“The idea stems from an Indian technique of calculation for drummers.
In South India it has become a vocal art form called konnakol.

It’s almost like giving a voice to the chatter that goes on in your mind.

When I perform the Speaking In Tongues pieces some people think that they are improvised.
In fact, it took me eight months to write the two pieces on this album!

Every single syllable is set and never changes in performance.”.
(Sheila Chandra, The Zen Kiss, 1994)

You can listen Speaking In Tongues at Musicovery:
it is an “interactive webradio that let you browse music styles and epochs, and discover new music based on your mood.”.

Speaking In Tongues is in the world/calm area.

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“FM3 constructed nine drones, varying from two seconds to 42 seconds, which repeat endlessly until the "track" is switched to the next drone. In a way, it’s like the cheapest pre-loaded IPod you’ll ever be able to buy.”. “Before we released the Buddha machine, we used to tell people to imagine an old pocket radio tuned permanently to FM3.”. The Buddha Machine.

Right: Buddha Machine Blue, price: 25$.

“Charity toasty link scheme. It’s a bit like milliondollarhomepage, but with a lot more toast involved!

You give us some money and we write your name (or web address or just a word of your choice) on toast and put it on our web site. Your toast will act as a link to your web site.

Well, we’d like to make some money; that’d be nice, but we’d prefer to make the world a wee bit better.”. Your Name On Toast.

Nooka, “a new way to look at time.”. Left: Nooka ZEN-H. “From top to bottom: hours 1-6, hours 7-12, minutes 1-59, seconds 1-59, am/pm, alarm.”.

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