What a joy it has been to re-discover this (16th century?) traditional Japanese lullaby (!!) that was not only used as a sample by the East Flatbush Project on their seminal 1996 single “Tried By 12,” but more recently (2005) gave way for inspiration to a conceptual ‘Ambient DJ Mix,’ Primate King’s Ambient Treetop Escape.
I originally found this song on Soulseek circa 2005 as a sample source for “Tried By 12” and am proud to bring it to you in 2009 via Smokeland California!
If you'd like a little more background, here’s an excerpt about Edo from Wikipedia:
Edo (江戸, Edo?), literally: bay-door, "estuary", pronounced [edo]), once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868. During this period it grew to become one of the largest cities in the world and the site of a vibrant urban culture centered on notions of the "floating world".[1]
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The track East Flatbush Project sampled is actually "Sakura" by Odetta.
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