Re-configuring the past, drifting into a future, connecting different worlds, and shaping the profile of a fictitious ethnic group – 43 minutes with music by Bill Drummond, Dadang Dwi Septiyan, Jon Hassell, Malayeen and others – recorded between 1971 and 2020.
Featured cover art: Hiroshi Yoshimura – Green
Makoto Inoue (feat. Jun Togawa) – Holy Fountain ~ Departure Of Mothra
synthesized reworking of the theme for the 1964 science fiction production Mothra vs. Godzilla (1983, Starchild)
Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton – Heron Dance
music for the fictitious ethnic group The Kesh, accompanying Le Guin’s novel Always Coming Home (1985, Freedom To Spend)
Dadang Dwi Septiyan – Pambuka
traditional Indonesian music as influence for experiments (2020, Unexplained Sounds Group)
Malayeen – Omar
re-configuring Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid’s take on Arabic music (2014, Annihaya Records)
Bröselmaschine – Gitarrenstück
taking inspiration from folk tunes and living together in a commune in Duisburg (1971, Pilz)
Jon Hassell – Blues Nile
minimalism meets non-Western folk and electronics (1977, Lovely Music, Ltd.)
Hiroshi Yoshimura – Feel
pioneering ambient music in Japan (1986, AIR Records Inc.)
Woo – The Frog’s Fandango
two brothers and a simple melody with an improvised guitar (1990, Cloud Nine Music)
Ghédalia Tazartès / Paweł Romańczuk / Andrzej Załęski – The End Of Western World
drifting away from the traditions of chamber music in a Polish studio (2016, Monotype Records)
Bill Drummond – Queen Of The South
foreshadowing where The KLF would shine just shortly afterwards (1986, Creation Records)
