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AKHA MUANG SING LAOS

by KINK GONG 2009

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1.
ABIG SONG 06:50
2.
ABIG SONG 04:15
3.
ABIG SONG 09:16
4.
ASONG SONG 05:05
5.
ABIG SONG 03:06
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8.
CHULU flute 30:45

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The Akha are considered a sub group of the Hani (based in southern part of Yunnan, China), this tibeto burmese ethnic group is spread over Xishuan banna ( southern part of Yunnan ), Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, they are around half a million people. The first 5 tracks were recorded in Ban Peeyer for the Akha new year being celebrated by different villages at different times between end of december and beginning of january, according to the end of harvest. The 2 women are singing SHAKO : Akha melodies accapella with words belonging to ancient stories, poetry or new stories .

1,2,3 songs by A BIG
4 song by A SONG
5 song by ABIG
6 Teube tseu healing song for the well being of the village performed by REUN LOO a 36 years old shaman in Homxai village
7 Chuluba teasing song of lonelyness performed by REUN LOO a 36 years old shaman in Homxai village
8 CHU LU a long bamboo flute inserted in the mouth with 2 holes for the right hand and using a finger of the left hand to block the extremity, played by an old man in Homxai village

RECORDED IN MUANG SING district, LUANG NAMTHA province in northern LAOS december 2009
BY LAURENT JEANNEAU with the help of LEE YUNXIA

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released December 29, 2009

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kinkgong Berlin, Germany

Under the name KINK GONG you find 2 activities, the 1st one is to record ethnic minority music mostly in south-east Asia, the 2nd is to transform, collage, recompose the original recordings into experimental soundscapes.

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