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░▓███░ marco polo cecere - asian voyage - the road to China
░███▓░ (New grovves from the oriental world)
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▓███░ ArTiSt:... marco polo cecere
░███▓ AlBuM:.... asian voyage - the road to china
░▓███░ Source:... cdda
░▓██▓░ Type:..... album
░▓███░ Ripper:... Spaun
░▓███▓ Supplier:. uami
▓████░ Genre:.... house
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░████▓░ Date:........ 02/09/2003
▓████░ Streetdate:.. 00/00/0000
░████▓░ Year:........ 2003
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░▓███▓░ Grabber:...... eac
░▓███▓ Encoder:...... lame
░████░ Quality:...... 192kbps / 44,1kHz / full stereo
░████▓░ Size:......... 87,4 MB
░▓█████░ Tracks:....... 11
░▓██████▓░ Playtime:..... 63:36 min
░▓████████▓░ Company:...... Universal / 018 728-2
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░█████▓ Tracklist
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▓████▓ 01.asian fable [05:28]
▓████▓ 02.the escape [05:31]
▓████▓ 03.funk in the house [06:15]
▓████▓ 04.talk about [05:41]
▓████▓ 05.the journey (vocal mix) [05:46]
▓████▓ 06.come to me (vocal mix) [06:38]
▓████▓ 07.jungle party [06:18]
▓████▓ 08.the journey [05:44]
▓████▓ 09.come to me [05:42]
▓████▓ 10.funk in the house (radio edit) [05:10]
▓████▓ 11.asian fable (dance mix) [05:23]
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░████▓ 63:36 min ▓████░ 63:36 min
░████▓░ 87,4 MB
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░▓█████░ Release Notes
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▓████ From the production of the Beijing Opera,
▓████ with its tales of character suspended
▓████ between myth and daily life, to the sinewy
▓████ and fascinating moves of the Shaolin
▓████ monks, the China of our musical imaginary
▓████ burts into hi-fi music room with exotic
▓████ passion.
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▓████ A world that we thought so distant
▓████ suddenly seduces our distracted Western
▓████ ears beyond repair.
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▓████ Be it Wu Tang Clan's most intransigent
▓████ brew of hip-hop(itsel inspired by the
▓████ contemplative silence of Shaolin
▓████ monasteries), the soundtracks that have
▓████ achieved cult status, such as "the Last
▓████ Emperor", blessed with the irresistible
▓████ flute melodies of composer Guo Yue, or the
▓████ musical experimentation of Peter Gabriel's
▓████ Real World(with the Guo Borthers),the once
▓████ impenetrable Orient is now influencing a
▓████ large part of the sounds that sorround us.
▓████ Even those generated in the most creative
▓████ dance environments:as in the case with
▓████ "Asian Voyage" by Marco "Polo" Cecere.
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▓████ An initiary journey, an outing that
▓████ strikes a perfect balance between
▓████ technological excellence and roots,
▓████ between hedonism and experimentation.
▓████ That is, in turn,a perfect representation
▓████ of contemporary China.
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▓████ The China of remote village where folklore
▓████ melds with the marches of the Army of the
▓████ People's Republic, but also the glittery
▓████ and at time outrageous China of Shangai.
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▓████ The most exclusive clubs,the most
▓████ experimental sounds,combined with an
▓████ exasperated cult of tradition.
▓████ Thus "Asian Voyage" becomes the point of
▓████ departure for a journey through the
▓████ immensely rich musical heritage of huge
▓████ country,where the distance between the
▓████ cities and the rural countryside appears
▓████ to be ever more unbridgeable.And where the
▓████ very concept of "fusion" is an integral
▓████ part not only of the present,but also of
▓████ the past.
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▓████ The mind goes back to the magnificent
▓████ experience of Cantones music between the
▓████ 20's and 30's,following the decline of the
▓████ Ming dynasty, the last line of empereors.
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▓████ World Music in the most modern sense of
▓████ the world.A perfect blend of tradition and
▓████ musical elements,imported from the West,
▓████ most notably jazz(itsel born from a fusion
▓████ of genres),that spawned the great hits of
▓████ the period,78 rev.viyl records that could
▓████ be found around the world, such as those
▓████ by violinist Yi Zizhong, still astounding
▓████ for for the degree to which the
▓████ experimental combination and collision of
▓████ opposing hemispheres was pursued.
