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AN IDEA OF VIETNAM

by KINK GONG / GOURD 2021

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1 danbao jaraï 12:29
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ca tru hanoi 02:54
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hanoi street 03:56
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dandaï foc 04:03
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hmong 13:24
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napalm ca tru 04:56
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doi can ca tru 05:57
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zao tay 02:54
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AN IDEA OF VIETNAM
CD / TAPE ON GOURD (BLOOMINGTON INDIANA USA)

1 DANBAO JARAÏ based on recordings of Jacques Dournes of a JARAÏ gong ceremony in Vietnam in 1963 + DANBAO Vietnamese electrified mono stringed instrument loops 2018 + forest + bells 2019

2 CA TRU HANOI based on CATRU : an ancient musical style of northern Vietnam, with a DAN DAI (long neck 3 stringed plucked instrument) and a female singer using a bamboo block hit by 2 wooden sticks, a 3rd person hits a drum as direction or appreciation, 2009 + BLACK TAY woman singing DIEN BIEN 2011 + HCM SAIGON AIRPORT 2005 + market MUONG HUM market 2007 + electronic 2012

3 HANOI STREET based on GU QIN Chinese 7 stringed Zithar 2012, PIANO 2004 + electronic + LU woman s voice + BLINDMAN singing with electric guitar through the streets of Hanoï around 6 pm 2006

4 DANDAÏ FOC based on a DANDAÏ Vietnamese lute + FOC a
wooden block hit by 2 sticks + electronic 2010

5 HMONG based on recordings around SAPA, including in TA PHIN + various HMONG ladies singing, copper mouth harps and QEEJ mouthorgans (6 bamboo tubes with reeds) + electronic 2006 2007 + HANI shaman voice Laos 2009

6 NAPALM CA TRU based on CATRU famous female singer QUACH TI HO in the 60s + electronic 2009

7 DOI CAN CA TRU Doi Can is the name of a Hanoi street where a temple is located in which various CA TRU singers and musicians were celebrating the birthday of an old musician and that was my introduction to Thi Chuc who is singing far away with a dan dai player and a drummer.
It is mixed with recordings at THI CHUC s home outside of Hanoi. She was 85 years old and started at the age of 12 , she represents an old subtle and soft way of singing ancient chinese poetry in Vietnamese language, the art of CA TRU, here with a 30 years old DAN DAI player + electronic 2010

8 ZAO TAY based on MIEN (red DAO) ZAT (reed instrument with circular breathing) + TAY 2 stringed lute + electronic 2009

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released December 6, 2021

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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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