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song: Kwaidan
artist: Ramasutra
album: El Pipo Del Taxi EP
released: 2003length: 4:34
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As the night is getting darker and the crow flies overhead
Silent footsteps run behind me no more hallowed ground ahead
Close your shutters lock the gate ward off the evil eye

Hide under the covers when the half moon cuts the sky

Feel a pinprick in my belly and the fear begins to spread
Pinch of salt over my shoulder but my shadow has no head
Sound of my heart pounding makes my prayers go unheard
Churchbells in the distance but no sermon will be served

I see the glow
From far away
It haunts me down
Straight to my grave

Through the flicker of my candles I can see my mirrors crack
Try to gaze on my reflection but there's no-one looking back
Garlic on my window silver cross upon the door
Incense in the hallway holy water on the floor

I see the glow
From far away
It haunts me down
Straight to my grave

There are three knocks on my front door and a chill runs down my spine
Muffled voices call a name and I could swear that it was mine
Ravens croak upon my roof a prophecy of doom
All my walls are closing in my home is now my tomb

I see the glow
From far away
It haunts me down
Straight to my grave
Ramasutra

Ramachandra Borcar is a Montreal-born musician and composer of mixed Indian and Danish background. He is also known under the monikers Ramasutra and DJ Ram.

His extensive musical career includes work as a film composer, arranger, orchestrator, performer, studio producer and ethnomusicologist. After studying classical composition, orchestration and electro-acoustic music at McGill University, he went on to create scores for film, television, documentaries, commercials and the theatre.

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Comments ( 309 )
Posted 13 years ago by coloradojohn:
This had me from the first time I heard it long ago.  I liked the way it sounds a lot like scenes from an old "Noh" drama.  I get a craving to hear it when it proves elusive in its timing in the rotation.  My like for it only increases with each hearing, and I might as well add that this thing is pretty deep indeed: kwaidan is an old pronunciation that was superseded by the term kaidan, which basically means "Strange Tales," which not co-incidentally was used as the title of Lafcadio Hearn's book over 100 years ago that showed some glimpses of Japan — that got both him and the country some considerable global attention at the time — and is also nicely reflected in the suitably spooky lyrics, which are hard to piece together behind all the wonderfully distracting musical textures.  Hearn's stories are cool, and came from a variety of old sources, but in my opinion, even spookier and well worth unearthing today is the work of Kyoka (Kyotaro) Izumi, especially The Saint of Mount Koya — and Koya-san is an undeniably "mystical power" place I've visited several times. RP is a great source, too; one of the very best!
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Posted 4 years ago by enkay:
mkinnan wrote:
Please make it stop, by far the worst song ever played 
 
Just for a laugh I checked out all your song comments, or at least the last 30 or so before they bored me to death.
For someone who constantly comments about how overplayed certain songs are you are hypocritically repetitive with your comments.

Here's a challenge for you - can you dig back through the archive of your own comments and find a single positive one? Go on, just for the undoubted hell of it.
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Posted 12 years ago by coffeeadikt:

Seriously though, I finally bought the album and it's quite good. Most of you fans of eclectica (and it covers an incredible amount of territory in five tracks) will probably enjoy.
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Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn:
Wow, I finally found out why this has such a Japanese sound to it — the ensemble Arashi Daiko, 嵐太鼓, (Storm Drums) plays on it! 
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Posted 5 years ago by smackiepipe:
Hell Yeah! Haven't heard this in quite a while! Creepy & Cool!
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Posted 2 years ago by jjbix37:
intense, captivating.  ceremonial , , , 
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Posted 5 years ago by kittyhawk:
coloradojohn wrote:
Wow, I finally found out why this has such a Japanese sound to it — the ensemble Arashi Daiko, 嵐太鼓, (Storm Drums) plays on it! 
 
I love this song because of those drums. Really gets me up and moving. And the rest of the album is great also. Different and eclectic.
More Storm Drums please!!
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Posted 1 year ago by cmills:
 enkay wrote:

Just for a laugh I checked out all your song comments, or at least the last 30 or so before they bored me to death.
For someone who constantly comments about how overplayed certain songs are you are hypocritically repetitive with your comments.

Here's a challenge for you - can you dig back through the archive of your own comments and find a single positive one? Go on, just for the undoubted hell of it.



They that can, do; they that can't, teach; and they that can't do either, criticize.
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Posted 2 years ago by fredriley:
This gives me the willies, in a good way. 9 from the spooked Nottingham jury.
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Posted 2 years ago by ExecutorQ3:
Shamisen, for all those who wanna know the "guitar" instrument

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Posted 2 years ago by josolbklyn:
Love the drums.  Thanks for introducing me to this, Bill.
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Posted 6 years ago by mrtuba9:
coloradojohn wrote:
This had me from the first time I heard it long ago.  I liked the way it sounds a lot like scenes from an old "Noh" drama.  I get a craving to hear it when it proves elusive in its timing in the rotation.  My like for it only increases with each hearing, and I might as well add that this thing is pretty deep indeed: kwaidan is an old pronunciation that was superseded by the term kaidan, which basically means "Strange Tales," which not co-incidentally was used as the title of Lafcadio Hearn's book over 100 years ago that showed some glimpses of Japan — that got both him and the country some considerable global attention at the time — and is also nicely reflected in the suitably spooky lyrics, which are hard to piece together behind all the wonderfully distracting musical textures.  Hearn's stories are cool, and came from a variety of old sources, but in my opinion, even spookier and well worth unearthing today is the work of Kyoka (Kyotaro) Izumi, especially The Saint of Mount Koya — and that is an undeniably mystical "power" place I have visited several times... RP is a great SOURCE, too; one of the best!

 
Bumping this up! Fantastic info...
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Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest:
mkinnan wrote:
Please make it stop, by far the worst song ever played 
 
Just hit PSE; that makes it stop, ok?
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Posted 1 year ago by joejennings:
 ExecutorQ3 wrote:

Shamisen, for all those who wanna know the "guitar" instrument



Thank You for the info!
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Posted 4 months ago by MrPou:
Bizarre, creative, captivating, a 9.
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Posted 4 months ago by kjf06:
Doctor John would certainly approve!
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Posted 11 months ago by brianbouton:
Goodness gracious, this is a very cool track. Thank you for sharing.
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Posted 2 years ago by sajitjacob:
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Posted 5 years ago by tonyinnj:
coloradojohn wrote:
This had me from the first time I heard it long ago.  I liked the way it sounds a lot like scenes from an old "Noh" drama.  I get a craving to hear it when it proves elusive in its timing in the rotation.  My like for it only increases with each hearing, and I might as well add that this thing is pretty deep indeed: kwaidan is an old pronunciation that was superseded by the term kaidan, which basically means "Strange Tales," which not co-incidentally was used as the title of Lafcadio Hearn's book over 100 years ago that showed some glimpses of Japan — that got both him and the country some considerable global attention at the time — and is also nicely reflected in the suitably spooky lyrics, which are hard to piece together behind all the wonderfully distracting musical textures.  Hearn's stories are cool, and came from a variety of old sources, but in my opinion, even spookier and well worth unearthing today is the work of Kyoka (Kyotaro) Izumi, especially The Saint of Mount Koya — and that is an undeniably mystical "power" place I have visited several times... RP is a great SOURCE, too; one of the best!

 
Have you seen the flick, Mishima? I'm a Phillip Glass fan so I can appreciate
the sound track and the visuals in the film are stunning...

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
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Posted 6 years ago by markybx:
More Storm Drums please {#Biggrin}
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