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大阪を拠点とするオブスキュア～バレアリック系リエディターMori Raによる4曲入りEP！ハウス系DJも要チェック！
Forest Jamsが贈る最新EP「Mantra」は、大阪を拠点とするDJ Mori Raが手掛けた4つのエディットを収録。バレアリック、コズミック、エレクトロニックディスコを融合させたサウンドで知られる彼が、リスナーを未知の旅へと誘う作品。
「Mantra」は、Mori Raが我々の心の扉を叩き、贈り物として宇宙の秘密を伝える寓話のような4曲を収める。「Catharsis」は、未来的な宇宙船シミュレーターを彷彿とさせるサウンドで旅をスタート。「Seinn O!」では、シャーマンのようなチャントが浮遊感とデジタル空間での交信を可能にする。そして「孫行者（Grandson Traveler）」は、ネオンに彩られたディストピア都市の喧騒を音で再現。最後に「あの星（That Star）」が旅の帰路を描きながらも、無限に続くトンネルのような感覚でリスナーを包み込む。
このEPは、Mori Raが意識の旅路を導く船となり、聴く者を未知の世界へと運ぶ。ダンスフロアでも、深く心に響く体験を約束する1枚。
A1. Catharsis Edit
A2. Seinn O! Edit
B1. 孫行者 Edit
B2. あの星 Edit
Forest Jams continues the journey into the great beyond with Mori Ra’s Mantra–an EP composed of four edits created for any inquisitive earthling and forest wanderer. Mori Ra is a DJ based in Osaka, Japan his sets are a witches brew composed of balearic, cosmic, and electronic disco ingredients. He has released on other labels such as Rotating Souls, Macadam Mambo, Berceuse Heroique, MM Discos and more. In Mantra, Mori Ra acts as a mysterious wanderer who has stumbled upon the doors of our minds in the middle of the night. When we answer the door he is bearing gifts of creative glory and all we need to do is provide shelter in return. We invite him in so that he can rest, recharge, and continue his journey. During his visit in our minds Mori Ra shares “Mantra” the secrets of the universe disguised as parables packaged neatly into four tracks. Catharsis begins the journey and immediately throws us into a sound that feels like we are driving a spaceship in Gran Turismo 37, the spaceship simulator. Now that we have successfully crossed the plane and have entered the digital unknown, Seinn O! becomes the story of communication. Seinn O! gave the smoke leaving my mouth color and the shamanistic chants placed me in an atmospheric state with the ability to cross over and communicate in the digital space. Then comes 孫行者 the Grandson Traveler, which embodies the story of the simulation. Imagine the sound of a bustling dystopian city in the matrix–neon signs, dancing billboards, talking vending machines, radioactive wildlife, and overgrown foliage leaking in from the jungle the city is carved into. Mori Ra seems to have melded all of those sounds together to create the soundtrack of the big city where everyone is lost. Finally, before leaving our minds Mori Ra offers the final parable, あの星 That Star. Which becomes the story of realization, the journey back home from the exploration of the mind. That Star brought me into a cave and I could see the opening at the end of it, all I had to do was walk towards it. However, I couldn’t walk. I could only galumph forward, while bouncing up and down to the beat. My arms slivered and guided my body forward as the vocals came in. As I moved forward the opening, the clearing, the destination remained the same distance away. The endless tunnel of the mind gave me a feeling of comfort because I did not want this journey to end. The EP ends and we will never know who visited our minds that night, but we know we loved the journey. Mori Ra is the steward of our journey through consciousness, and the vessel is “Mantra”.
