Words carry afterglow
Silence keeps the truth
Explain too much and beauty
Slips away from you
Yosemite lies open
The canyon breathes so wide
I keep moving like water
With nowhere left to hide
The act of reading
Is the act of flight
Not only understanding
But breaking into light
Legend
Still burning through the dark
A fallen star from heaven
Still protecting every spark
Legend
Carrying what words
Were never made to hold
Leaving traces in the places
Where the wandering wind goes
Rajasthan remembers
The language of the sand
Blue prayers glow in Ravenna
Like ghosts across the land
Moonlight floods Ragusa
Ancient shadows breathe
In Lahore sleeping civilizations
Still whisper underneath
Rastafari rhythm
Moving through my veins
I searched the word for "love"
But nothing could explain
One spoke only longing
One burned only desire
The feeling touched the human chest
Before the word caught fire
Conscience is the lantern
When the road turns black
We never shout "renaissance"
We read — and leave our tracks
Something always watching
Between the yes and no
Still we carry fragments
Of mercy as we go
Legend
This is not the end
Every road we travel
Becomes a road again
Legend
Every time we read
A new world rises slowly
From the memories we keep
Levoča
Lisbon
Ryōan-ji
A silence wide enough
To hold what cannot speak
Turn another page
The journey never sleeps
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Modern Renaissance
kneeking Records
Kneeking Records presents Modern Renaissance, a roots reggae-inspired work that blends language, world heritage, philosophy, history, and the spirit of reggae into a journey of rebirth through knowledge and human sensitivity.
Words discovered through the pages of a dictionary afterglow, reading, conscience, and history become pathways leading to Yosemite, Ravenna, Lahore, and Ryōan-ji, unfolding a quiet journey across the world.
"Explain too much, and beauty slips away."
Reading is more than gaining knowledge.
It is an act of opening the future and creating new worlds.
A story for a new era where ancient and modern, words and music, spirit and civilization meet.
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kneeking Records
Kneeking Records is a label that expresses the journey through dictionaries in music. Founded by Yoshihiro Sato, a calligrapher, dictionary traveler, and former world kickboxing champion. Since 2013, he has read, written, and shared words almost every day. In 2025, he began transforming these works into music. The journey continues to grow. The sound spans reggae, j-pop, r&b, soul, house, gospel, funk, ska, and sometimes punk rock. It values the rhythm of language and creates music that feels natural and refined. Each piece is inspired by calligraphy and shaped into sound.
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