This is an ethnomusicological album of pieces made from sound recordings, during visits to six different countries in Asia during 2007-2008, The sounds are edited into sonic short stories.
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Credits
- Dave Black – field recordings, laptop, gayageum loops, clarinet, acoustic bass, guay, readings
- Cylvi M – tangso, shakuhachi, golden egg, singing bowl, readings & rubbings
![First time around [South Korea]](https://fiffdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/first-time-around-south-korea.jpg)
About
During, and immediately after, a year and a half living in
South Korea 대한민국,
(teaching English for a living, and to fund further travels – see First Time Around: South Korea),
we travelled to:
China 中国
8. 请介意你的脚步 (Please Mind Your Step) 01:33
Japan 日本
2. Cylvi M – シルビエム在佛的脚在京都 (at Buddha’s Foot, Kyoto) 02:16
Thailand ประเทศไทย
| 3. | ระดับที่สามพระอารามหลวง (3rd Grade Royal Temple) 04:04 |
| 4. | เชียงใหม่ร้านรัฐบาล (Chiang Mai government shop) 02:35 |
| 5. | หมู่บ้านกะเหรี่ยง (The Karen Village) 04:10 |
Vietnam Việt Nam
| 6. | Việt Nam chào buổi tối (Good Evening Vietnam) 02:25 |
| 7. | núi và rất cây (Mountain and Very Tree) 04:43 |
Mongolia Монгол улс
| 9. | Монголын хувьсгалт нам ((It’s a) Mongolian Revolutionary Party) 02:33 |
| 10. | ханаду ямаа (Goats in Xanadu) 03:32 |
감사합니다 – ありがとうございました – 谢谢 – ขอขอบคุณคุณ – cảm ơn bạn – Баярлалаа!
As (south)westerners living in Asia, we had our minds blown all over again by new and fascinating forms of music.
Thanks to numerous musicians – impossible to credit everyone, but thank you for opening our ears & minds to Asian sounds and allowing us to pass safely through your lands. Our world has been much larger ever since.
Further listening
First Time Around: East to West
A forthcoming sequel to this album was planned, to cover the second half of the journey, across Russia and southern Europe… currently an unfinished work-in-progress.
ネオン列車の風景 Neon Train Landscapes
Recorded during my second stint living in Asia: Japanese psychedelic rock made by kiwi expats Dave Black & Nat da Hatt (2011-2012)
Fame & Oblivion: 2005-2012
A compilation of tracks from these years, which puts the Asian recordings into a wider context of artistic evolution.
Made in New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, Thailand, Mongolia, and Japan, by Dave Black; featuring Ascension Band, The Winter, Nat da Hatt, Wellington’s Most Famous Orchestra, and Cylvi M.
“Experimental and avant-garde…. There is a clear passion, and a commitment to pushing the boundaries… This will challenge your perceptions of what constitutes music and open the mind to new possibilities of sounds that surround us – muzic.nz“
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