Jason's not even sure where the term came from. He had heard it somewhere, liked how it sounded, so used it for the music he had just recorded. Then he started looking for its meaning. This was years before the advent of the Internet, so research was done at libraries and by talking to various people he knew. No matter how hard he searched, he could find no references to Etesian Wind.
Steve, Jason's co-worker, brought a philosophy book to work on Wednesday, August 21, 1996. The name of the book was "An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science." It did not seem of much interest to Jason until Steve turned to page 27. There, in black and white, was the answer that Jason had been searching for for years. A reference to Etesian Wind...
The last paragraph on the page reads:
"...if the Etesian Winds produced the effect, the other rivers which flow in a direction opposite to those winds ought to present the same phenomenon as the Nile, and the more so as they are all smaller streams and have a weaker current. But those rivers, of which there are many both in Syria and Libya, are entirely unlike the Nile in this respect."
It still wasn't real clear, but Jason finally had some idea what the Etesian Winds were. For further reading on Etesian Winds, you can click here for a Google result that will tell you more than you will ever want to know about the subject.
Today these photocopies of that philosophy book are locked away in the Solved Mysteries Wing of the Metal XOR Studio Museum.
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