He Xuntian: Tianlai (MP3 download)

by lawrence

A number of my musician friends have asked about the Chinese composer He Xuntian 何训田. Many are aware of his experimental early works but have had no luck trying to find them. As far as I know, the only released piece of those early works is Tianlai 天籁 (the sound of nature), which was included in a now-hard-to-find compilation CD of ‘young Chinese composers’. I lost my copy of this CD but came across an MP3 file of it in my friend’s hard drive today. It was ripped by yours truly, from whom my friend downloaded via Soulseek years ago in the pre-Web2.0 days. Now here it is for all of you who are interested in He’s (pronounced ‘her’) music other than Paramita 波罗密多, Voices from the Sky 央金玛 and Sister Drum 阿姐鼓.

Click here to download.




Karkowski - Uexkull

by lawrence

I suppose everybody already knows this, if not, it’s available in AIFF and 320k bps MP3 here.




v.a. - Music for Shopping Mall

by lawrence

A CD release (Kwanyin Records) of the soundtrack for Shopping Pleasure 购物乐, a work by British architect Celine Condorelli (of Support Structure) and Chinese architect Wang Hui 王晖 (who is responsible for the re-planning of the 798 art zone) for Get It Louder ‘07. Sleeve designed by Condorelli, Music by 718, Zafka, Yan Jun and Erik Satie - whose work’s copyright has expired. According to the sleeve notes, the CD is intended to be played as background music and will be sold during the Get It Louder exhibition.




Peter Brötzmann in Shanghai

by lawrence

Time: 20:00, June 23, 2007
Venue: Zendai MoMA (199 - 28 Fangdian Rd., Pudong, Shanghai. Near)
Entrance: 80 yuan/50 yuan for student (one drink included)

Please make reservation through Michelle: 139 1835 3967

This is actually a trio of Brötzmann, drummer Michael Wertmüller and Chinese instrumentalist Xu Fengxia 徐凤霞. The show is made possible by Sun Mengjin 孙孟晋.




RYC Project

by lawrence

Zafka’s project for Get It Louder ‘07. Seven participants - not all of them musicians - will be working with him on mapping the SOHO Shangdu neighbourhood with sound, photo, video and text. The field recordings made by the crew will be incorporated into Google Maps. RYC stands for ‘reinvent your city’. They also write a group blog called ‘Floating Soundscapes‘. (In Chinese.)




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