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K​Ō​TEI / after 'Aero I' & 'Aero II'

from Three​-​Crossing River (after YOKAI) by Laura Sampson

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This track, inspired by Maurer & Moore's 'Aero I' and 'Aero II' retells the story and structure of noh Kōtei, of a fight between a ghost and a demon, that happens inside a magic mirror, but has repercussions in the 'real' world. Inner struggles are, perhaps, always more violent than outer ones.

View these and the other images from YŌKAI at White Conduit Projects gallery, London (until 27/2/22) and at www.maurer-moore.com.

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In certain lights, the reflection is the active party.

In this way, through a magic mirror, as a reflection, long ago, a demon found that it could inflict sickness on the lady Yohiki, the dazzling consort of a great emperor.

One day, that great emperor was making the journey up to Yohiki’s beside when he met an old man. The old man was the ghost of a scholar who killed himself, sure that he had failed the court examinations. But he hadn’t. The emperor had him buried in his graduation robes. To say thank you, the ghost returned, and offered to fight the demon in the mirror and end the sickness.

After dark, the demon drew itself out of the mirror, but the emperor and the scholar ghost were ready and waiting. They fought, and the fight was like a dance that you see reflected in a mirror so it’s not real enough to be traumatic.

The demon never made it back into the mirror. Yohiki recovered. The sun shone in the kingdom again.

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from Three​-​Crossing River (after YOKAI), released February 15, 2022
Laura Sampson: Words, vocals
Sam Enthoven: Sounds, mixing
Stephan Barrett: Sounds

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Laura Sampson is a storyteller and writer from London, UK, inspired by world myth and folklore.

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