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Lolo - Xian: Reworked - Disquiet Junto Project 195: Chinasystem Soundsystem

Disquiet Junto Project 195: Chinasystem Soundsystem
Make music for a Caochangdi Village National Day party.

The basis for this piece is one of five ambient soundscapes I made for “The First Emperor: China’s Entombed Warriors” exhibition at the Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney held during November 2010. Sounds were sourced from field recordings made in China including Chinese musicians playing traditional instruments, ancient bronze bells and a Taoist ceremony in a remote mountain village. The sounds were then time-stretched and manipulated and layered to produce the finished piece.

Reworking this piece, I lifted elements out from the background, added new effects and slightly altered the arrangement. The piece, as per instructions, is divided into 3 parts. The piece starts with a thunder storm, recorded in China during the process of capturing footage that would be used in the exhibition. Notionally this section represents early agrarian China. The storm fades into the reworked Xian 01 piece and elements are added. The mid section is slow, ambient and droning, almost orchestral, and this represents Chinas long cultural history. The tranquility ends abruptly and aggressively when a bass line, percussion and a nasty distorted solo kick in representing the rapid and aggressive industrialisation of China. The piece ends in reflection, an echo of the beginning.

The cover image uses a photo I took in the Bund Tunnel, Shanghai, 2004.

I only had an hour spare in between daddy duties, so I haven’t even listened to the track all the way through myself, it might be crap :D.

The original track is here - soundcloud.com/klaatuberada/se...-emperor-chinas

Project brief:

Disquiet Junto Project 195: Chinasystem Soundsystem
Make music for a Caochangdi Village National Day party.

Step 1: You are creating music for a long party and a big sound system. Keep this in mind. If possible, make a track that lasts about 10 to 15 minutes long.

Step 2: Create a track that moves through three stages:

The first stage should be brief and invoke sounds related to agriculture.

The second stage, the longest of the three stages, should invoke sounds related to artistic production and communal living. Slowly transition from the first stage to the second stage.

The third stage should begin abruptly and invoke rapid industrialization.