We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Halo From Inside The Mountains

by Stefan Paulus

supported by
nastyskimmedmilk
nastyskimmedmilk thumbnail
wdbowman
wdbowman thumbnail
【ｋｅａｌ】
【ｋｅａｌ】 thumbnail
Thunderlips
Thunderlips thumbnail
Baxter Tocher
Baxter Tocher thumbnail
Mr. Kuna Ladislav
Mr. Kuna Ladislav thumbnail
Steve Lake
Steve Lake thumbnail
kolacell
kolacell thumbnail
fglucini
fglucini thumbnail
Jørn Bo Clausen
Jørn Bo Clausen thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    45
    releases

    Get all 45 Buddhist on Fire releases available on Bandcamp and save 10%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Nacht, Tsuki, After the Curve, Lost In The Bayou, Bilder einer Ausstellung, La Belle Et La Bête, Heading Inside, Licht, and 37 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $0.90 USD or more (10% OFF)

     

1.
Pilgrimage To The Internal Entrance Of Mt. Säntis 23:16
buy track
2.
Subterranean Contemplation In A Pyrith Labyrinth 20:41
buy track

about

Buddhist on Fire welcomes the return of Stefan Paulus with his release "Halo From Inside The Mountains": crafted using field recordings made over the course of a year in the mountains of Appenzell in Switzerland it thus encompasses all seasons.

Stefan Paulus:

This work incorporates field recordings of the territory of Appenzell and of the traditional and pre-modern rituals of the locals.

Appenzell is a small mountain county in the eastern part of the Swiss Alps. The mountain ridge of the Alpstein is crossing the high plateau of Appenzell with the highest mountain called “Säntis” – the holy mountain, 8208ft above sea level.

The Alpstein area has many unexplored caves. I wander there with mountaineers and cave explorers.

The pre-modern rituals take place by the end of the year when groups of men running with bells and chimes through the small mountain villages, singing and chanting and doing an old form of the yodel – the “Naturjodel”. In the early morning they come from remote hamlets, walk from house to house to wish the people a happy new year and to exorcize the evil spirits from the old year. Their faces are hidden behind masks and they wear horrific costumes made of materials from animals of the backwoods. For hundreds of years these rituals have taken place on that Swiss plateau. Nobody knows exactly where these rituals comes from.

These rituals and inner mountain exploring tours gave the record and the songs their name: “Halo From Inside The Mountains” And “Pilgrimage To The Internal Entrance Of Mt. Säntis” + “Subterranean Contemplation In A Pyrith Labyrinth”. More information, images and raw sounds of the rituals can be found at the website of Stefan Paulus: nowhere-nowhere.org

"Sometimes, when one is moving silently through such an utterly desolate landscape, an overwhelming hallucination can make one feel that oneself, as an individual human being, is slowly being unraveled. The surrounding space is so vast that it becomes increasingly difficult to keep a balanced grip on one's own being. The mind swells out to fill the entire landscape, becoming so diffuse in the process that one loses the ability to keep it fastened to the physical self."

- Haruki Murakami

credits

released July 25, 2015

Stefan Paulus nowhere-nowhere.org
Cover: Stefan Paulus

archive.org/details/bof074

license

tags

about

Buddhist on Fire image

Buddhist on Fire Urayasu, Japan

Buddhist on Fire releases dark ambient, experimental, field recordings, sound collage and live shows that were performed on the Sadayatana Podcast. Everything is released using a Creative Commons license.
buddhistonfire.com
sadayatana.com

contact / help

Contact Buddhist on Fire

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Halo From Inside The Mountains, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now