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Looking in the Shadows

from Santa Dharma by Santa Dharma

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    Note 11/2/21: We just received word that Japan post is suspending small packages to the USA (and maybe some other countries), so until further notice we cannot ship there. Hopefully, that'll change soon!

    Cassette version of our first album, Santa Dharma, released earlier this year. We made these (with love) in our home studio in Tokyo, in the spirit of DIY. Cassettes are sparkly red with trippy art based on the design by artist Glenda Torrado.

    As a special thank you, we will include some "Infinite Presence" incense, which smells reminiscent of a Japanese temple. Price includes shipping worldwide, but your patience is appreciated since COVID has affected the postal system here in Japan and abroad.

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Tokyo TR-606 Tune because 808s are too expensive! (More info in the liner notes!)

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Soul’s a wild cat
So hard to catch
Stuffed in like a match
When I unlatch, hold me

What is a home
When you’ve always roamed
Eating stardust and stoned?
Maybe it’s right under my nose.

Home, home
Floating in a concrete gray sea
Hope, hope
Treasure locked away with a key
Raw, raw
Memories of a place you didn’t need
Dig, plant
A barren land that grows a fear seed

Never gonna find it that way, you’ve been looking in the shadows

Mind once was pure,
Now insecure
Delusional and sure
Eating clouds might be a cure

Maps on a wall
Faded and small
Lines and colors call
Maybe if I fall, I’m free

Breathe, breathe
Tree shedding all your pretty leaves
Whole, whole
You’re letting go of the things you didn’t need

Time, time
Pulls away at your tethered soul
Smoke, smoke
Curls in lungs to fill up all the holes

Never gonna find it that way, you’ve been looking in the shadows

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from Santa Dharma, released February 5, 2021

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Santa Dharma Tokyo, Japan

Santa Dharma is a Tokyo-based experimental pop duo formed in 2012 after a chance meeting in a tiny hookah bar. Their nostalgia-infused DIY sound mixes 80s toy synthesizers, fuzzy electric ukulele, retro drum machines, and field recordings as a backdrop for lyrics about reincarnation and space travelers. They create an energetic live electro sound without the use of computers. ... more

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