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Kappa 河童
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Kappa 河童, meaning “River Child” in Japanese, are aquatic reptilian humanoids living in rivers, according to Japanese myths.
Kappa are excellent swimmers with webbed limbs, and turtle-like beaks and shells. Kappa also has a dish-shape depression on top of their skulls, which are said to be the source of their power.
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Yanari 家鳴り
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Yanari 家鳴り means "house squeakers", which are miniature oni (ghost/troll) who makes furniture (especially wooden ones) shakes and squeaks. While nowadays we all know that the squeaking sounds of
wooden furniture are indeed due to changes in temperature and humidity, traditional folklore believe that such sound is the result of pranks made by Yanari.
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Kodama 木霊
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Kodama 木霊 are tree spirits. This term is also used to denote trees with a Kodama spirit inhabiting.
In Japanese folklore, the echoing effects in mountains and valleys is sometimes attributed to Kodama.
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Rokurokubi 轆轤首
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Rokurokubi 轆轤首 are female apparitions with tentacle necks. Rokurokubi disguise themselves as human at day time, and their head will wander off at night, connected to their bodies with a long tangled neck.
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Amefurikozou 雨降り小僧
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Amefurikozou 雨降り小僧, literally “Rainfall Priest Boy”, are Japanese yokai (phantom/apparition) who enjoys making pranks by stealing human beings’ umbrellas, then wearing them as hats.
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This track is very close to the audio quality in a mp3 file stored in the floppy disk.
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433 Records Hong Kong
Everyth!ng Mu:zic
A mini label exploring how music is defined / redefined / encoded / decoded / deconstructed / reconstructed / experienced / experimented.
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great black doom! heavy as hell
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SAD GODS presents "Singing for Survival - a Compilation for Project Onward"
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A stellar compilation featuring shoegaze and indie favorites like Drowse, Midwife, and Mount Eerie benefitting Project Onward in Chicago.
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The 17 mindbending songs on this compilation represent minimalist experimental music at its best, a collage of blips and static.
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