Fukurou-san (Owl) :
"When me and the double-bassist Miguel Leiria Pereira were about to start performing our improvisational session at his studio, a postcard with a photo of a white owl, which was hung over his computer desk, caught my eyes, so in this piece I automatically jumped into story-telling about this bird called 'fukurou' in Japanese, which has driven me into mystic imagination. Miguel's musical performance was inviting me to navigate into the depth of nocturnal forest, and let me dream about the owl flying among those trees. His editing work is masterpiece as well as his sound dedication, as seen at the end of this track where his bass sound gently calls for dawn. Here I sang 'ho-, ho-', as Japanese onomatopoeia of an owl."
Miguel Leiria Pereira (double bass solo & real time processed)
Etsuko Kimura (spoken word)