Andy Portman - Music from the Wyld (1987)

12 Jun 2026 Before Andy Portman carried Dimitri to the moon, before he found the Holy Grail and recorded Vision of Forever, before the Owl Wars had ended and the Progbarians renewed their hunt for the Blue Crystals, there was a period when Portman wandered the Wyld. In 1987, the Dawn Awakening Sagegazer recorded Music of the Wyld, a transmission inspired by these last territories untouched by Progbarian thinking. The Wyld was not merely forest or sea, but a realm of waves, moonlight, birds, wind, memory, and recurring cycles. Through transmissions such as First Light, Dream Search, Fallen Beech, and Calm Sea, Portman sought wisdom not in conquest or certainty, but in attentive observation. While the Progbarians attempted to categorize every phenomenon they encountered, Portman listened for the deeper signal flowing beneath appearances. As his wanderings continued, Portman came to understand that the Wyld was not a place at all, but a condition of awareness. Through breath, mantra, earthlight, and the mysterious sensation of déjà vu, he discovered that the Blue Crystal did not merely amplify power; it amplified perception. The signal revealed itself in the turning of tides, the circling of the moon, and the recurring patterns connecting all living things. The lessons Portman learned in the Wyld would later guide him through the Owl Wars, aid him in his quest for the Holy Grail, and help preserve the Sagegazers during some of the darkest years of the Patchoulilight. The...