TRACKLIST

1. Be Where Now . . . . .12:19 2. A Distant Star . . . .11:08 3. Holistic Resonance . .18:20

"Padmasana" is a common type of shrine found in Bali - although most gods and goddesses are usually visually depicted with statues and other works of art, the supreme godhead is shown only as an empty chair, the "padmasana" ("lotus seat"). On one level, this is a great spiritual prank; on another, it's full of meaning: the divine cannot be shown as a "god", because ultimately, it's everywhere and in everyone.

Padmasana is a collaboration between Gio Makyo and David Hikari, a pair of Tokyo chill-out DJs, and the mysterious S. Widi, their "spiritual advisor" from Bali. This album was inspired by misty nights in Ubud and the mind-shattering "oong" mushrooms of Bali. The music takes you on a trip through inner and outer space, finally ending up back in the lush, tropical ambience of Ubud at night.
The album features field recordings and live performances recorded in Bali, Tibet, and Tokyo, and varied instrumentation, including: Tibetan mantra, gamelan, Indian frame drum, water drums, bass, assorted Balinese percussion, sampler, cumbus, broken BassStation, Korg Z1, voice, Eventide Harmonizer, tr-303, tabla, and Ubud night insects and frogs.

SPOILER!

CODE Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008 EAC extraction logfile from 4. November 2008, 13:39 Padmasana / Padmasana Used drive  : MATSHITABD-MLT UJ-220S  Adapter: 0  ID: 0 Read mode              : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache      : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction                      : 102 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks  : No Null samples used in CRC calculations      : Yes Used interface                              : Installed external ASPI interface Used output format              : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate                : 1024 kBit/s Quality                        : High Add ID3 tag                    : No Command line compressor        : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\wavpack.exe Additional command line options : -hmxd -w "GENRE=%m" -w "DATE=%y" -w "COMMENT=Released by a-one" %s %d TOC of the extracted CD     Track |  Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector     ---------------------------------------------------------         1  |  0:00.00 | 12:19.50 |        0    |    55474          2  | 12:19.50 | 11:08.25 |    55475    |  105599          3  | 23:28.00 | 18:20.25 |    105600    |  188124  Range status and errors Selected range     Filename C:\Rips\Padmasana - Padmasana.wav     Peak level 100.0 %     Range quality 100.0 %     Copy CRC 315873F6     Copy OK No errors occurred AccurateRip summary Track  1  accurately ripped (confidence 3)  [650E4621] Track  2  accurately ripped (confidence 3)  [B4E5FB45] Track  3  accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [F6DB41D5] All tracks accurately ripped End of status report

SPOILER!

CODE REM GENRE "Tribal, Ambient Dub" REM DATE 2001 REM DISCID 1409CC03 REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb4" PERFORMER "Padmasana" TITLE "Padmasana" FILE "Padmasana - Padmasana.wv" WAVE   TRACK 01 AUDIO     TITLE "Be Where Now"     PERFORMER "Padmasana"     FLAGS DCP     INDEX 01 00:00:00   TRACK 02 AUDIO     TITLE "A Distant Star"     PERFORMER "Padmasana"     FLAGS DCP     INDEX 01 12:19:50   TRACK 03 AUDIO     TITLE "Holistic Resonance"     PERFORMER "Padmasana"     FLAGS DCP     INDEX 01 23:28:00