Introducing The Visitors Gaiden series. Gaiden is a Japanese-language word meaning "side story" or "tale". These are short anecdotal recordings that will be released in between the longer Transmission series. Each Gaiden will feature specially curated music and play on the themes of the previous Transmission episode. .............................................................................................................................. Gaiden 001 - ST.GIGA - Narration by Marshall Mclhuan Info: St.GIGA (セント・ギガ Sento.GIGA) was a satellite radio company, using the BS network to broadcast digital radio via direct broadcast satellite. And on the 30th November 1990, St.GIGA became the world's first Satellite Digital Audio Broadcast Corporation. Under Hiroshi Yokoi's direction, the St.GIGA station motto became "I'm here. — I'm glad you're there.  St.GIGA's broadcasts initially followed no artificial timetable, rather they were based upon the cyclical motif of a 24-hour tide table, where broadcast themes were roughly matched to the current tidal cycle throughout a 24-hour broadcasting period. The station broadcast a variety of primarily ambient music programs including Music Tide (音楽潮流 Ongaku Chouryuu), various jazz programsド・テーブル Taido . Teburu) (featuring live sound-broadcasts of the ocean shore). The beginnings and ends of programs were not clearly demarcated and instead utilised the unprecedented "Tide of Sound" (音の潮流 Oto no Chouryuu) method where songs of one genre would gradually flow into and intersperse with the songs from the prior genre until the new genre became predominant. This was said to have been done in order to allow the listener to relax in a wave of sound "like a baby sleeps in the womb." Often there would be spoken word narration by an actor as the "Voice." The part of the "Voice" would be played by a number of notable Japanese poets including Ryo Michiko among others.Voice" performances often consisted of all new poetry composed specifically for the show. (source Wikipedia) Narration: An excerpt from a TV interview given by Marshall Mclhuan, discussing the idea “The medium is the massage” Lecture recorded by ABC Radio National Network on 27 June 1979 in Australia. Tracklist: All the tracks have been sourced online from the original ST.GIGA broadcasts - Sunday Love Sanctuary, dated 1995.03.26.