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Marco Spada Re-Prezentz

Tribal Realities
volume 2
Special Edition, January 2011

5-Tunes
5-Tales
31-Pages!

My Name is Katana
Crossing the Great Water to Find The Superior Man
Le Soleil
Escaping Gorée Island
Resolucion Indigena
Aknowledgement. Re-Generation. Awakening.
Guerreiros do Arco-Iris
Awakening the RainBow Nation
A Christmas Day in Sierra Leone
The Griot from Kroo Bay
Visions, Verses & Vibes from Higher Dimensions
Tribal Realities
Table of Contents

01 Intro TRIBAL REALITIES, VOL.2: The EP


02 My Name is Katana
Crossing the Great Water to Find the Superior Man

14 Le Soleil Escaping Gorée Island


20 Resolucion Indigena
Aknowledgement. Re-Generation. Awakening.

24 Guerreiros do Arco-Iris
Awakening The RainBow Nation

26 Christmas Day in Sierra Leone


The Griot from Kroo Bay

Cover: A Dubstep Samurai from the RainBow Nation, digital painting,


TRIBAL REALITIES Series, Marco Spada © 2010
Intro
TRIBAL REALITIES, VOL-2
Awakening the RainBow Nation

D ear Reader,
welcome to this very Special Edition of TRIBAL REALITIES magazine, which will be your
companion and guide to illustrate all of these music-triggered visions. I started this project
in August 2010 with the idea to produce a concept-album where all the songs were inher-
ently connected. Each song is a world, an experience. Each song is a story. Each story is a
song. Hence, the idea to match the music with a selection of illustrated tales. Therefore, as
I composed, played and produced each and every song...I wrote a selection of visionary
short stories and lyrics. At the same time, I’ve been sketching, painting and editing vision-
ary illustrations to complete the narrative. It has been an emotional and creative tour de
force in 5 months, and finally the whole project is ready for you to Experience!
TRIBAL REALITIES VOL.2 is a Concept-Album in 5 Tunes: a rich and diverse album where
Dubstep Sub-Bass Lines, Deep House Rhodes, Drum and Bass Beatz, Afro-Cuban Flavors
and AfroBeat Infinite Grooves take place in a Tribal framework of Realities.
TRIBAL REALITIES VOL.2 is a Concept-Magazine in 5 Tales: Follow the visionary adven-
ture of the Apprentice on its way to meet a mysterious Japanese Samurai(p.02), Escape
from Gorée Island (p. 14), Immerse Your-Self in a Supra-Mental tale of Awakening(p.20),
Meet the RainBow Nation (p.24), Listen to the vibes of Kroo Bay’s Griot (p. 26).
Deploy this magazine and its music as Power-Full Tool towards a Self-Discovery Journey of
Transformation and Elevation.
Enjoy the Ride!


Keep it Tribal, Keep It Real,
Marco Katana Spada, RainBow Nation

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“cross the great water and find the superior man!”
following the directions of the wise chinese oracle Lao Nai-hsuan, he
jumped on the first flight heading to japan (日本)...
日本 is the treasure chest of asian millenary knowledge and this story
is A DUBSTEP MIX OF digital hi-techs and ancestral wisdom.
charmed by the cyber-magic spells of akihabara denki gai ( the eletric
town 秋葉原電気街 ), lost in THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF shinjuku CITY ( 新
宿区 ) , the apprentice unconsciously jumped on the shinkansen bullet
train ( 弾丸列車 ) towards an unknown destination...

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Iésci sole
scagliénto mperatore
scanniéllo mio rargiénto
ca vale quattuciento

Africa Sculpture I. just my pencil on cardboard (A3) , TRIBAL REALITIES Series,


Marco Spada © 2010

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Pag 6,8,9: Sumi Ink Calligraphies,
Japanese Calligraphy Series, Marco Spada © 2010
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follow lao-tzu directions:
“he who knows others is clever, he who
knows himself is enlighted”
thus, this is the time to be enlighted.
behold!

