Inspired during a packed tour of Japan, in his downtime Scott explored the countryside of Kyoto and the Kansai region. While there he collected the sounds and atmospheres, and this album is their musical manifestation. A journey of hypnosis and textural bliss - vast subs meet glittering highs, held together by lush and vivid synthetics. Scotts huge technical skill brings all these elements together in a beautifully elegant way, creating a vibrantly chromatic world thats mesmerising at every step. Made as a single piece, shared on the CD version in its original form, this is Deadbeat at his deepest and most psychedelic - truly a masterpiece from this revered artist. As Scott says: The autumn colors were in full bloom, and the incredible serenity and beauty of the place were beyond words. Perhaps the most breathtaking of all was visiting the former studio of Yusai Okuda, which is where a great many of the photos Ive included in the folder for potential cover ideas were taken. In addition to his gorgeous silk dying works, the entire place uses water in various still pools to reflect the forest around it, creating some truly Lysergic scenes. The garden behind the house is filled with a collection of ceramic sculptures of diverse sizes, which you are invited to pour water into. The water then filters through several small openings and drips into the resonant ceramic body, producing a mind-blowingly complex range of rhythms and tonalities. Needless to say, we spent a good long time recording and documenting these little wonders, and those recordings, along with ones made walking in the forest adjacent, served as the initial source material and inspiration for this work. If it manages to effectively convey even a portion of the spirit of that wonderful place, which so enriched our souls, I couldnt be happier. Huge thanks to Scott for this stunning addition to the series.