as I would've liked about the actual birth of the Jedi. Whether this is done in subsequent works such as comic books etc I'll hopefully find out.

Even so, I'd highly recommend this book for fans of the Star Wars universe to get a glimpse of how things began.

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