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The Sound of Kitsune

from Beyond the​.​.​. by Flange Zoo

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A Brief History of Kitsune Tsukai (Fox-witch)

Kitsune is a relative of Tamano-no Mae who was the most beautiful courtesan under the Japanese Emperor Konoe (1142 -1155). When Konoe became mysteriously ill, an astrologer revealed Tamano-no Mae's true-form, she was a nine-tailed fox-witch plotting to kill him and take his throne. After fighting against 80,000 warriors sent by the Emperor, she was hunted and killed in Nasu (Tochigi prefecture), then her corpse transformed into a killing stone (Sessho-seki). This stone kills anyone that comes in contact with it. In 1385, the priest Genno performed certain spiritual rituals and the haunted stone was destroyed but the spirit of Tamano-no Mae spread all over the island with the broken pieces of stone. Kitsune Tsukai and the next generation of fox-witches were born from these pieces of stone. She has re-appeared in "Flange Zoo" playing a tube-fox (Kuda-Kitsune) that emits a sound similar to a didgeridoo.

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To hear the sound of Kitsune is to hear the chill up your spine when walking through a bamboo forest at dusk, knowing that the next day you will reach 'the killing stone'.

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from Beyond the​.​.​., released May 1, 2014
Kitsune Tsukai - Vocals + Tube-Fox Didgeridoo
Lotan the Destroyer - Recorder
Tiger Gnome - Backing Vocals
Words (Kasahara) Sounds (Goodman / Kasahara / Kerr)

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Flange Zoo London, UK

Flange Zoo: a troop of musical mythical animals who first manifest on 1st April 2012. Crypto-zoological fiends making full use of multi-effects, stylophones, rolands, and other amplified interferences. Search for The Flange Zoo Bestiary @ www.lulu.com

Flange Zoo are Tiger Gnome (Calum F. Kerr) and Lotan the Destroyer (Phillip Raymond Goodman) and from 2012-2018 Kitsune Tsukai (Miyuki Kasahara) ... more

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