死因 by Aleksis Tristan Shaw
Cassette Tapes: https://viciousmockeryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shiin
Inspired by traditional gagaku (雅楽) and Noh theatre, as well as the music of Kabuki theatre, this album explores themes inspired by some of the Yōkai of Japanese folklore. Primarily through the use of the yo musical scale, as well as instruments like the shamisen, yuegin, koto, shakuhachi, taiko, and tuned gongs, these seven tracks seek to evoke a sense of Eastern-inspired horror.
As a Japanophile, many things inspired me to want to try my hand at Japanese synth (or kabuki ambient, as I've seen it sometimes called), but it would be remiss of me not to credit artists like Shogun's Castle, Gates of Morheim, Kurotokage, and Goryō for providing a study of what Japanese synth could be.
Rather than describe these yokai myself, I encourage any listener curious about these entities to look up the rich history either through a cursory Wikipedia search, or by checking out the plethora of riveting and well-researched Youtube series covering the history of these stories.
Tracklist
| 1. | Yūrei - 幽霊 | 2:44 |
| 2. | Onryō - 怨霊 | 5:39 |
| 3. | Wanyūdō - 輪入道 | 5:01 |
| 4. | Bake-kujira - 化鯨 | 4:59 |
| 5. | Gashadokuro - 餓者髑髏 | 6:02 |
| 6. | Jorōgumo - 絡新婦 | 6:06 |
| 7. | Oni - 鬼 | 2:11 |
Credits
Composed, produced, mixed and mastered by Aleksis Tristan Shaw
Artwork by Aleksis Tristan Shaw
Instruments and samples primarily from LABS and Kontakt NI
License
All rights reserved.Tags
Aleksis is an American videogame composer from Greenville, North Carolina. While she is a multi-genre composer, Aleksis specializes in writing orchestral and ambient music for dark fantasy and horror games. She has composed for Memento Mori Games' "INSOMNIA", Grafixia Studio's "MENTAL: The Dark Night", A.V. Dossow's "Pinocchiogoria", Ecilla's "Sanity Check", and Fever Fictions' "Our Bad Ending".