Flying so high on this night, there seems peace in the world below
Wishing with all of my might that this dream could just make it so
| Co-written with Russian-born UK artist Dikajee and featuring Nina Flory on vocals, “Dragon’s Eye View” is a fanciful but heartfelt story about a young lady who pictures herself aloft on the wings of a dragon that she imagines materialized from the northern lights. Looking down upon the promise of a new peace in the snowy world below, “Dragon’s Eye View” lyrically expresses a similar sentiment as Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” and is based upon the primary musical theme* of “Carol of the Bells” as well as including brief snippets from a couple other traditional carols. |
(* … “Carol of the Bells” is based on the New Year’s song “Shchedryk” (Щедрик) by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych and is in the public domain.)
“Dragon’s Eye View” is available at all major digital retailers year-round but this link to them will only be live during the month of December for obvious reasons
>> https://quicksilvernight.hearnow.com/dragons-eye-view
You can also download “Dragon’s Eye View” directly from Quicksilver Night in the format of your choice* via Bandcamp
>> https://quicksilvernightproductions.bandcamp.com/track/dragons-eye-view
(* … Including at 24-bit/48kHz, if you’re into that sort of thing.)
I am also thrilled to note that “Dragon’s Eye View” is included on Melodic Revolution Records’ “Sprit of December EiGht”
>> https://myrevolution.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-of-december-eight
To the right is a copy of the stunning picture that inspired me to write what I did of “Dragon’s Eye View”
It is available via >>
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190218.html
© 2019 by Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng
“Dragon’s Eye View” began life as an untitled collaboration between Dikajee and I that we actually began writing in 2022 with an eye towards releasing it the following year. Long story shortened, Dikajee and I began serious production work on the song in the summer of 2023 as we completed our collaborative “Ptichka” EP but we were unable to finish the “Dragon’s Eye View” single in time for the 2023 holiday season as she was heavily engaged in moving from Russia to the United Kingdom at the time. It then later turned out that we weren’t able to finish the song together in time for release in 2024 either due to more scheduling conflicts; Dikajee’s U.K. tour schedule and the ongoing production of her second full-length album (“The Frame”) occupied the vast majority of her time at that point. Honestly, it was a lot for me to ask of her; we had jointly released a series of three cover songs by Quicksilver Night featuring Dikajee in 2024, after all. Dikajee and I then jointly decided that it would be best if we were to pursue production of “Dragon’s Eye View” with a different singer, especially since waiting yet another year was unacceptable to either of us. I hadn’t really had much contact with her since we stopped performing together locally several years ago but I reached out to my friend Nina Flory in hopes that she might be interested and available to sing “Dragon’s Eye View” and was delighted to learn that she was indeed. I am excited to be able to work with Nina again and we plan to release a couple more songs in the coming year.
Nina Flory: Vocals
Warren Russell: Guitars and everything else, real or virtual, throughout
Recorded at Crabhouse Studio and Master Sound Studio, both in Virginia Beach, VA
Recorded and Mixed by Alex O’Loughlin at Sandcastle Records in Nashville, TN
Mastered by Chroma Mastering in Sydney, NSW, Australia
>> https://www.chromamastering.com/
Music and lyrics by Warren C Russell (ASCAP) and Dikajee
Thumbnail art & video by Eli Lev at LEVSTUDIO in Ramat Gan, Israel
>> https://lev.studio/
Produced by Alex O’Loughlin and Warren C Russell
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