SOKUSHINBUTSU PROJECT was born from an idea of Massimo Mascheroni (ODRZ) and Enrico Ponzoni.
The term 即身仏 [sokushinbutsu] (lit. "Buddha in his own body") refers to a particular Buddhist religious ritual, practiced from the 12th century until the early 1900s by various Japanese monks who, through a long and painful mental, physical and food preparation, which culminated in death, voluntarily predisposed their body to a process of self-mummification. The path of self-mummification in life through ascetism follows precise phases, lasting a thousand or more days each.
SOKUSHINBUTSU PROJECT tries to create a sonic synthesis of the suggestions that this extreme ritual evokes inside both musicians. Every single song is made with synthesizers, samplers, voices and magnetic tapes.
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