GNO Top 10 series - CHIANG Liwei

by lawrence

CHIANG Liwei (Wei) is a sound artist based in Taipei. He was educated in New York as a design major before launching the label Recorderz (see GNO’s post about it) back home with some friends. Currently, Wei lives and works in Taipei.

Wei’s entry at Chinese New Ear is here.

CHIANG LIWEI’s TOP TEN

# Aphex Twin - Richard D. James / Come to Daddy

My first encounter with electronic music. Also, the last two great albums from Aphex Twin.

# Autechre - Gantz Graf

Crazy ass shit! Always advancing their sound. It’s funny that some music critics in Taiwan think they are getting out of hand with their music. Let me tell you something, they are the best in the business!

# Shakti - A Handful of Beauty

This is just beautiful music.

# Laetitia Sonami - Live @ Sounding Taipei 2004

I can’t forget the goose bump she gave me when I first saw her performing live in Taipei. Poetic and powerful. I am glad that I got to see her perfoming live in this life time.

# Tabla Beat Science - Tala Matrix

Percussion at its best.

# Digable Planet - Blow Out Comb

This is the best hip hop album I’ve heard so far. Too bad that all of the members are doing some shit music now.

# Santana, John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender

This is the kind of music that you can cry to.

# Terje Rypdal - Chaser

This is rock n roll! I also got to see him live in New York. An experience that I will never forget.

# Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert

# Christian Zanesi - Le Paradoxe De La Femme Poisson

(GNO Top 10 series invites Chinese sound artists/experimental musicians to list music/albums that are either their personal favorites or have crucial influence on them as artists. By doing this, we try to present the Chinese aural art scene in the context of the global music ecology.)




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