Western and Eastern Tales

What if the Sun won't rise again?The Night shows no Dawn features words and tunes to sink into a dawn that may not come.Each episode features music selected for the vigil plus excerpts from books recited by different guests and accompanied by a soundtrack scored by Freddie Lee Murphy.The special guest for the 8th episode is Diné artist and composer Raven Chacon, singing (yes!) an

Eastern Tales episode 6 Eiheiji chanting: the simplest possible form of musical expression.A monotone chanting, like the sound of the wind or the ocean, that is not really heard unless seen with the ears and heard with the whole body. “It is said that monks who wished to learn to chant properly used to stand in front of a waterfall and try to make their voices heard above the sou

Eastern Tales episode 5Eki melo: the melancholic tunes accompanying every traveller in the continuos flow of silent passengers in train and underground stations all around Japan.https://www.japan-experience.com/to-know/understanding-japan/music-in-japanese-stations

Eastern Tales episode 4Osaka alternative music: a robotic conversation to get to know better the fantastic and heart full world of Velladon.Osaka, Japanvelladon.com

Eastern Tales episode 3Danjiri Matsuri: the surreal sight of fan dancing neighborhoods captains trying to keep their balance on tops of giant wooden floats.4 tons beautifully carved portable wooden shrines with dancing people on top are paraded across the city by hundreds of people pushing and pulling to the rhythm of a small percussion ensemble hidden on board crazily speeding up

Eastern Tales episode 2.Kaze no bon: the magic of the melancholic dance of the wind in a creepy sloping town only lit by paper lanterns. Shamisen, voices and spare percussions for an evening procession of young men and women, their faces covered by low-brimmed straw hats, to hide them from the wrath of the god they hope to appease.Yatsuo, Toyama prefecture, Japan

Eastern Tales episode 1.Buddhist monks Goma fire ritual: taiko drums, conch shells and chants for a powerful and psychedelic performance a la “This Heat” to burn away negative energies.Tokyo, Japanhttp://fukagawafudou.gr.jp

Western Tales episode 11.Ariadne: how to make electronic music appealing to look at.Christine Papania and Ben Forest disclose some secrets about the building of their own music instruments and talk about how their music and visuals can be immersive portals to other dimensions.New York City, NYhttps://www.ariadnedigital.net/

Western Tales episode 10.Tarot, candles and incense: rituals and “magic” in music.With, in person and in music (in order of appearance), Rebecca Schoeneker (Laughing Eye Weeping Eye), Rob Fisk and Andee Connors (Common Eider King Eider), Michael Sauder (Geist and the Sacred Ensemble).Chicago, ILOakland, CASeattle, WAhttps://rebeccaschoenecker.comhttps://facebook.com/CommonEider

Western Tales episode 9Evil Sword: using the fantasy land in response to the horrors of the world.Kate Ferencz talks about her dark medieval fairy-tale-like band and how a curly tail tattoo weirdly appeared after dancing the hog dance.Philadelphia, PAhttp://www.evilsword.com