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Interrupting Sound Bath​(​s)

by The Bastard Kings of Samadhi

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1.
Spike Relief 01:00:18
2.
3.
Wind 20:18
4.
Caravan 58:57
5.
Sinamanayana 18:14
6.
Builder One 11:45
7.
Magnet 23:30
8.
Bumpy 19:01
9.
Slow 43:19
10.
Builder Two 18:46
11.
Another You 39:03
12.
Up 53:24

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There is a Tibetan Buddhist practice that uses sound to interrupt our endless internal dialog for a brief moment with the goal of maintaining that moment for longer and longer periods of time.

"Phét is a Tibetan syllable that means to cut through. Through concepts & obscurations. Through anything in the mind that stands as an obstacle to our direct engagement of the present."

The main practice is silent except the leader/teacher uses this word PHAT or PHET randomly shouted as loud as possible to startle the participants into a moment of instant awareness free of internal dialog.

The 'songs' included here are meant to create this same effect and as such are not meant to be musical. The use of long tones and drones here is intended to be a slow motion version of the short outbursts.

This is the 53rd album I have created since arriving in Bisbee Az just over 7 years ago. :)

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released April 5, 2024

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The Bastard Kings of Samadhi Bisbee, Arizona

​W. David Oliphant (-wdo-) is an Arizona based sound artist active since 1979. Inspired by the late 1970’s D.I.Y. Punk and Outsider movement he began experimenting with home-made ‘found’ instruments, electronics and tape manipulation techniques in search of the occult side of sound and the pure joy of creating sonic paintings ... more

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