Itsumade is a piece that aims to reflect an ongoing condition, of being in a state of endless purgatory, that is, both related to society and the individual—a never-ending cycle of war, destruction, death, and scattering; all emerging from the brutal remainings of outdated modes of world structures, that are acting as nothing but a venom-infusing on every attempt made to get us out of the purgatory. Recorded and composed mostly in Japan during a residency as a composer, the piece is largely influenced by the Shinto concept of Itsumade. Itsumade is a Yōkai monster, an eerie reptilian bird known...