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

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Minimal melodies from Japan and Arctic Norway, music for ex army gymnasts bounding about in rubber costumes, and something from New York City‘s Downtown. 55 minutes with works by Aqua Regia, The Caretaker, Midori Takada, The Residents and others – realized between 1969 and 2019.

Playlist ‘En Route’

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)