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Aoki satoru - Udadadi
Prepared bass: Aoki satoru
Tokyo, Japan - August 31, 2021 [ TOD 192 ]

Here is a song called "Udadadi" from the album "Murmur" released on bandcamp. Please listen to it.

https://tototod.bandcamp.com/album/murmur

□新しいアルバム『 Murmur 』からの１曲『 Udadadi 』です。bandcamp にて 全曲試聴も できます。どうぞよろしく。

◆ bandcamp

Udadadi

https://music.apple.com/us/album/cause-i-saw-you-were-there-single/1842387558
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/1v8yLdxDOwzzz930O3jcCt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kizATRTnNr0
https://touchofthewood.bandcamp.com/track/cause-i-saw-you-were-there

With gratitude and respect to Kohei Uchimura, who is retiring.

This song was inspired by Kohei Uchimura who is a gymnastics athlete at Tokyo 2020 Olympic.
But maybe you can sing this for your hero, for your friends, for your lovers, for your parents….
Whatever it is, this is a song of gratitude and respect for the person you admire.

[Lyrics]

Cause I Saw You Were There

Do you know why I could come here?
Do you know what made me to come here?
It’s you. 
Cause I saw you were there. 
You were there.
Yes, it’s you. 
Cause I saw you were there. 
You were there.

引退される内村航平選手へ、感謝と敬意をこめて。

体操の内村航平選手の東京オリンピックを見て、この曲が生まれました。
でもたぶんこの曲は、あなたのヒーローのため、あなたの友人のため、あなたの恋人のため、あなたの両親のための曲でもあります…。
それが何であれ、あなたの憧れの人への感謝と敬意を歌ったものです。

[歌詞]

僕がなぜここに来ることが出来たのか知っていますか？
何が僕をここに連れて来たのか知っていますか？
あなたです。 
あなたがそこにいたのを見たからです。 
あなたはそこにいた。
そう、それはあなたです。 
あなたがそこにいたのを見たからです。 
あなたはそこにいました。

Cause I Saw You Were There

Rework of Pete Swintons Some Blind Alleys - A Letter - this time with both arco and pizzicato.

Some Blind Alleys - A Letter

Winter Shelter - First Draft

When the moon is up
and the sun is down
come dancing
And the fog crawls up
from the sea below
come dancing

Dance on the volcano
Waltz on the Titanic

When the stars come out
and the night bird calls
come dancing
When the rhythm goes down
into a sway of sorts
Come dancing

When the light is fading
and the tide has turned
come dancing
When the door is closed
crawl through the window
come dancing

Dance on the volcano
Waltz on the Titanic
 ( take a chance now)

Dance on the volcano

Creature Of Habit

Horcrux 3 (Quel che mormora il vento)

Inside the Spaceship

Bug-runner . Inside the Spaceship – Rainy Sci-Fi Ambience (Cozy, Safe, Futuristic Room)

Hell Canto

On 7.10.23, Palestinian forces, led by Hamas, broke down the fence separating the Gaza enclave from Israel and unleashed a savage day of slaughter and kidnapping that ended with 1,195 dead on the Israeli side and 251 taken as hostages. The Israeli response was just as savage but much longer lasting and much, much more devastating. It resulted (at the time of writing) in around 72,000 deaths (70,000 - most likely, many more - Palestinians, largely non combatants, and 2,000 Israelis, largely soldiers) in Gaza, as well as at least 170,000 Palestinians injured, compounded by a genocidal policy of starvation and destruction of civil order. A response that has destroyed most of Gaza and accelerated the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank - where there have been around 1,000 Palestinian deaths caused by Israeli settlers and the IDF since October ’23. There have also been many deaths and injured in Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen.

The horrors of the Unholy Land felt near at home, and like the invasion of Ukraine, pushed me to give some kind of personal response - however pointless and inadequate - beyond following and sharing news and commentaries. Already far into Luna rising, a text and electronica album about Ukraine and Russia, I didn't feel capable of responding with texts so I embarked on a wordless album called Hell Canto.

The parameters are the same for each of the Hell Canto pieces. I’d call the methodology a way of comprovisation, of making sound poetry, derived from vocal improvisations and electronic manipulations. In November '25, having recorded 50 pieces, decided to stop adding more - also the fragile and unlikely October '25 ceasefire remains in place though in practice the word ‘ceasefire’ is a bad joke, with no sign of real peace and humanitarian and political solutions on the horizon. I’ve listened through the 50 pieces and chosen 27 that I’d like to be included in the album and 23 which are orphans for the time being at least. The 27 pieces come to a total of 80 minutes which might be too long for a CD. It’s not sure yet. Anyway, for now there are 2 Soundcloud playlists - the 27 in the draft order for the album, and the 23 which for now are in order of recording.

Raining Spiderling
Istanbul, December 2025

Winter Shelter - First Draft

_DS