Numinous Island - Mantaray

Worship at the temple of ambient techno with Susumu Yokota and DJ Ray, better known as the experimental collaboration, Mantaray. Produced as one long continuous mix in Yokota’s studio and divided into 20 segments, ‘Numinous Island’ is a bold and adventurous sonic project underpinned by a pseudo-tropical/oriental theme. Expressing this motif with a variety of sampled bird sounds, monastic chanting and world percussion, this is a slightly confronting album designed for more discerning listeners with a taste for the exotic. It conforms to no preconceived notions of electronic or new age conventions, resulting in a unique record without musical or cultural equivalent. It’s a strange trip indeed, but one well worth taking to expand the mind and reawaken your consciousness.