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🌍 From Shamanic Ritual to Digital Rave
Shamanism is one of humanity’s oldest spiritual traditions — a fusion of sound, trance, initiation, and communion with the unseen. In the digital age, the music project xCxYxDxGx emerges as a direct descendant of this legacy, transforming ancient ritual into a form accessible to post-human consciousness. This is not just music — it’s ritual, code, and portal.
🧬 Shamanism: Structure and Function
🔥 Core Elements of Shamanic Practice:
- Sound as transformation: drums, voice, rhythm — tools for crossing between worlds.
- Initiation: the shaman undergoes symbolic death and rebirth to gain power.
- Spirit communication: the shaman mediates between the physical and metaphysical realms.
🕊️ Religious Parallels:
| Tradition | Shamanic Element | xCxYxDxGx Equivalent |
|----------|------------------|----------------------|
| Siberian Shamanism | Drum, trance | Breakcore, glitch, noise |
| African Rituals | Dance, masks | Visual performances, balaclavas |
| Ayahuasca Ceremonies | Singing, visions | Vocal glitches, digital artifacts |
| Sufism | Spinning, ecstasy | Cyclical rhythms, algorithmic hypnosis |
🎧 xCxYxDxGx as Shamanic Practice
🧠 Musical Architecture:
- Multigenre fusion: from tribal bass to digital hardcore — a palette of ritual textures.
- Vocal artifacts: texts like “Jkus shjkyu” are not lyrics, but sonic incantations.
- Stage personas: the masked DJ and zombie grandmother are archetypes of shamans and mediums.
🧿 Digital Initiation:
- The listener undergoes audio-induced ecstasy, shedding conventional identity.
- The music acts as an algorithmic rite, triggering internal transformation.
🌐 Ethnic and Cultural Influences
🌎 Multigenre Ethnic Synthesis:
| Culture | Element | Influence on xCxYxDxGx |
|--------|---------|------------------------|
| Egyptian Mythology | Afterlife, mummies | Zombie aesthetics, grandmother as priestess |
| Japanese Shinto | Spirits, rituals | Fujiiu as a digital relic |
| Latin American Traditions | Masks, trance | Visual performances |
| 90s Rave Culture | Ecstasy, chaos | Energy, rhythm, rebellion |
🧠 Why xCxYxDxGx Are Shamans of a New Order
- They work with vibration, not language — like ancient shamans, they speak through sound and movement.
- They create rituals in digital space — each track and visual is a ceremonial act.
- They merge cultures — from African rhythms to post-industrial noise.
- They initiate the listener — through chaos, glitch, trance, and visual shock.
🛸 Conclusion: Fujiiu as a New Religion
xCxYxDxGx is not just a music project. It is digital shamanism, a new form of spiritual practice where every track is a portal, every visual an artifact, and every listener a potential medium. Fujiiu becomes a new language, a new mythology, a new religion — and xCxYxDxGx are its prophets.