Mountain Ocean Sun - FULL ALBUM (2003) ☆

warn defever - nylon string guitar, vocal, shells
aya - gong, bells
hitoko - bells, wooden frog, childrens gamelan
ian masters - vocal, the saw, seeds, ukulele, mbira
recorded at zenkoji temple, osaka, japan
recorded on saturday, february ninth, two thousand and two
released 2003 ☆
"Maybe my coincidence detector was turned up too high, but I was convinced that it was your message that came to me one night in January via a "chance" encounter with an online pic of M.S.B.R making the noise scene in what looked like some sort of old-time sacred barn. I called you immediately and we made mad plans for recording MOUNTAIN OCEAN SUN at the pre-mentioned five hundred year old buddhist temple on the outskirts of Osaka.
You said the monk was cool and we could record for free. The money we saved went to AT&T for long long distance bills instead. We needed your friend with the traditional Japanese hot table when we turned off the heat because it was too loud during our super quiet nature jams.
We ate two different kinds of candy, one with milk and one without. As soon as the monk fell asleep, you rang the temple's most sacred bell and we layed face down and hit the gong with a feather until the no-sound finally reached deep into our hearts.
Soul mates, old friends, and total strangers came together on this special night. The monk blessed our session and said a prayer. I think he said he hoped that we would allow the spirit of the temple to enter into our music, like the way the sound of cicadas in the esp summer enters into the quiet stones."
warn defever ☆
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