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▓████ Much the same process is taking place
▓████ today,thanks to experimental electronic
▓████ music research, that sees th "club
▓████ culture" rediscovering precious ethnic
▓████ elements hitherto relegated to dusty and
▓████ hidden bookselves, and offering them to a
▓████ young and music hungry public.
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▓████ Music that was already considerated
▓████ dangerous at the time, a health
▓████ hazard,"pornografic" even,synonymous with
▓████ the deterioration of society, not in line
▓████ with the strict observance and
▓████ conservation of "the people's"behaviour
▓████ and sounds.
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▓████ Very little has survived the Cultural
▓████ Revolution's homologation process, and
▓████ only recently, with the economic
▓████ liberalisation of the late 80's,has
▓████ interest in the autenticity of the Chinese
▓████ sounds reawakened.And with it,the desire
▓████ to rediscover forgotten treasures:That
▓████ today are present in cutting edge music
▓████ genres,such a form of rock that
▓████ incorporates elements of Xibei Feng, the
▓████ music of the North West of the country, or
▓████ some film scores,among which the
▓████ soundtrack of Zhang Zeming movie"Swang
▓████ Song",that tells of the diffcult
▓████ relationshi between an old Cantonese
▓████ musician and his son,who rejects
▓████ traditional folk music.
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▓████ Today it is still possible to listen to
▓████ traditional Chines music in the
▓████ villages,especially on occasion of
▓████ weddings and funerals,or among the remains
▓████ of the Buddhist shrines(mostly located in
▓████ the South of the country)that survived
▓████ Mao's rule.
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▓████ This is music written to accompany the
▓████ gestures of deeply religious
▓████ rituality,underlined by the sounds of wind
▓████ instruments,primarily fuletes and oboes,
▓████ and by the hypnotic rhythms of
▓████ percussion,that act as a counterpoint to
▓████ the ecstatic pulse provided by long
▓████ horns(also the main instrument in tibetan
▓████ music)
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▓████ Now the trading of experiences between the
▓████ monasteries and ethnic music researchers
▓████ is at last a strong reality.The students
▓████ and faculty of the Beijing Conservatorium
▓████ have conducted a passionate and in-depth
▓████ study of the music played by the monks of
▓████ their city's Zhihua shrine,subsequently
▓████ ofering their rendition of it(together
▓████ with monks) in a memorabile concert.
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▓████ And the same can be said for man of the
▓████ seemingly most inaccessible traditions,
▓████ that are now opening up the world.
▓████ As has always been the case in Shangai,
▓████ the Chinese city where the coexistence of
▓████ the country's two souls is apparent in no
▓████ uncertain terms.
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▓████ Here the afternoon tea rituals is still
▓████ very much alive.And the beautiful tea
▓████ house are the meeting point for old
▓████ musicians with fuletes,violins and
▓████ banjos,who gather around tables set out
▓████ with pots of steaming tea:Not professional
▓████ musicians but old keepers of the ethnic
▓████ music faith,who struggle to survive the
▓████ fastpaced modernisation their famous
▓████ city,symbols of China's evolutions, is
▓████ experiencing.
▓████ When the tea houses close,the night life
▓████ in Shangai reveals itself to be much
▓████ richer and exciting than that of any of
▓████ the Western World'major cities.
▓████ Clubs such as the DKD,the Judy
▓████ Too,D.D's(the first of chain of clubs,now
▓████ open also in Beijin)offers the most
▓████ intense"club culture"experience
▓████ possible,based on amix of techno and house
▓████ ,with "Fashion Victims"that follow the
▓████ indications and creations of avant-garde
▓████ stylists and designers.
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▓████ No contraddiction with the past:To the
▓████ contrary,the nighty cub crewls always
▓████ start in the tea house(the most renowned
▓████ is called Sophia)
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▓████ A cohabitation of cultures that Marco
▓████ Polo's Cd represent perfectly,ranging
▓████ efforlessly from the creative use of
▓████ electronics to arrangements that seems to
▓████ have been taken directly from one of
▓████ Beijing Conservatorium's concert halls.
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▓████ Asian Voyage:the Road to China
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▓████ Produced and mixed by Marco Polo cecere
▓████ for Jet Lag productions.
▓████ All tracks are written and arranged by
▓████ M.Cecere and G.Godi.
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