My Body is a Temple

by Zen 101

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Zen 101, Tokyo-based electronic music artist, who performs with synthesizers, a looping station, and a beat machine will be releasing singles monthly for four month starting December 2021.
The first single “my body is a temple” is based on personal experiences of sexual violence and tone-policing Zen received, and the artist celebrates every body and gender in this track that integrates spoken words and fat bass line.
Daisuke Ishimoto, who also contributed to Zen’s 1st 12-inch record participated these series of singles as a Sound Designer/Arranger.

シンセサイザー、ルーパー、ビートマシンなどを使った電子音楽にのせてスポークンワードと歌のパフォーマンスを行うZen101が、2021年12月11日より、4ヶ月にわたりシングルの連続リリースを行う。
一作目のMy body is a Temple （私の体神殿である）は、女性の肉体を持ち生まれた人に向けられる、性暴力やトーンポリシングなどのアーティスト本人の差別の経験から生まれた本楽曲は、タイトル通り、あらゆる肉体、ジェンダーを祝福するスポークンワードのアンセムになっている。また、サウンドデザインとアレンジに1st の12inchでもタッグを組んだ石本大介を迎え、さらに力強いトラックを生み出している。

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My Body is a Temple
My Body is a Temple
My Body is a Temple
My Body is a Temple
My Body is a Temple
My Body is a Temple
My Body is a Temple
My Body is a Temple

And I have been rebuilding it from scratch
As someone has come and destroyed it
Without my fucking permission
How the hell did that happen?
How the hell did I let that happen?
(My body is a temple)
I have been rebuilding
A fortress, a temple, a castle
To gather those who have suffered the same way I did

I once thought my body failed me
By changing its shape
(Why did you change and attract the unwanted)
(My body is a temple)
Every time I tried to put my arms around you
With the brotherly affection
You’d just mistaken it for advances
Every time I tried to speak for myself
Candidly like any one of you boys do
You just called me out instead

But I for once would like you
To look inside of my fragile shell
That looks nothing like these curves
That looks nothing like these curves
That looks nothing like these curves
That looks nothing like these curves
My body is a temple
(Damn right)
Sturdy, sacred, and private
(My body is a temple)
And my soul a deity

And I am rebuilding it from scratch
So no one can break me no more
So no one can break me no more
So no one can break me no more
So no one can break me no more
My body is a temple
Your body is a temple
Their body is a temple
Our body is a temple

credits

released December 11, 2021
Recorded and Arranged & Sound Design by Daisuke Ishimoto (Studio Souko)
Written and Composed by Yuki Ishiwata

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Zen 101 Tokyo, Japan

Zen 101 combines spoken words and voice on mesmerizing electronica.
Debuted at Make Music New York in 2019, Zen has been performing around Tokyo before/after the quarantine. Zen 101 sings and speaks about love, gender, and her authentic self unapologetically.
エレクトニカや lo-fi などのサウンドに、スポークンワードと歌を融合させたプロジェクト。2019年 NYC で開催された Make Music New York で初公演を行い、以来東京を中心に演奏活動を続ける。
愛、ジェンダー、そしてオーセンティックであることを歌う。 ... more

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