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Chamber Shaft

by Giza Dream

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Another slice of the Sahara - this slowed and chilled release from Giza Dream swims through a honey filled haze of reverb drenched atmosphere. A procrastinating melody meanders carefree in an endless sea of dunes and sun, casting a mirage for your ears to follow.

The fifth release for the New York based artist ditches the sampler and sequencer to incorporate live performed synths and guitar in his latest single Chamber Shaft. Intentionally slowing the final song to create a meditative state, Giza Dream initiates a spiritual introspection that is deeply calming and sublime.

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In the Great Pyramid of Giza there are two narrow shafts, in the north and south walls of the King's Chamber. Alexandre M. Badawy suggested that the south shaft pointed to Orion's Belt during the period of the construction of the Giza pyramid complex.[5] While this may be true, the shafts could not have been used to actually observe the stars due to the intentionally placed stones blocking the path. Virginia Trimble posited that the north shaft was meant to point towards the north circumpolar stars, The Indestructibles. The Ancient Egyptians believed that these stars were closely associated with eternity and the afterlife, so this northern shaft possibly could have been a way whereby the soul of the deceased king might ascend to the stars.[6]

Another common theory is that the shafts were merely "air vents" for ventilation. Of course the dead do not need air vents, but they may have been useful as such during the construction of the pyramid. However, at some point in the construction, the shafts were intentionally sealed with large stones, so whether or not they could have been used for ventilation is uncertain. Furthermore, the lack of shafts in the other pyramids casts doubt on this theory.[1]

The theory that is most widely accepted today[citation needed] is that of the shafts pointing towards certain starts/asterisms that were important to the Egyptians. It is expected that at the time of the pyramid's construction (circa 2500 BC), the shafts aligned with the transit points of Alpha Draconis (which is projected to have been the star closest to the north celestial pole), Orion's Belt, Sirius, and Beta Ursae Minoris. The star shafts were presumably meant to direct the spirit of the pharaoh to these stars; Alpha Draconis the pole star, Beta Ursa Minoris one of The Indestructibles, Orion representing the deity Osiris, and Sirius representing his consort Isis.[7]

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released February 17, 2023
Written by: Giza Dream
Mixed by: Move Quiet Records, Jay Goodman
Mastered by: Jay Goodman

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