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Makyo - Rasa Bhava (1999, Re-release), WavPack - CUE, LOG, Covers |
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Posted: 21-01-2009, 22:23
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Posted: 21-01-2009, 22:26
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Formed in 1993, Makyo (a term used in Zen Buddhism to refer to a world of confusing and seemingly mystical hallucinations that one can fall into during deep meditation) came about from a fascination with the exploration if inner space and the nature of our society. Incorporating Eastern philosophies of sound and spirituality into the whole spectrum of 90's electronica. One of the first "zen dub" projects and still one of the best. At the heart of Makyo is founding member Gio, who writes all the music and plays most of it. Before Makyo, Gio spent the early 80's in Kyoto, Japan studying Zen and playing in hardcore punk bands. Gio moved to Taipei and then Boston where he joined the experimental noise cassette trading underground (alongside many other early Silent Records artists). It was during this time that Kim Cascone may have stumbled across the name Gio for the first time. During this period Gio played in "psychedelic Branca-influenced guitar ensembles" and DJed a free-style radio show on WZBC. Makyo was formed in 1993 and released their first track on the Planet Dog Records compilation "Feed Your Head". After a series of compilation appearances, Makyo released their first full-length album on Silent Records in 1996 (Rasa Bhava, SR9606). According to the liner notes for Rasa Bhava, Makyo was Gio and Ikeda with Kamigashima on guitar for onetrack. An important contribution to this album came in the form of a remix by Bill Laswell. The first Makyo release.. and it's fantastic, real brilliant album! Starting with dakini, free enterprise as a mantra leads us to strange outer world.. And there are not only words, but it works! after great kick-off you're starting to make experiments with your perception, with Devabandha (Tantric Laswell Mix) one can go to long long trip which never ends, even after finishing the album!. Every track has some unique sound, unique relation with the listener. It's ambient, but sometimes feels like heavy fluent waves beating. Musically it's very rich, full of genuine instruments accomplishing with wide range of electronic effects. True masterpiece! ~ by Michinio "Rasa Bhava" - originally released in 1996 on the late, un-lamented Silent Records - was the debut album by MAKYO, a stunning concoction of eastern motifs and ambient dub. "Rasa Bhava" was a seminal release in the marriage of meditative Indian sounds such as veena, tabla, and tamboura, with the hypnotic possibilities of tape loops, dub trickery, and ambient soundscapes. Recorded between 1994-1995, "Rasa Bhava" sat in SILENT's offices for a year as a buzz grew over the few MAKYO releases that had popped up, like the powerful Hindustani hip-hop groove of "dakini" on Planet Dog's Feed Your Head. At the last minute, a track was dropped to make room for Bill Laswell's powerful remix of "devabhanda", a 12-minute ode to a tantric sexual position. All things come full circle: it was Laswell, with Material and their track "Mantra", which had inspired the MAKYO project in the early days - now Laswell was resampling that track in his remix of MAKYO. "Rasa Bhava", has been praised by Raygun, Lotus, BPM, Muzik, Mixmag, XLR8R, Keyboard, and CMJ. As Lotus reviewer DJ Eli Star called it; "non-stop exotic bliss." The album was finally re-released on UK ambient-dub label Entropica in late '99, where despite the passage of three years, two pressings quickly sold out. |
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