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MIAO (HMOOB) IN GUIZHOU CHINA

by KINK GONG 2012

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1.
SPRINGTIME 16:43
2.
LOVE SONG 03:14
3.
2 DONGLIANG 07:34
4.
LOVE SONG 38:21

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MIAO ( HMOOB ) REEDS AND VOCALS, GUIZHOU CHINA

The term MIAO is a very ancient chinese misleading pseudo ethnic categorisation, of what we call HMONG in western languages, the Miao is a negative generic term which does not reveal the diversity of 38 subgroups, totalizing 9 millions people, mostly in Guizhou province. This was recorded in Biasha village, which has recently turned into what i call an ethnic zoo, tourists pay a ticket to take millions of photos of those costumed girls and the peculiar haircut of men, simplified music and dance are being shown to crowds of Han and western tourists.
Luckily we also found some musical expression which is not part of this touristic fashion, a more intimate set up composed of 2 reeds ( DONGLIANG is a bamboo flute with a copper reed inserted in the mouth and requires circular breathing technique ) and male and female singers, intended as love songs.
1 DONGLIANG performed by GUN XIANG DIU 40 years old man and GUN NADAO 42 years old man singing about spring being the most busy working time
2 DONGLIANG performed by GUN XIANG DIU 40 years old man and GUN NADAO 42 years old man singing a love song
3 2 DONGLIANG performed by the same 2 men
4 2 DONGLIANG performed by GUN NADAO 42 years old man and a young boy + singing a love song performed by a young girl

RECORDED BY LAURENT JEANNEAU / SHI TANDING
in BIASHA village, GUIZHOU, CHINA
Tracks 1 to 3 in march 2012, Track 4 in april 2012

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released April 12, 2012

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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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