CYBERNETIC DEFIANCE AND ORGASM 2 : OTHER SIDES OF HENRY KAWAHARA by HENRY KAWAHARA

Japanese Import

This CD Version has a secret bonus disc including 13 recordings. Comes with multi CD case (25mm spine), 28-page booklet, obi, extensive Japanese liner notes. English liner notes is available on a PDF (linked inside).

This anthology is the second compilation from EM Records of the works of the late Henry Kawahara, a media artist and electronic music producer who was particularly active in the Japanese cyber-occult underground of the 1990s, a scene linked with technologies such as 3D (binaural) recordings, brain machines, sound chairs, computer graphics and compact discs. These tracks, produced 1990-95, include a series of recordings described as “Parallel Data Sounds” and “Sound LSD”, a “new language system that speaks directly to the cerebrum” using “frequency components that are not perceived by the conscious mind”, reflecting Kawahara’s interest in concepts such as astrology, love mantras, and astral projection. Also here are two pieces featuring dolphin sounds and human brainwave feedback, as well as pieces from a recording unit called H Music De-perception (HMD) and a group called Xiaoyun. The majority of tracks here were not originally released under Kawahara’s name, but this compilation is an essential key to decoding the Henry Kawahara saga, and also an unveiling of the secret we planted in the previous release, "Cybernetic Defiance and Orgasm: Essential Henry Kawahara," which Kawahara himself was involved in selecting before his death. This 3-CD set, which includes a special bonus CD, is also available as an abridged digital download.

CD version tracks:

DISC-1
01. みょうな気持ちになる (Feel Strange)
02. ハルマゲドンを越えて（1999年7月15日）(Beyond Armageddon [July 15, 1999])
03. 69 with B-Dog
04. 愛のムーンライト (Love Moonlight)
05. ゴア・ガジャの森の老人 (The Old Man at the Goagajan Woods)
06. バレンタイン（250年2月14日）(St. Valentine Day [February 14, 250])
07. 愛のダンス (Love Dance)
08. 水星の力 (Mercury Power)

DISC-2
01. enDOLPHIN (Water Sonic Version)
02. 獣の傍らで眠る (Sleeping Besides the Beast)
03. 南風 #4 (Minami-kaze #4)
04. スタート・オン・ア・ジャーニー (Start on a Journey)
05. Sim Sex
06. モーニング（Morning）
07. ニューロ・ダンサー (Neuro Dancer)
08. 甜美的夢（Sweet Dreams）
09. 静止した時間（Still Life）
10. シネスセシア (Synethesia)
11. Dolphin Dreams (Deep Relax Mix)
12. Dolphinic Meditation (enDOLPHIN)

DISC-3
A secret bonus disc (13 tracks in total)