Blessed be the Name of the Lord (Remastered)

[Atmospheric Sacred Intro] [Female Soprano invocation, reverent and distant] (Ye-hi shem A-do-na-ai Me-vo-rakh me-a-ta-ah Ve-ad o-la-am) --- [Sacred Choral Invocation] [slow restrained analog-pad swells, distant bell] [Male Gregorian schola, distant cathedral resonance] [Cantor] Dominus dedit [Male schola joins] Dominus abstulit [Full male schola chants in monophonic unison] Sit nomen Domini benedictum [Final syllable sustains into the rhythm] [Clave-Derived Breakbeat Enters] [dry compact drums, occasional woodblock syncopation, restrained percussive bass] --- [Verse 1] [Female lead, intimate and close] Blessed be the name of the Lord (Adonai) When my body turns to dust [Male lead, mournful and resonant] Heaven gave me what I've adored But what it gave It took from us [Verse 2] [Male lead, mournful and resonant] From the dirt My body is formed And unto the earth It will return [Female lead, intimate and close] Blessed be the name of the Lord (Adonai) When my body turns to dust --- [Chorus: two simultaneous vocal depth planes] [Male archival chant sample begins quietly, distant and wide, then sustains behind the female lead] (Sit nomen—) [Female lead enters centered over the sustained male vowel bed] The Lord gave (ah—) The Lord took away (auh—) Blessed be the name of the Lord (Domini—) Adonai (benedictum) Hallelujah (Sit nomen—) As the Lord pleased (ah—) Hallelujah (Domini—) Be it so to me (benedictum) [Chorus continues with the same two vocal planes] [Male chant bed renews softly beneath the female lead] (Sit nomen—) The Lord gave (ah—) The Lord took away (auh—) Blessed be the name of the Lord (Domini—) Adonai (benedictum) Hallelujah (Sit nomen—) As the Lord pleased (ah—) Hallelujah (Domini—) Be it so to me (benedictum) [Female lead with distant female echo] Hallelujah (Hallelujah) --- [Open Instrumental Release] [breakbeat resolves into a distant pulse] [shakuhachi and electric erhu exchange isolated phrases] [slow pad swells and single orchestral accents leave wide air between phrases] --- [Verse 3] [Male lead, mournful, measured and resonant] [lean accompaniment, slow pad and distant bell] Among the gods, there is none like You Hide me now, that I may mourn my sorrow So my tears may find a moment's rest For I know that my Redeemer lives And on the last day, I will rise from the earth I will be clothed again in my skin And in my flesh, I will see my God My Savior... [Verse 4] [Female lead, intimate and close] Naked I came from my mother's womb And naked I will return The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away As it pleased the Lord, so be it unto me Blessed be the name of the Lord [4-bar Open Instrumental Transition] [steady clave-derived breakbeat continues] [isolated orchestral accent, spacious shakuhachi and electric-erhu replies] [slow analog-pad swell opens the final chorus] [Final Chorus: two simultaneous vocal depth planes] [close centered female lead over a continuous quiet distant male chant sample] Sit nomen— (The Lord gave) The Lord took away (ah—) Blessed be the name of the Lord (auh—) Adonai (Domini benedictum) Hallelujah (ah—) As the Lord pleased (auh—) Hallelujah (Domini—) Be it so to me (benedictum) [Chorus Reprise: fuller ensemble, same two vocal planes] Sit nomen— (The Lord gave) The Lord took away (ah—) Blessed be the name of the Lord (auh—) Adonai (Domini benedictum) [Female lead with distant female echo] Hallelujah (Hallelujah) [8-bar Spacious Instrumental Coda] [shakuhachi and electric erhu exchange long phrases over fading analog pads and distant bell] [quiet male chant sample returns at the cadence] (Sit nomen Domini benedictum) [Outro] [Female lead, intimate and sustained] Blessed be the name of the Lord [Female soprano reprises the Hebrew invocation, distant and reverent] Yeh-HEE shem ah-doh-NYE Meh-voh-RAHKH meh-ah-TAH Veh-AHD oh-LAHM