Exploring Gong Culture of Southeast Asia: Massif and Archipelago, by V/A (recorded by Yasuhiro Morinaga + intro by David Toop).

Exploring Gong Culture of Southeast Asia: Massif and Archipelago

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1.	Hail by Ede (Vietnam) 02:38	buy track
2.	Celebrating the Festival by Cham Hroi (Vietnam) 04:10	buy track
3.	Funeral Music by Krung + Punong (Cambodia) 05:24	buy track
4.	Buffalo Sacrifice by Jarai (Cambodia) 02:50	buy track
5.	Kids Routine after School by Krung (Cambodia) 05:59	buy track
6.	Duet Gongs by Coho (Vietnam) 04:27	buy track
7.	Funeral Music by Churu (Cambodia) 03:24	buy track
8.	Ghet Khil by Ede (Vietnam) 01:24	buy track
9.	Offering to the Spirits by Punong (Cambodia) 03:25	buy track
10.	Sre don by Ma (Vietnam) 02:37	buy track
11.	> Preparation for the Buffalo Sacrifice (Vietnam) 07:10	buy track
12.	Chasing Birds to Protect the Rice Fields by Banhar (Vietnam) 07:23	buy track
13.	Cutting the Bamboo by M'nong Prang (Vietnam) 03:59	buy track
14.	Song for a Dead Man by Ede Bih (Vietnam) 02:39	buy track
15.	Harvesting by M'nong (Vietnam) 01:42	buy track
16.	Funeral Music by Se Dang (Vietnam) 01:37	buy track
17.	Harvesting by Tampuan (Cambodia) 03:05	buy track
18.	Buffalo Sacrifice by Jarai (Vietnam) 06:50	buy track
19.	Melody for Funeral Music by Mouth by Tampuan (Cambodia) 00:52	buy track
20.	Threshing by Ede-Bih (Vietnam) 01:43	buy track
21.	Hail by Ede (Vietnam) 01:43	buy track
22.	Rooster Dance by Isneg Group (Izne Philippines) 02:18	buy track
23.	Music for Funeral Ceremony by Sumba (Sumba Island Indonesia) 05:29	buy track
24.	Hedung Dance by Lamaholot (Solor Island Indonesia) 03:56	buy track
25.	Gong Music Ensemble by Kenyah (Borneo Indonesia) 02:14	buy track
26.	Manang Sirang Ritual by Iban (Borneo Indonesia) 07:47	buy track
27.	Tau Todu (Welcome song) by Sumba (Sumba Island Indonesia) 00:35	buy track
28.	Funeral Music by Churu (Cambodia) 02:21	buy track
29.	Harvesting (Pagaddot) by Ifugao (Luzon Philippines) 02:05	buy track
30.	Tadok by Kalinga (Luzon Philippines) 03:47	buy track
31.	Harvesting (Kandingngang) by Sumba (Sumba Island Indonesia) 04:52	buy track
32.	Eagle Dance (Turayan) by Kankanaey (Luzon Philippines) 03:59	buy track
33.	Cole Oha Ritual by Lamaholot (Andonara Island Indonesia) 12:07	buy track
34.	Ritual for Calling Back Spirits by Bissu (Saluwesi Indonesia) 08:14	buy track
35.	Ambience: Rambu Solo (Funeral) by Toraja (Saluwesi Indonesia) 04:18	buy track

about

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)

credits

released August 10, 2020

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 aimed to examine the impact of the natural and social environment on the gong music culture of Southeast Asia.
During the project, he visited over 50 different ethnic groups and made hundreds of recordings. This album presents a selection of the unique gong music from different ethnic minorities.
The selected music has been divided into two broad sections: one focussing on the music from the Massif, i.e. mainland Southeast Asia (Central Highland of Vietnam and Northeast Cambodia), the other on music from the Archipelago, maritime Southeast Asia (the Luzon Islands of the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Flores Islands of Indonesia).

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