vinyl tracklist (LP Black Vinyl + Insert):

side 1
1 Buffalo Sacrifice
by Jarai / CAMBODIA
2 Duet Gongs
by Coho / VIETNAM
3 Offering to the Spirits
by Punong / CAMBODIA
4 Cut the Bamboo
by M'nong Prang / VIETNAM
5 Buffalo Sacrifice
by Jarai / VIETNAM

side 2
1 Ghet Khil
by Ede / VIETNAM
2 Funeral Music
by Se Dang / VIETNAM
3 Rooster Dance
by Isneg / philippines
4 Music for funeral ceremony
by Sumba / INDONESIA
5 Soka Dance (Beitoken)
by Lamaholot / INDONESIA
6 Tadok
by Kalinga / PHILIPPINES
7 Harvesting (Kandingngang)
by Sumba / INDONESIA


XPLORING GONG CULTURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Mainland and Archipelago, Introduction by DAVID TOOP

2CD + 52 Pages Booklet, SR509

Gongs have played an integral role in the mythogeography of Asia. This is not music that aligns with national borders or ideas of homogenous populations, let alone racial stereotypes and exotic clichés. What connects all of these tracks is a simultaneous feeling of entrancement and social cohesion. Communal and collaborative, its form is hypnotically repetitious, melodies and rhythms spread out among the players using the technique of hocketing in which a flowing line is distributed among all the musicians.
The effect is mesmerising, immediately intoxicating to anybody who loves Chicago footwork, free improvisation, Sun Ra or young hip hop producer Jetsonmade. The music is simple yet mysterious and enveloping, a sound world in which to disappear. A theory exists but this is not explained.
David Toop (extracts from the liner notes)

This project, Massif and Archipelago, is a field recording project initiated by Japanese sound artist Yasuhiro Morinaga, documenting traditional gong music by different Southeast Asian ethnic groups. The project.......
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