Description
BIO :
Over a decade since its inception, Wave Temples continues to refine and refract the project’s visionary mythopoetic exotica. Panama Shift presents a 20-track kaleidoscopic star map inspired by “the euphoric cults, both then and now, that come and go in the vast ritual of night.” Bleached keys, devotional synth, and driftwood percussion align in minimalist vignettes shaded by tape hiss and field recordings of streams, waves, wind, and birds.
Dedicated to the late Japanese-born American anthropologist Yosihiko H. Sinoto (whose portrait graces the cover), famed for his excavations throughout the Pacific and French Polynesia, the album embodies a similarly voyaging spirit: “chasing ancient mysteries… and rekindling with the esoteric journey of the human spirit.” This is music of forgotten shores, sea air, and saltwater shrines, echoing in shells scattered across the altars of Atlantis.
Recorded and arranged Feb 2020 – March 2021 at the Tree House.
Field recordings from 2016-2020 in Key Biscayne, Key Largo, and Hawaiki.
Artwork by Jadi Lane.
Mastered by Alex Nagle.
Panama Shift présente une carte stellaire kaléidoscopique à 20 pistes inspirée par « les cultes euphoriques, d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, qui vont et viennent dans le vaste rituel de la nuit ». Les touches blanchies, le synthé dévotionnel et les percussions en bois flotté s’alignent dans des vignettes minimalistes ombragées par le sifflement de la bande et les enregistrements sur le terrain des ruisseaux, des vagues, du vent et des oiseaux.