First Time Around: East Asia (2008)

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]

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

  1. 挽歌为长江豚 (Elegy for the Yangtze River Dolphins) 01:22

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!

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First Time Around: East Asia (2008)