I can hear the birds that are singing far away as if they were close by. The stone monument was significant before man existed. Feeling a connection in Chaco Canyon, I let the energy take over my body as I played the drum.

It then becomes music making with the echoes of the canyon. I play the flute and the native feeling inside me repeats the melody over and over. When I get a hold of myself I suddenly realize that I am standing in the sunset. And by the time I hit the road back to the camp, I am in a world of stars.

After returning to the studio in Tokyo, I notice that when we close our eyes, we are tuning into Chaco. From Chaco to the process of making this album is my Chaco journey. When I returned from this trip there was a spirit of the horizon within my inner landscape.

HIDEAKI MASAGO
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