s w e e t b e a t s
july.29.2002 - #1012
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artist : Asa-Chang & Junray
album : Jun Ray Song Chang
year : 2002
label : Leaf
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : BAY22CD
url : www.posteverything.com/leaf
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Hana 06:43
02.Preach 04:06
03.Kobana 04:31
04.Nigatsu 05:47
05.Goo-Gung-Gung 02:04
06.Kutsu #2 01:01
07.Jippun 09:33
08.Kokoni Sachiari 03:24
09.Tabla Bol (Catastrophe) 02:25
10.Radio-No-Youni (Comme A La Radio) 06:30
11.Kutsu 02:03
11 tracks | 48:07 mins | 66,2 MB
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Asa-ChangÆs music is wildly exotic, playful and lovingly crafted by
human hands, and should be approached with an open mind. We doubt
youÆve ever heard anything quite like this before...
A heady brew of Eastern percussion, babelogues of spoken word,
horns, toys, flute, mandolin and an analogue synthesiser drum,
which together resonates like a struck bell, oscillates wildly
between breathtaking futurism and timeless spirituality, and bucks
like a wild horse. IsnÆt it about time we heard something this
fresh?s
Asa-Chang & Junray is about the friction between self-taught
tabla-bongo guru Asa-Chang (who spends his professional life as a
touring percussionist with multi-million-selling J-pop acts), and
traditionally instructed tabla master U-Zhaan. Programmer Hidehiko
Urayama never appears onstage, but his presence is felt through the
sound system machine, Junreitronics.
"We respect the Indian tradition but wanted to offer something
back, something different, something that even Indians couldnÆt
do," Asa-Chang explains. "ThatÆs how we developed the
tabla-over-spoken-word style."
A method exemplified by the stunning æHanaÆ (Japanese for æflowerÆ)
which has picked up an enviable cult following (including John
Peel). A bolt from the blue of intense, hallucinogenic sounds, itÆs
one of those tracks you hear once and will never forget. Listen
more closely and let its tender beauty reveal itself. As Asa-Chang
says, "The technique of layering tabla over voice, we found, could
really accent emotions. So we actually think of æHanaÆ as a love
ballad."
Jun Ray Song Chang compiles all of Asa-ChangÆs Japanese releases to
date. --posteverything.com
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