locus at Parallax 9 Blackheath  02.12.2016 with choreography and film by Marina Collard

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Single from the album ' 死生観(Views of life and death )'

Album playlist : https://soundcloud.com/user-541428630/sets/my-heart-to-reflect-in
Download : https://orientallove.bandcamp.com/album/view-of-life-and-death

sampling source
      voice : Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫）
      sax    :  Kaoru Abe ( 阿部薫)
noise improvisation contains 檄 .
     (檄 means the speech of Yukio Mishima just before the harakiri )

(voice 1)
The world I had been living in where was it heading , how would it change like this ? That was completely strange .

We are living in an era without heroic death .
There is no state of tension that living is based on dying .
There are no "great causes" .

I only had a strange blank feeling bypassing emotions .

Though the world was supposed to collapse , still the trees , the green around was bathing in the thick light of summer .
That was completely strange .

Human lives are mysterious, in that human beings are not strong enough to live and die just for themselves .
It is because human beings always think of living for some kind of ideal and they soon get bored of living just for themselves .
It is because of this that the need to die for something arises .

(the idea )that death will come sometime and when I was thinking that it would come in near future , that psychological state , compared now , was happy .
That is actually a strange thing , but in my memory , it does not just look beautiful .
Human beings , in those moment , strangely become happy .

something more honorable , something for a cause is how I would like to die .
And living thinking these things I think I will probably die on a Tatami mat .
There are no `great causes` .

(voice 2)
It seemed to continue as an era of peace and security, but there is no drama . ( there are no "great causes ". )

Modern people can no longer die dramatically .
( there are no "great causes ". )
You might call this the boredom of living .

I think it is natural for me to find it obscene for human beings to live only for themselves .
If we can not find values that go beyond thinking just for ourselves in our minds , we might come to think it to be meaningless to go on living .

Samurai  had to choose death first in sink or swim situations .
It is because of this that the need to die for something arises .
That need is the "great cause " that talked about in the past samurai .
Dying for "great causes"  was considered the most glorious , heroic , or brilliant way of dying .

However , there are no " great causes " now .

So , I will die like a bee inside a cell in a hospital room .
( there are no "great causes ". )

Video

三島由紀夫と死生観についての考察 ( Views of life and death about Yukio MIshima)

In the Five of Pentacles, two people walk through the icy wind and snow; both are destitute and living in poverty. One man is injured and on crutches, while the other is barefoot and has only a thin blanket to protect him from the bleak winter weather. Behind them sits a church with its lit up and exuding warmth, a symbol of hope, faith and spiritual support. However, because the two people are so focused on their plight, they fail to see that help is available to them and continue on in their desperate journey.

Five of Pentacles

one day, while i was working on some new stuff, this one here, i realized that it sounded quite similar (to use an euphemism) to BoC's "Olson"... so let this be a humble tribute to that great track from the fantastic duo...

olsonian interlude

a video here:
https://youtu.be/NaMYCAw5194
or
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3XBcJYIaxa/

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Meandering Moon

A version of Pharief by Boson Spin. Creative Commons.

Pharief

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A new 5 track mini album released on Whitelabrecs.
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/home-diaries-021

"Home Diaries is an invitation to artists and musicians to create an album or EP to document their personal experience during the lockdown or social distancing conditions that are upon us, due to the coronavirus outbreak. The series reflects a range of sounds, styles and ideas, as each artist portrays their own reflections uniquely. Each release is digital only for now. The releases feature a recurring polaroid image of a small lonely house, with a coloured filter chosen by the artist for each respective release. An interview with each artist is included as a bonus PDF with the download."

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