Off the train. His train of thoughts still running - “Who is the Superior
Man? How am I gonna find Him?”
Lost in the Japanese countryside. He found Him-Self surrounded by
the green and wet presence of rice paddies. Everywhere. Emerald land-
scapes of lush vegetation comforting his Heart. Suddendly, the Green
Hill of rice paddies gradually faded into the Sacred Red Hill of Uluru.
“W-what is happening, now? - he said, feeling dim and dizzy - Uluru
is in Australia not in Japan!”
The young Apprentice had a special feeling. So, facing the Sun, he start-
ed to send a Voice. He cried his Sacred Songs. Then, a sudden beat of
wings... he shivered. Right in front of him a two-winged being started
talking - “ I am the Bird of Golden Feathers. I know you crossed the
Great Water to meet the Superior Man. “
“R-right” - the Apprentice stammered with difficulty, completely stoned
by that gorgeous apparition.
“Don’t get lost. “ - the Bird continued - “Uluru is everywhere...when you
are in the DreamTime State of Consciousness. “
The inexperienced young man nodded the head with gratitude,
then asked - “Oh, Brilliant Bird of Golden Feathers, I want to meet
the Superior Man. I am humbly asking for your help and guidance...”
The Brilliant Bird then replied - “Follow the New Path. Move beyond
Aristotle’s Principle of Non-Contradiction.
Indeed, [Every-Thing Is] and [Every-Thing Is Not].
This is the Unveiled Truth. Behold! “
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He felt an eletrical wave of Energy heating his bod
his physical body. Accellerating. Light
There is No Positive.
There is The One.

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dy. He closed his eyes. Losing the perception of
t. Speed. Piercing the Veil of Illusion.
There is No Negative.
That is Many.

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“Wait, Where am I?” - the young Apprentice yelled while trying to find
his position in space and time. He lost all his personal coordinates.
He was frightned. As all the average men, he identifies himself with
his mind and body. Therefore, violating the mental Principle of Non-
Contradiction, he lost the little he knew about himself. But beyond the
mental logic, there’s another logic. Having moved beyond Aristotle’s
Principles, he discovered a New Land. The Supra-Mental Land.
He looked around, trying to familiarize with the immediate sur-
roundings. The Sun passing through an emerald bush of thick bam-
boo, a serpentine of stone steps designing a path into the Unknown .
“Follow the New Path. “- he repeated out loud and several times the
words of the Almighty Bird of Golden Feathers. Summoning up all his
courage he decided to follow that new and unknown path, hopefully
leading to the Superior Man.
Bearing in mind Lao-Tzu words - “A journey of a thousand miles begins
with a single step” - he started to walk into the mysterious bamboo bush.
He eventually arrived to a clearing in the bush, where he decided to
rest for a while. A dense network of bamboo, just like sacred pillars,
created an intricate yet perfect arboreal architecture. Staring at the
Sun, filtering thorugh the lush vegetation, he asked with a loud voice
” Who is the Superior Man?”

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Suddendly, a Voice echoed - “The Superior Man is Your-Self. Not your
ego, not your body nor your mind. The Superior Man is your Inner Core
Vibes, your Tribal Realities. It is time you meet the Samurai Warrior you
had been in your past life. It is time to know your real name. Behold!“

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Know ThySelf

Beyond the Cyber-Techs of Akihabara Denki Gai


Beyond the Bright Lights of Shinjuku City
In The Rice Paddies of Emerald
In The Sacred Red Hill of Uluru
I stood.
Sending a Voice to The Bird of Golden Feathers
Beyond Aristotle’s Non-Contradiction Principle
In a DreamTime State of Consciousness
I have been.
Activating My Tribal Realities
Accessing My Inner Core Vibes
Unleashing Unknown Powers
I Elevated My Being to Meet the Superior-Man.
My-Self.
Now, I Know My Name Is KATANA!

T r i b a l

トライバル リ
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My Name Is

R e
KATANA
a l i t i e s

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Le Soleil
Escape from Gorée Island
I am a prisoner in Gorée Island.
Backs against the wall, we are forced
inna narrow and dirty hole:
Maison des Esclaves, I am a slave here.
They want to exploit me.
They want to export me for their triangular trade.
They want me to pass through the
Door of No Return.
They gonna fail. For I am no ordinary man.
I am calling My Ancestors.
My Heart, The Beat of My Drum.
My Drum is calling Dem.
Dem.
Dem.
Dem.
Dem.

Prisoner. mixed media on cardboard (A3) , TRIBAL REALITIES Series, Marco Spada © 2010

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My Sweet Son, I Hear Your Pain.
The Beat of Your Heart
Is Chanting My Name.
I made an offering to the Sky.
I am gonna Cast a Spell.
As Father Sun rises over Mother Earth,
Jump on the Sun Shine Rays and Run.
Be Free!

