Shomyo: Buddhist Ritual Chant
Moonlight Mantra
“… clad in brightly colored monastic robes, the choir alternates between monotone stillness and ecstatic polyphony…”
Location: London, Tokyo, Warsaw
Founded: 2009
Organic-minimal-electronic-folk record label curated by Ian Hawgood, co-run with Ben Jones, with design assistance from Jeremy Bible and Christian Roth. Originated from Tokyo, but relocated later to Warsaw, Poland.
“… clad in brightly colored monastic robes, the choir alternates between monotone stillness and ecstatic polyphony…”
This week I am spending some time with James Murray‘s exceptionally curated Slowcraft Records
Two years ago I’ve unveiled a new list, and I think this year we’ll keep the …
Something warm, soft, and crispy is resonating on the inside of my ear canal. It travels …
Sit down. Stop thinking for a while. That thought? Let it go. Let it all go. …
“… a lullaby for all the uneasy…”
“… an album of organic ambiance, warm texture, and minuscule glitch…”
OK, I’m starting to dig this Out Today column myself. Every Friday morning I can sit …
“… where fragile tones appear to hang in an infinite amount of space…”