Yakushima -Water In the Forest-

mixed by VOID OV VOID

Yakushima is an island of water.
the sound of water that echoes through the trees
and the sound of birds calling capture the essence of the ancient forest
blended with electronic music.
01 Water In Old Forest 9:16
02 Drippings Echo 9:08
03 Singing Birds 8:52
Produced by 彼方音像
Photograph by Yuri Sayama
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the water and the nature of Yakushima
　　
located in 60 km away from the southernmost area of Kagoshima prefecture in Japan was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1993.
it contains the warm-temperate ancient forest of "Yakusugi" (Yakusugi Cedar) that is Cryptomeria trees being thousands of years old by now.
The sound of water can be heard across the island. The humid air from the southern ocean is carried over the island and cooled by the mountains towering over 1000m in height of the island and falls as rain. The water is stored deep in the acient forest creating springs which flows into the rivers and waterfalls. The water is so fresh and clean that you can drink it.
the water rejuvenates you and heals your heart.
About VOID OV VOID
　　
VOID OV VOID was formed by TETRA TANIZAKI and RAI in 1997, and its word, VOID is derived from the Heart Sutra. This unit is based on organic electlonica and spoken words created by nature sounds and ambience recorded all over the world and the sounds of acoustic instruments. They met in the party of the environmental protection for the first time, since then, started playing music for the ecology movement and rave scene of Japan.