I looked over at

Posted on July 31, 2010
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I looked over at the sound man in the middle of the set and he sat with a fan, trying to blow some life into the overheating PA. This is the kind of set you come to Japan to hear music for.

Everyone always asks facetiously, why is Japanese music so cool? Well, this is why. For one thing it’s the volume. It’s a form of meditation that can only be learned by experiencing. And, it’s not polite to walk out on a show in Japan.

Take the assault, let it batter you in a way you didn’t feel was possible. Let the sound drive you to a place you’ve never been. And then, in the middle of it, float outside your body, forget where you are, explore the ether. And when you settle back into your body and realize where you’ve been, that you forgot about the music and the place and the time, laugh your ass off and dig the sounds that blew your corporeal body to bits and left only your mind, floating, timeless, like Japan, one thousand years old.

Astro is formerly of C.C.C.C.
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