Broken Drum Records
Secret Archives of the Vatican
Thousand Yard Prayer
Welcome to the Broken Drum Records website. This is the home of Secret Archives of the Vatican and our alter-ego, Thousand Yard Prayer. We're on your favourite streaming site and we're on YouTube and Bandcamp.
10 January 2025
Secret Archives of the Vatican released a single, When the City Fell. It is Dark Age Viking Drum and Bass music. It's a strong tune to kick us in to 2025.
10 January 2025
Thousand Yard Prayer released a single, Symbols Under Her Sand-Coloured Skin. It is orientalist post-dubstep science fiction music. It's a strong start to 2025.
13 December 2024
Thousand Yard Prayer released a single, My Love Will Be Eternal. It is orientalist drum'n'bass science fiction music. It's a strong tune to close out 2024 for TYP.
6 December 2024
Thousand Yard Prayer released a single, Partisan Encryption Whisper. It is orientalist post-dubstep breakbeat science fiction music. The title was suggested by ChatGPT. Resistance is never futile.
29 November 2024
Thousand Yard Prayer released a single, Tales of the Empire's Fall. It is orientalist post-dubstep science fiction music.
22 November 2024
Thousand Yard Prayer released a single, Black Olive Resistance. It is epic, cinematic, orientalist science fiction music. The title was suggested by ChatGPT.
22 November 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican released a five-track album called
Ancient Scrolls and Battle Scars. We asked ChatGPT to roast our website (it does that...) and it was surprisingly complimentary. It used the term "ancient scrolls and battle scars" when describing the site.
7 November 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican released a single called
Five Gold Rings. It is neofolk, nu-medieval, fantasy music. For any musicians among you, it is in 5/4 time, which may have influenced the title.
25 October 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a single called
The Weeping Moorlands.
It is neofolk, nu-medieval, fantasy music.
18 October 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a single called
Tales of an Ancient Land.
It is neofolk, nu-medieval, fantasy music.f876db55b474e
11 October 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a single called
Seeress Dub.
It is Dark Age neofolk, ritual folk, with a fat (phat?)
Bill Laswell
style bassline. In fact it
is
Bill Laswell, as it came from one of his sample CDs.
27 September 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a five-track album called
Elsewhen. It's nu-medieval music with a soundtrack feel and a very subtle hint of Croydon dubstep wub-wub in a couple of places.
20 September 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a single called
Bardcore.
It's a total misuse of the term bardcore as it is, strictly speaking, not a bardcore tune. It's a straightforward nu-medieval track.
13 September 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a single called
Sellsword.
Spotify
Bandcamp
30 August 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a four track album called
Nu-Medieval.
We've been calling some of our music this past year or two Nu-Medieval music. It's a niche genre we're trying to create. So, for this release we just went the whole hog and called it Nu-Medieval. Four tracks that we hope will take you to elsewhere and elsewhen for a few moments. Escape with us.
Bandcamp
23 August 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a single called
I Must Not Fear.
We live in difficult times. Every day brings its challenges, its difficulties. They will pass over me and through me. I must not fear.
Spotify
Bandcamp
2 August 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a five track album called
Overmorrow. This one is nu-medieval but modern, with a soundtrack feel and epic language-less vocals.
14 July 2024
World Netlabel Day: Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a single,
Harmsǫngr.
Bandcamp and YouTube only.
World Netlabel Day: Thoussand Yard Prayer
released a single,
Kaurarya.
Bandcamp and YouTube only.
Bandcamp
13 July 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican
released a five track EP (six tracks on Bandcamp version),
Cauldron. KInd of nu-medieval but with science fiction and fantasy elements. Louis's new bass takes lead on one of the tunes.
1 July 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican launched our Patreon page. What will be on there remains to be seen. Advance access to videos and tracks for sure, but please let us know what else might interest you. Free and paid subscriptions available.
28June 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican released a four track EP called
Rite. This was full-on nu-medieval music, a genre we're trying to create.
Spotify
7June 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican released an eleven track album,
Temporal Displacement. It's are for us to release a full length album these days.
Spotify
Bandcampcret Archives of the Vatican (bandcamp.com)
3 May 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican released a single, The Old Ways There are old ways...and there are new ways. Don't be alarmed. There's still time to change the road you're on.
12 April 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican released a single,
Padishah Khatun Nu-medieval music is not about the past. It is about now or the future or an alternative history.
Spotify
12 April 2024
Thousand Yard Prayer released a single,
Ruaya. It is evocative, cinematic. It is about Vision.
4 April 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican released an single,
Æftergenga This is a what we think Hans Zimmer might sound like if he was scoring an epic film set in Anglo-Saxon times in what became England.
Spotify
Bandcamp
4 April 2024
Thousand Yard Prayer released a single,
Doomscroll. Epic science fiction music!
Spotify
2 April 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican released an album,
Tokens of Esteem Volume Nine. This is a collection of one-minute tracks written for vertical-format video on social media sites.
Spotify
29 March 2024
Thousand Yard Prayer released a single,
Griot. It is epic, cinematic, science fiction music.
Spotify
Bandcamp
22 March 2024
Thousand Yard Prayer released a single,
The Shrouded City, fantasy music with a nu-medieval, dungeon synth, soundtrack feel.
Spotify
Bandcamp
22 March 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican released a single,
Wicenga Dub. This is Dark Age neofolk - the word Wicenga was what the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle called the Norse raiders, much later known as Vikings.
Spotify
Bandcamp
15 March 2024
Secret Archives of the Vatican released a six track album of Dark Age neofolk music,
An Age Undreamed.
Spotify
Bandcamp
14 March 2024
We went shopping! Louis
invested in a new bass, a
Squire P bass, and new amp, a
Fender Mustang LT. They will be appearing on some tunes soon!
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