: Initially the important thing was Raying Temple, the venue. It attracted musicians from all over the country. Everyone had their own preferences in music. In order to make it easier for us all to play together, to make communication easier, we came up with the name "Raying Psychedelic" to unify everyone. The lineup of the band has never been fixed. The structure is pretty free, our activities are pretty slow.

: The easy way to explain it: NOJIJI is an independent record label, with an emphasis on producing physical albums and other objects. Raying Temple was a code name for a club. It gradually turned into a call to gather, a bridge connecting the real world with other worlds. ONG and Raying Psychedelic Coalition are both bands. In the early days, there were so many musicians gathering at Raying Temple that eventually the chaos settled into these different projects. ONG is more about preserving the original, primitive state. It has sound, but also dance, and other ceremonial features. Raying Psychedelic Coalition, on the other hand, is primarily concerned with constructing a psychedelic world. ONG in Qingdao, 2010

: Raying Psychedelic is a part of life in Raying Temple, an orchestra seeking the cosmic psychedelic soul. Everyone involved looks for the sound of the abyss, is trying to connect with an alternate universe or dimension. It's about creating a parallel reality according to our own order of existence, breathing in a different room. Raying Psychedelic Coailition is also known as the Raying Psychedelic Community.

: The lineup for this show will include members of private firms, bartenders, idle wayfarers, internet merchants, bewildered youth, etc. The specific lineup is only known at the moment of the show. Raying Psychedelic doesn't need to be fixed. Our communication through music is based on the mutual cognition of our inner worlds.

: Raying Temple was born in Beijing. It went through countless periods of nutritional feeding and growth. Now those members don't adhere to one place. They're like seeds, freely scattered in the wind, blooming in all parts of the country, searching for truth. Currently, the crew doing Raying Temple events is spread among Tongzhou, Changchun, Shandong, and other places. It's like a battle fought by bacteria, small but everywhere. In this lovely era of intense chaos and conflict, you need to breed more bacteria of profound meaning.

: There's not a distinction in essence between all these projects. It's the shadow cast by life.

: After they tore down the venue, it felt like a liberation of our souls. It also seemed like we lost a part of our lives. It plunged us back into the initial stages of being rootless sound nomads. The first time the Floating Raying Temple left Beijing we headed West, along the Yellow River and among the Yin mountains. We crossed the Ordos desert, eventually arriving in the Helan mountains. Then we went South, went through Lanzhou, penetrated the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, ending in Zoigê County in Sichuan. Then we struck east along the Bailong river, passed through the vast expanses of Tibetan mountains and grasslands. From Têwo County we left the mountains and headed to Chencang, arriving in Tianshui, then back to the central plains. We spent time at lakes, mountain ranges, forests, office buildings, bookstores, music festivals, etc. At all of these places we did experimental jams and played shows.

: Vibration is our work. When you spend time building on sound vibrations that could be considered to belong to other people or places, they will also respond back to you. One time, in the mountains in Tibet, I was making a series of sound projects. I inadvertently discovered a bird in the forest making sounds on the same frequency, having a dialogue, moving together. It was really mystical. In general, after driving through deserts, plains, valleys, and alongside rivers, my knowledge of China's geography became more three-dimensional. Afterwards I felt that China is actually very small… whichever mountain obstructing whichever stream. Wherever the wind blows, it gives birth to barren deserts, to oasis. It creates every kind of land form. Floating Raying Temple at Wutai Mountain (photo by Meizhiyong)

: Because we all love music, we organize a few events meant to escape the normal way of doing live music shows. Last year's performance collected all kinds of people, it was successful. The performances lasted until the maritime dawn of the second day. Very late at night, the waves on the sea and the slow-moving music on the stage accompanied the lovely audience. It was certainly very romantic. Raying Psychedelic Coalition at the Utopia Action festival, 2013

: We unconsciously reached ten years. From the beginning until now, NOJII has always been there, never wavered. Starting from the structure and tools of Western music, we've gradually returned to a more natural awareness, our own way, looking inward. Before we were looking for and trying to display new sounds; now we've returned to seeking the depth and sustainability of every kind of sound. NOJIJI is a ritual practice. We'll release a NOJIJI 10th anniversary box set and a DVD. Hopefully you'll see that soon.

: I remember my first time performing with him very deeply. It was like a lesson for young acolytes coming from deep within an abyss. It must have been at [now defunct experimental music series] Waterland Kwanyin in 2006. It was like a flash of sudden enlightenment. Kawabata Makoto and Yangyang at Psychic Kong studio (photo by Lulu Chow)

: That's right. At the time we collaborated on a recording, I think it was about six people playing together. The recording is already in the later stages of editing. It will be released on vinyl by Genjing Records in the not-too-distant future.

: I've already tried to define myself… I realized that I actually don't exist. Let's look for ourselves together. *** Catch the Raying Psychedelic Coalition after an opening set from Vagus Nerve tonight at XP. Top and cover image by Nevin Domer.