According to classical mythology, the Lampades were companions of Hecate, the Greek goddess of witchcraft and crossroads. The Lampades were a gift from Zeus for Hecate's loyalty in the Titanomachy. They bear torches and accompany Hecate on her night-time travels and hauntings. Some accounts tell of how the light of the Lampads' torches has the power to drive one to madness! They also serve as handmaidens to other Underworld goddesses, such as Persephone/Proserpina. They had parties called Mysteries, and they loved to play tricks on people. Some even say that they led travellers to their death!

This improvisation, remastered from my earlier 2015 EP, features a chromatic genre of the ancient Greek Phyrgian Mode, which has the equivalent intervals as DEFG#ABCD. The same unsettling mode can actually be heard in an actual piece of ancient Greek music, called "Tecmessa's Lament".