The March Experience

Written and Recorded in 1988

When I first bought a multi-track-recorder and a rhythm machine, in summer 1988, it didn't take long before I became to be enchanted with attractions associated with the home recording. I could enjoy the recording process of each and every material, without caring about its consequence because it was not about the quality of each work but all about learning from experiments and experience. In some cases, I forced myself to make up a provisional composition in order to conduct some recording experiments. This tune was one of such attempts.

The main purpose of this recording was an attempt to reconstruct the psychedelic atmosphere presented in Are You Experienced? by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. In doing so, I thought it would be effective to combine the guitar solo with reverse tape effects and programmed rhythm pattern of marching drum beat. Other proceeding parts to the guitar solo were written with little considerations; keyboard piece for the intro was most likely improvised during the recording, and the bridging quiet piece with singing 'la la la' sounds quite similar to one of my favourite Steve Winwood songs at that time, Back in the High Life Again. Overall, I think this composition was a failure in terms of its quality and coherence as a whole, but I decided to pick up some good pieces from the original recording as a remnant of my personal recording experiments.