''Floating World'', a CD based upon a Japanese Fairy Tale, is the third album by
Anathallo
Anathallo was a band originally from Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and then based in Chicago, Illinois. The band started practicing in the fall of 2000 and played their first show soon afterward. Their name is derived from a Greek word meaning "to renew ...
. It was self-released in 2006. "Floating World" is the English translation of the Japanese concept of
Ukiyo
is the Japanese term used to describe the urban lifestyle and culture, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo period Japan (1600–1867). culture developed in Yoshiwara, the licensed red-light district of Edo (modern-day Tokyo), ...
.
Album text
''Recorded at home by Glenn Hills & Anathallo''
Drums and electric guitars recorded at Glow in the Dark Studios by ''Matt Goldman''
Mixed at Glow in the Dark Studios by ''Matt Goldman''
Mastered at ''Rodney Mills Mastering House''
''Floating World was written and performed by''
Daniel Bracken,
Andrew Dost
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, Matthew Joynt, Nathan Sandburg,
Joel Thiele, Seth Walker, and Bret Wallin
''Additional musicians''
Timbre, Erica Froman, Chris Hatfield, Glenn Hills, Jeremiah Johnson,
Brian Siers, Morgan Stewart, and Israel Vasquez
Design by ''Greg Leppert'' for Quiet , letsbequiet.com
Song facts
* "Hanasakajijii 1-4" are based on a Japanese folk story (
Hanasaka Jiisan , also called , is a Japanese folk tale.
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford collected it in ''Tales of Old Japan'' (1871), as "The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Blossom". Rev. David Thomson translated it as "The Old Man Who Made th ...
) about a dog that digs up gold for its master.
* The songs "Dokkoise House (With Face Covered)" and "Kasa No Hone (The Umbrella's Bones)" are both from a collection of poems called Japanese Peasant Songs.
* The lyrics of "By Number" feature a Japanese translation of Psalm 139:5, "Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me."
* The song "Yuki! Yuki! Yuki!" was featured in a late 2007
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* "Dokkoise House (With Face Covered)" makes use of
time
Track listing
#"Ame" – 0:49
#"Genessaret (Going Out Over 30,000 Fathoms of Water)" – 5:32
#"Hoodwink" – 5:48
#"By Number" – 5:08
#"Dokkoise House (With Face Covered)" – 6:00
#"Hanasakajijii (Four: A Great Wind, More Ash)" – 4:44
#"Hanasakajijii (One: The Angry Neighbor)" – 3:10
#"Inu (Howling)" – 1:20
#"Hanasakajijii (Two: Floating World)" – 4:57
#"The Bruised Reed" – 6:04
#"Yuki! Yuki! Yuki!" – 1:14
#"Hanasakajijii (Three: The Man Who Made Dead Trees Bloom)" – 4:26
#"Cuckoo Spitting Blood" – 3:05
#"Kasa No Hone (The Umbrella's Bones)" – 2:08
References
External links
Anathallo official website
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2006 albums
Anathallo albums