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1 of 8 tracks have a preview · 6 works · 57:14
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1 Calm Water Lê Tuấn Hùng 7:16
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2 Longing for the Wind Lê Tuấn Hùng 7:22
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3 Improvisation on Sa Mac Mode Lê Tuấn Hùng 6:48
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4 Inspiration on a South Vietnamese Folk Melody Dang Kim Hien 9:54
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5 Silent Tears Dang Kim Hien 10:34
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6 Webs of Life Lê Tuấn Hùng 15:20
Landscapes of Time gathers works that open new paths in contemporary sound art while keeping a clear Vietnamese musical colour. Modes, traditional instruments and improvisation carry that tradition openly. At the same time the music presses outward: new techniques on familiar instruments, fresh ideas of structure and texture, and borrowed means such as Balinese flute, Latin American rain stick, Tibetan and Mongolian harmonic singing, and new technologies. Even throat-voice singing without opening the mouth appears among the performing methods. The feelings and ideas in each piece shaped which sounds the composers chose.
Lê Tuấn Hùng and Dang Kim Hien join virtuoso performance and scholarly work in Vietnamese folk and classical music with a strong interest in contemporary forms. Their pieces, which stretch the edges of sound while retaining Vietnamese colour, mark a distinct line in contemporary sound art. All works were recorded in Melbourne in 1996.
Reviews
... the prize (is) 'Webs of Life' which wanders gently through many different sonic areas
Artists
Lê Tuấn Hùng
dan tranh (vietnamese zither), suling (balinese flute), electronic crickets, voice, bells, mo (temple block), dan nguyet (vietnamese moon-lute), wind chimes, plastic wind roarer, ocarina
Lê Tuấn Hùng is a composer, performer and author, specialising in Vietnamese music and the experimental music of contemporary Australia. He has written widely on Vietnamese performing arts and is regarded as an international authority in Vietnamese musicology.
Dang Kim Hien
dan tranh (vietnamese zither), electronic crickets, voice, dan bau (vietnamese monochord), amplified throat voice, phach tre (bamboo block), dua tre (bamboo chopsticks)
Dang Kim Hien is a composer and virtuoso performer of both traditional and contemporary Vietnamese music. She taught for fourteen years at the Department of Traditional Music of the Conservatory of Music in Saigon.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Lê Tuấn Hùng · dan tranh (vietnamese zither), suling (balinese flute), electronic crickets, voice, bells, mo (temple block), dan nguyet (vietnamese moon-lute), wind chimes, plastic wind roarer, ocarina
- Dang Kim Hien · dan tranh (vietnamese zither), electronic crickets, voice, dan bau (vietnamese monochord), amplified throat voice, phach tre (bamboo block), dua tre (bamboo chopsticks)
Technical credits
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Editing Engineer
Martin Wright
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Mastering Engineer
Martin Wright
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Thanks to
Creative Australia
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 57 minutes 14 seconds
- Release date
- 1997
- Categories
- Classical, Cross-cultural
- Musical work copyright
- © 1996 Le Tuan Hung & Dang Kim Hien
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 1997 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3197
- EAN
- 9314574319729
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