Western and Eastern Tales: Recent Episodes
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A podcast by freddie Murphy & Chiara Lee (Father Murphy) exploring the exotic weirdness of The Western & Eastern Lands.
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Un podcast di freddie Murphy e Chiara Lee (già Father Murphy) che esplora le esotiche stranezze delle Terre Occidentali ed Orientali.
What if the Sun won't rise again?
The Night shows no Dawn features words and tunes to sink into a dawn that may not come.
Each episode features music selected for the vigil plus excerpts from books recited by different guests and accompanied by a soundtrack scored by Freddie Lee Murphy.
The special guest for the 8th episode is Diné artist and composer Raven Chacon, singing (yes!) an extract from Ödön von Horváth's novel Youth without God
Eastern Tales episode 6
Eiheiji chanting: the simplest possible form of musical expression.
A monotone chanting, like the sound of the wind or the ocean, that is not really heard unless seen with the ears and heard with the whole body.
“It is said that monks who wished to learn to chant properly used to stand in front of a waterfall and try to make their voices heard above the sound of the water. If the voice came from the throat or chest, exhaustion was the almost immediate result. However, if mind and body were composed, the sound could flow forth freely and even after long periods of vocal exercise no fatigue would he felt.”
Eihei-ji Temple, Yoshida district, Fukui
Eastern Tales episode 5
Eki melo: the melancholic tunes accompanying every traveller in the continuos flow of silent passengers in train and underground stations all around Japan.
https://www.japan-experience.com/to-know/understanding-japan/music-in-japanese-stations
Eastern Tales episode 4
Osaka alternative music: a robotic conversation to get to know better the fantastic and heart full world of Velladon.
Osaka, Japan
velladon.com
Eastern Tales episode 3
Danjiri Matsuri: the surreal sight of fan dancing neighborhoods captains trying to keep their balance on tops of giant wooden floats.
4 tons beautifully carved portable wooden shrines with dancing people on top are paraded across the city by hundreds of people pushing and pulling to the rhythm of a small percussion ensemble hidden on board crazily speeding up when approaching a turn.
Kishiwada, Osaka prefecture, Japan
Eastern Tales episode 2.
Kaze no bon: the magic of the melancholic dance of the wind in a creepy sloping town only lit by paper lanterns. Shamisen, voices and spare percussions for an evening procession of young men and women, their faces covered by low-brimmed straw hats, to hide them from the wrath of the god they hope to appease.
Yatsuo, Toyama prefecture, Japan
Eastern Tales episode 1.
Buddhist monks Goma fire ritual: taiko drums, conch shells and chants for a powerful and psychedelic performance a la “This Heat” to burn away negative energies.
Tokyo, Japan
http://fukagawafudou.gr.jp
Western Tales episode 11.
Ariadne: how to make electronic music appealing to look at.
Christine Papania and Ben Forest disclose some secrets about the building of their own music instruments and talk about how their music and visuals can be immersive portals to other dimensions.
New York City, NY
https://www.ariadnedigital.net/
Western Tales episode 10.
Tarot, candles and incense: rituals and “magic” in music.
With, in person and in music (in order of appearance), Rebecca Schoeneker (Laughing Eye Weeping Eye), Rob Fisk and Andee Connors (Common Eider King Eider), Michael Sauder (Geist and the Sacred Ensemble).
Chicago, IL
Oakland, CA
Seattle, WA
https://rebeccaschoenecker.com
https://facebook.com/CommonEiderKingEiderCaribouPeople
http://geistandthesacredensemble.com
Western Tales episode 9
Evil Sword: using the fantasy land in response to the horrors of the world.
Kate Ferencz talks about her dark medieval fairy-tale-like band and how a curly tail tattoo weirdly appeared after dancing the hog dance.
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.evilsword.com
Western Tales episode 8
Tuareg music in United States: Michael Coltun talks about how he became manager and musician for Mdou Moctar and the importance of physical contact in Tuareg culture.
New York City, NY
https://sahelsounds.com/mdou-moctar
http://lesrhinoceros.com
Western tales episode 7
Is religion a living fable?
Camille Coït and Freddie talk about similarities in religions and how their growing mormon and catholic respectively influenced their art.
Montréal, Canada
http://instagram.com/camillecoit
Western Tales episode 6
Argentinian punk butoh: Luciana Arias talks about her experience of being a woman in Argentina and the importance of allowing oneself to be open in improvisation.
Pittsburgh, PA
https://youtube.com/user/AriasLuciana88/featured
Western Tales episode 5
Was ist Das: the best English website with a German name in all of Arizona.
Ned and Freddie in conversation.
Phoenix, AZ
wasistdas.co.uk
Western Tales episode 4
Red Clocks: narratives on how life is supposed to go.
A conversation with Leni Zumas on stories that we inherit and how visually the fs and the ls standing up on the page can change the rhythm in a sentence.
Portland, OR
http://lenizumas.com
Western Tales episode 3
Diabolical Records: a hell of a record store in the heart of the Mormon state.
A chat with Adam Tye about the diabolical force that changed his taste in music and the graciousness of the DIY metal scene.
Salt Lake City, UT
http://diabolicalrecords.com
Western Tales episode 2
The Cadence: looking long enough at something funny to find it sad (and vice versa).
Luca Dipierro talks about his forthcoming animated feature film and the challenges of making a marionette drink its coffee.
Portland, Oregon
lucadipierro.com
Western Tales episode 1
KFJC, a radio that’s weirder than you, but not by much.
Morris Minor and Bob Emmet in conversation.
San Francisco Bay Area, California.
http://kfjc.org