The Ancestors gave him the Knowledge to see in


his Powers. He traced ancestral symbols and sa-
cred geometry patterns. He uttered words from an un-
known language, waiting for the dawn to come.
“I’ll come back and rescue all of you!” - he told his brothers in
pain.
The following day, the filthy traders came to get their precious
commodity of flesh, blood and bones. But they found nothing!
“Witchcraft! this is tribal witchcraft! “ - they screamed out
loud, crossing themselves, frightened by what they’ve seen:
an empty cell, without an escaped slave.
“He just disappeared!” - rumors spreading like infections in the
House of Slaves - “Hahaha! He left the chains and the big iron
ball for them to see his Powers!!”
Higher in the Sky, Father Sun was shining.
His Son was finally Free.
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Cariatide Congo. mixed media on cardboard (A3) , TRIBAL REALITIES Series,
Marco Spada © 2010
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LE SOLEIL!
“The Sun rises over the Earth:
The image of PROGRESS.
Thus the Superior Man Himself
Brightens His Bright Virtue. “
Hence, I Beat My Drum to Liberate All My Brothers.
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Resolucion Indigena
AKNOWLEDGEMENT
“We are killing Our Mother Earth” - driving his car through the grey sub-urban
sprawl - “and we are pretty good at it. “
Actually, how is it it possible to create a sophisticated yet fragile global sys-
tem of production, generating infinite junk no one knows how to get rid of?
“This man-made house of cards is gonna fall real soon” - he con-
cluded, drumming on the steering wheel - ”You know what?
I am tired of all this. I wanna go home”. Pedal to the metal.

JUMPING
Back home. Centered in the complex patterns of arabesque flowers on the
carpet, lying on the floor, he felt asleep. Dreaming...
“Jump into the rainfall. Jump!” - a soft and Power-full Voice said.
His rational side, altered and alerted, warned his senses, anticipating the
vision of his physical body smashed to the ground. Frames of Life danc-
ing in front of his Consciousness just like a Bollywood movie. But the Voice
in the Heart of the Apprentice, calmly, repeated - “Jump. Jump, Now!”
He jumped.

RE-GENERATION
Floating in mild water. Re-generation.
“Where...” - astonished, staring at a huge Dome, carved in the under-
grounds of Mother Earth, yet bright and shining like Father Sun. The
cave was one giant Dome, opening into the bright light above.
Luminescent waters filled the whole space.
“I feel relieved, finally...” - floating in Peace. Bliss-full Peace. - “ it is like I finally
got rid of a cluncky armour.”
The Apprentice realized his New State of Being, while giving away some last
rounds of sub-optimal patterns of thoughts and negative feelings. Liberation
is floating in Bliss. Floating in this awareness, he realized other Beings were
floating in their cocoon of Bliss-full Peace. Liberation.
“You can stay as long as you want. It is your time for Re-Gen-
eration” - the Voice in his Heart, spoke again. Floating in Love,
wrapped in a shell of Light Vibes, the Apprentice Shaman stood.
Silence.
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AWAKENING
He woke up.
Free as a Bird and ready to fly. High.
“How long did I sleep?” - he wonderd - “ I really needed some solid sleep, I guess”. Sit-
ting on the bed, staring at the wooden beams joints of the ceiling. It was an ancient
Italian casale, dating back to the XVI century: stone-made thick walls, wooden beams
and cotto pavements. Local people called that tall country house “La Torre”, the Tower.
“Time to get out of bed, uh?” - barefoot and naked, he went down stairs. It was very
early for the Sun was just starting to manifest his presence. A subtle beam of light
was coming inside the house, piercing a little windowpane hanging on the wall.

PULLING THE DIDJERIDOO


He pulled the didjeridoo. A didjeridoo is just a hollowed trunk of tree. Simple as that. You
breath in to generate a low, buzzing drone sound. It sounds funny, but, as a matter of fact,
it is a high technology device from an ancestral civilization. Actually, If you got the proper
Wisdom and Knowledge, the didjeridoo is a sophisticated Low-Frequency Oscillator (LFO)
launching your consciousness beyond the physical-mental worlds. Beyond. And this “Be-
yond” is called “Dream Time”. Indeed, Aboriginal people from Australia use this ultimate
device in their sacred ceremonies. Simply put, didjeridoo is a bridge towards DreamTime.
His lips wrapped around the beeswax of the mouthpiece. Deeply inspiring, hold-
ing for an undefinable amount of time, then he let go a powerful sequence of drones.
Searching for the right frequency. “Try and try again, until your Heart knows” - the Shaman
told him. He went on and on like this for a while in the silence of the coming morning.
“Gotcha” - he thought then started to follow the endless cycle of what is called “circular
breathing”. Now, he was locked into the right frequency to start the journey. Didjeridoo
vibes were one of his favourite ways to access the DreamTime State of Consciousness (DTSC).
Pulling.
Pulling.
Pulling.
The didj vibes shaking his whole being. Awakening the Serpent of Light. From the
darkness of his mental screen, the vision of the Dome emerged. Again. He shivered.
“Wake ‘em up!”
“Wake ‘em up!”
“Wake ‘em up!”
The Heart of the Apprentice Shaman was singing out loud. “Yeah, I guess now
it’s time to wake’em up!” The DTSC Dome pulsating with Vibrant Light. Bril-
liant cocoons slowly levitated towards the center of the Dome. Following
thin and shining light-wires, each and every cocoon found its way up above.
“They are waking up.” - he shivered - “my music is waking up their consciousness”.
Indeed, They are waking up. And if you are reading this...You Are One of Them...
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<<THE “WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW” WOULD SHOW THE PEOPLES THAT THIS “ANCIENT
BEING” (THE GREAT SPIRIT), IS FULL OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING, AND TEACH THEM
HOW TO MAKE THE EARTH (ELOHI) BEAUTIFUL AGAIN. THESE WARRIORS WOULD GIVE
THE PEOPLE PRINCIPLES OR RULES TO FOLLOW TO MAKE THEIR PATH RIGHT WITH THE
WORLD. THESE PRINCIPLES WOULD BE THOSE OF THE ANCIENT TRIBES. THE WARRIORS
OF THE RAINBOW WOULD TEACH THE PEOPLE OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICES OF UNITY,
LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.>>

