FOUNTAINSUN - Fragments #1+2

Requiem For Rashad

Robe of Saffron

Tezcatlipoca

Bottomless Coffin - 7 2 15 1.44 AM

Recorded at the WNYU studios on April 18th, 2015, for airing on Shake Em On Down on April 23rd.

Engineered by Jack Hallenbeck and Liam Mellor
Hosted by Luka Douridas

Full set and interview available here: wnyu.org/2015-04-23_shakeemondown

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Michael Hurley - The Rue of Ruby Whores

Album: "Sweep the Temple" 
Artist: Fountainsun (Daniel Higgs & Fumie Ishii)
Format: LP/Mp3 
Label: Gnome Life Records
Release Date: December 2nd, 2016

On Fountainsun’s debut LP, Music Today, Daniel Higgs and Fumie Ishii served as guides on a multidimensional pilgrimage through the cosmos. We return, with their second album, to find our Dionysian duo not at journey’s end, but settled down within a many-chambered temple –contemplating matters of the heart and sprit; immersed in daily ritual both sacred and profane. 

As the title suggests, the central theme of "Sweep the Temple" is one of purification. Cleansing the inner and outer sanctum, primarily of limitation. Limits imposed upon us, and the Universe itself, by the very idea that we can fully comprehend the nature of reality. "Sweep the Temple" is a call to action, and an embodiment of that call. We must “sweep the temple free” each day from notions of duality, perceived separation, and the entanglements of socialized beliefs. 

Time-honored forms of expression (folk song, parable, ballad, rhapsody) populate this album but appear slightly out of phase with ordinary reality. Fountainsun employs many instruments to purify their anarchic sanctuary, including a 12-string banjo, vibraphone, marimba, guitars, drums, gongs, and even an actual broom. 

These songs coax and goad in equal measure, drawing us ever deeper into holy negotiations between sense and nonsense. Take the Dadaist deconstruction of Aesop’s Fables that comprise the lyrics of the track titled “Aesop”. In order to "Sweep the Temple" we must at times surrender narrative entirely and simply exist in marvelous uncertainty.

Aesop - Fountainsun

Album: "Sweep the Temple" 
Artist: Fountainsun (Daniel Higgs & Fumie Ishii)
Format: LP/Mp3 
Label: Gnome Life Records
Release Date: December 2nd, 2016

On Fountainsun’s debut LP, Music Today, Daniel Higgs and Fumie Ishii served as guides on a multidimensional pilgrimage through the cosmos. We return, with their second album, to find our Dionysian duo not at journey’s end, but settled down within a many-chambered temple –contemplating matters of the heart and sprit; immersed in daily ritual both sacred and profane.

As the title suggests, the central theme of "Sweep the Temple" is one of purification. Cleansing the inner and outer sanctum, primarily of limitation. Limits imposed upon us, and the Universe itself, by the very idea that we can fully comprehend the nature of reality. "Sweep the Temple" is a call to action, and an embodiment of that call. We must “sweep the temple free” each day from notions of duality, perceived separation, and the entanglements of socialized beliefs.

Time-honored forms of expression (folk song, parable, ballad, rhapsody) populate this album but appear slightly out of phase with ordinary reality. Fountainsun employs many instruments to purify their anarchic sanctuary, including a 12-string banjo, vibraphone, marimba, guitars, drums, gongs, and even an actual broom.

These songs coax and goad in equal measure, drawing us ever deeper into holy negotiations between sense and nonsense. Take the Dadaist deconstruction of Aesop’s Fables that comprise the lyrics of the track titled “Aesop”. In order to "Sweep the Temple" we must at times surrender narrative entirely and simply exist in marvelous uncertainty.

SWEEP THE TEMPLE

Sweep the Temple (excerpt) - Fountainsun

Taken from the album "Sweep The Temple" released on 15th May 2017 from Sweet Dreams Press, Tokyo.

Sweep The Temple

Fountainsun - Many Miles

POUR OUT ()

Daniel Higgs -Banjo, Voice, Words
Fumie Ishii - Percussion, Guitar, Flute, Voice

FOUNTAINSUN - Fragments #1+2

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