![]() ![]() Also interested in Chinese ethinc music, Huan Qing produced the ‘Secret Sound: Mouth-harp in Southwest China’ compilation in 2018, featured elsewhere in this list. Liao Kai produces lush, ambient electronic music with reverbed digital piano, while Huan Qing has a less polished style with ambient techno and ambient dub echoes and more percussion than his colleague. In fact the album is split between the two-the first half consist of 5 tracks by Liao Kai solo, followed by 5 tracks by Huan Qing solo after the 43:00 mark. To be honest, I think I falled for the cover artwork, though.ĩ0 minutes of lush atmospheres, smooth sounds and relaxing music, Pasteland Beyond The Clouds is the project of Chinese musicians Huan Qing and Liao Kai, from Dali, Yunan. The album is saved from monotony by a certain variety in the music. Tractor Academy features electronic assaults, distorted percussion, post industrial music and occasional manipulated musique concrète, like in the title track. With its top notch production value, the music has an ambitious, grand scale dimension, if a bit emotionless and standard sounding to these ears.ĭeng Boyu (邓博宇) – Tractor Academy 拖拉机学院 (2021)įine and quite varied noise music album by Deng Boyu, a musician from Northern China, better known as a drummer apparently. Birdy Island is a collection of colorful electronic vignettes evoking an idyllic island with traditional Chinese music instruments, sampled choirs and contemporary experimental synth sounds. The last album by Bejing electronic music producer Howie Lee– real name Li Huadi–, co-founder of well noted experimental music label Do Hits who published Guzz’s 2016 album An Elephant in the Jungle, featured elsewhere in this list. Zhou Zhi-yong 周志勇 – The Great Yellow River 大黄河 (2000)ĭou Wun 杜煥 – Rare Recordings of Melodies from a Bygone Age 絕世遺音:板眼、龍舟、粵謳 (1975)ĭou Wun 杜煥 – Jade Palm-Leaf Fan 玉葵寶扇 (1975) Guzz – An Elephant in the Jungle 林中之象 (2016) 雲土境樂隊 - 雲土境 Pasteland Beyond The Clouds – self titled (2019) I’m indebted to YouTube channel Crate (possibly from China) who posted half of these albums, allowing the plublic at large a glimpse at musics with often no streaming option and no distribution outside their country of origin.ĭeng Boyu 邓博宇 – Tractor Academy 拖拉机学院 (2021) I plan to revisit these recent personal discoveries regularly during Summer, some as lovely background music, and some as highly idiosyncratic, exotic jewels. It turns out I’ve been immersing myself in little known Far Eastern musics as of late, so I thought I’d come up with this list of electro, ambient, noise, experimental, ethnic, traditional and folk music albums from China, South Korea and Japan ca 1975–2021. ![]()
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