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Skinny Buddha And The Dying Sunset

from Memory Lake by Shards Of Reason

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The title of this might make you think we were indulging in some mysticism or Eastern profundity, but no – far from it, really. Perish the thought.

The seaside town of Barmouth in Wales has a couple of hippy shops on the High Street – you know the kind of places…kaftans woven by Buddhist yaks, temple bowls, joss sticks, statues of the Buddha and all the while smelling of patchouli and incense.

No matter how many times you see these shops, you have to go in.

Anyway, Barmouth has three of these shops, all owned by the same people. Opposite each other are two outlets, both called “The Fat Buddha”. Further up the street is the third shop – “The Skinny Buddha”, which happens to be at the head of a T-junction in the road. At the other end of the junction (the bottom of the ‘T’, if you will) is a view of the sea and, when the time of day and year permits, a view of the glorious sunsets that Snowdonia enjoys.

We were there one October, when the sun was slipping away from the afternoon towards the horizon and giving out that nameless Autumn light…pink and orange and butter yellow…you know that light. It bathes everything it touches with fingers of kindness, flattering everything it illuminates.

And in the scant few minutes where our star was perfectly suspended at the opposite end of the T-junction, it lit up the frontage of “The Skinny Buddha” in that pink-orange-yellow burst of light…and I thought “Hmm…that’d make a nice track.”

And here it is…enjoy.

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from Memory Lake, released April 21, 2012
Phil Lawton - Keyboards, basses, guitars, synths, drum programming
Beth Freeman - Keyboards, drum programming, occasional vocals

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West Midlands-based duo creating a melting pot of contemporary jazz vibes, downtempo electronica and dreamy ambient landscapes.

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