Ulysses (aLive Mix)

ULYSSES (aLIVE) — The Sons of Nobody Same voyage. Same song. Alive. “Ulysses (aLIVE)” is a live reinterpretation of Ulysses from JIKKEN, and part of JIKKEN aLIVE — a parallel version of the album in which the songs leave the studio and become living performances. Hear my song… The song of a simple man… In a world of turmoil… A solitary voyager crosses an infinite ocean. There is no shore on the horizon. No lighthouse in his dreams. No sirens in the mist. No mermaids to hear his call. Only the sea. And the journey. Sailing across the infinite ocean A lone Ulysses in a man-of-war Sailing across the infinite ocean An endless journey beyond the horizon. Here, Ulysses is not simply the hero of an ancient story. He becomes the eternal traveler — someone moving through darkness without knowing whether there is still a destination waiting beyond the horizon. The aLIVE version preserves the heart and melody of the original while allowing the music to breathe differently: deep expressive male baritone, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, Chapman Stick, melodic bass, electric piano, warm analog synthesizers, live drums and expansive electric guitars performed with the dynamics and imperfections of musicians playing together. Instrumental passages stretch beyond their studio boundaries. Guitars answer one another. The rhythm breathes. The ocean seems to grow larger. And eventually there is nothing left to do but continue. Ulysses… Ulysses… Sail on… Sail on… The performance drifts beyond the final words into an extended instrumental voyage before disappearing into harmonics, wind and distant waves. From JIKKEN aLIVE — the songs of JIKKEN brought out of the laboratory and into the living world. The Sons of Nobody #TheSonsOfNobody #Ulysses #JikkenALIVE #Jikken #ProgressiveRock #AlternativeRock #PostRock #ArtRock #SpaceRock #ChapmanStick #LiveMusic #Odyssey