Few Augusts ago, I was sitting after a few sakes in Washington Sq. Park. It was a hot humid night, Park was full of strollers and a heavy sound of the city all around me. Started to play with some of the music Apps on my IPad. Came up with the drone sound that was the basis for my music track Washington Sq. Valhalla. Later I layered electronics and beat on top of the drone with this elegiac melody. Word Valhalla and the sound was the trigger for the lyrics to match the feel of the music with images of dead heroes in longships with swords, dark forests in flame, wolf’s cries, sex & death... I liked the disconnection between Washington Sq. Park and its association with West Village Beats and Hippies of 50’s & 60’s and the Viking’s Valhalla where the Heroes go.        
In my friend and drummer’s Brooklyn music studio, I recorded the vocals and had the luck of having a great violinist and artist Leyna Papach adding few violin tracks to achieve smooth Adagio flow. This electronics, violin and vocal version of the track is featured in this video. Later l developed the song with the addition of live drums, bass, and guitar.   
To match the track with visuals I shoot at night the waves of Hudson River and lights of Hoboken and Jersey City from West Side Chelsea pier. This location has a special significance, regardless of its redevelopment, still has the energy that during years of NYC dystopia made it the heart of subculture that produced the Club Culture and artists like David Wojnarowicz among others. (Source: Emil Memon)