Old Gods of Appalachia

Meet Our Cousins: Don't Mind

Old Gods of Appalachia

Show Notes

We may be on hiatus, but our friends at Fool & Scholar are not, family, and today we're pleased to bring you the first episode of Don't Mind: Riku Cave.

Don't Mind returns… as Yamashita Rindo begins her new job in the mountains near Chino, Japan. There, her team is prepared to document a recent archaeological site discovered after a seismic event uncovered a cave and Dogū pulled from the long dark. Find more on the podcast feed for “Don’t Mind” by Fool and Scholar Productions.

Credits: Written and Created by K. A. Statz Produced & Directed, with Editing, and Sound Design by Travis Vengroff Co-Directed with Dialogue Editing by Rikke Rømer Edited with Sound Design, Mixing, & Mastering by Finnur Nielsen Executive Producers Carol Vengroff, AJ Punk'n, & Maico Villegas Cultural Consulting by Yuzu Natsumi, the Togariishi Museum of Jomon Archaeology, the Idojiri Museum of Archaeology Casting Assistance by Voice Talent Online & Lewis Alpheus Gordon, Rain, Maddy Unabia, and Emma Pisarek of G-angle Co., Ltd. Recording Studio (Tokyo Unit) – G-angle Ebisu Studios Project Manager (Tokyo Unit) – Michaela Kane Script Editing by W. K. Statz & Travis Vengroff Studio Engineering by Greg Rubin of Marc Graue Studios, Ryota Homma of G-angle Co., Ltd., Yoshi of Koala Studios Brown-eared Bulbul Recordings by Ding Li Yong Distributed by SpectreVision Radio Cast: (First Name in Bold) Yamashita Rindo – Erika Ishii Nosaku Shin – Daisuke Tsuji Hosomi Yuuna – Alpha Takahashi Kimura Kaito – Alexander Kita Suda Akira – Yuji Okumoto Honma Keiko – Mariko Baika Ōya-san Nosaku Toshio – Ken Raye Yamashita Yumiko – Mami Kimura

Music: “Enigma” (The Riku Cave Soundtrack) – Written by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged, Produced, & Mixed with Performances by Steven Melin. Remixed & Edited by Travis Vengroff. Final mix by Finnur Nielsen. Budapest Strings by Musiversal’s Budapest Symphony Orchestra, with Conductor Ábel Tompa, & Recording Engineer Gergő Láposi. Shamisen by Yuzu Natsumi, Flute by Samuel da Silva, Violin by Kimberly Durflinger, & Glockenspiel by Travis Vengroff Additional Wind Instruments by Finnur Neilsen

Cover Art by Abigail Spence Dogū design by Dan Chudzinski Final Logo and Lettering by K.A. Statz

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