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<< SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE,
THE INDIANS SAID,
THE ANIMALS WOULD BEGIN TO DISAPPEAR.
PEOPLE WOULD NO LONGER SEE THE WOLF,
OR THE BEAR, OR THE EAGLES.
AND, THE STORY GOES, THE GIANT TREES
WOULD ALSO DISAPPEAR.
AND PEOPLE WOULD FIGHT WITH EACH
OTHER AND NOT LOVE EACH OTHER.
AND, THE STORY GOES, THE BEAUTIFUL
RAINBOW IN THE SKY WOULD
FADE AWAY, AND PEOPLE WOULD NOT
SEE THE RAINBOW ANYMORE.
WELL, CHILDREN WOULD COME.
AND THESE CHILDREN WOULD LOVE THE
ANIMALS, AND THEY WOULD BRING
BACK THE ANIMALS.
THEY WOULD LOVE TREES, AND THEY
WOULD BRING BACK THE GIANT TREES.
AND THESE CHILDREN WOULD LOVE OTHER
PEOPLE AND THEY WOULD
HELP PEOPLE TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH,
EACH OTHER.
AND THESE CHILDREN WOULD LOVE THE
RAINBOW, AND THEY WOULD BRING
BACK THE BEAUTIFUL
RAINBOW IN THE SKY.
FOR THIS REASON THE INDIANS CALLED
THESE CHILDREN THE RAINBOW WARRIORS.>>

Guerreiros do Arco-Iris
Old Native American Prophecy

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XMAS DAY

IN SIERRA LEONE
Sometimes I am a Lion relaxing under the sun.
Sometimes I am a Japanese Samurai turned into an Apprentice Shaman
Other times I am a Captive Slave dissolved into Sun Shine Rays
Some Other Times I am just a Kid from Kroo Bay,
the slum shantytown in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
All the Time, I am a Story-teller.
I am Free even when my country is not.
I am a Griot.
Temne, Mende and Krio languages
Listen to the Vibes of My Xmas Day Tale...

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Marco Spada
shaman/artist/Editor/producer

artist’s statement
I am a Shaman, painting Visions. Leveraging the Powers of word_mu-
sic_video_art, I guide Rare Souls to their own destinations. Are You One
of Them? Beyond the reductionist-cartesian paradigm, I create Spaces of
Trascendence giving voice to Human Being’s pristine desire: going beyod
the physical body, towards Higher Levels of Consciousness. I explore trans-
personal dynamics, depict enlightning experiences, taking part into the Vi-
brant Dance of the Universe: the Simultaneous and Multiple Unity. My Art
is Magic, because it mediates between the Natural and the SuperNatural...
Are You Ready for some Magic in Your Life?
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,-

I Dedicate this Special Edition to Sai Baba, My Beloved Guru. OM Jay Sai Ram!
TRIBAL REALITES, raising consciousness since January 2008, is an underground visual magazine,
creatively blending Ancestral Knowledge with 21st Century Culture.
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As the Editor, I am inna Perpetual Beta State, always open to original,
pristine and visionary contributions. If you would like to contribute to TRIBAL REAL-
ITIES just email me and I will get back to you. Want an Ad inserted in TR magazine?
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Everything designed/painted/edited/produced/post-produced by Marco Spada
COPYRIGHT © MARCO SPADA 2010

Much Love To Those who have spread the


word, contributed to, and simply enjoyed
Tribal Realities.Blessings!
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