A soulful improv by Mei Han and Parmela Attariwala youtu.be/2T-_be8g8iQ?...
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A soulful improv by Mei Han and Parmela Attariwala youtu.be/2T-_be8g8iQ?...
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One of the most unlikely pieces on the Gudira album, but also my fav is for the Thai mouth organ, khaen, and flute. I love taking the khaen into new styles of music. youtu.be/JxmURdL45ZU?...
100 year old musical glasses, bowed dulcimer and soundscape from the 1980s. youtu.be/Z_wDJH_uolQ?...
A musical memory of Bali on the suling and electronics youtu.be/w76Q7EkYrN4?...
Mei Han on zheng, D'arcy ZIzi Han voice, and myself on xiao performing one of my graphic scores. youtu.be/BUci7emjlXM?...
The way I play kayageum is quite different from its tradition. This is my music, not Korean music. I am interested in finding other voices on instruments, I know the tradition, and then purposely step outside of it. youtu.be/lsJPGVNEbo8?...
Mei and I are improvising here, and the orchestra is following a score made from a recording of a previous improv
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One of my scores performed as a birthday tribute by the late master of ichigenkin Issui Minegishi, with a contemporary Butoh dancer. youtu.be/JtIaxTfN8fU?...
Eras by Randy Raine-Reusch and Michael Red
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This is a piece I co-wrote with Pepe Danza, and it has had quite the life, being played around the world by ASZA, Red Chamber, and then myself with many artists. Here is Red Chamber's version featuring Mei Han. youtu.be/neA06X_V2o0?...
Music in the moment, Mei Han 韓梅, Ellwood Epps, Kathryn Schulmeister youtu.be/SZ_XnCEIEJE?...
This is a piece that Mei Han and I were asked to create for the 2020 Society of Ethnomusicology Conference. It is an improvisation, yet we had previously created a fairly open structure to build upon. youtu.be/AgOei2usM3k?...
Performed by Mei Han on zheng, D'arcy Han on vocals, Indian slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya, Anandi Bhattacharya on vocals, with RC World's Matt Reid: bass, Richard Brown: drums, Jonny Tobin: keys, Yoro Noukoussi: djembe and talking drum. youtu.be/yabAH77WHU4?...
A piece from the Driftworks box set (1997, Big Cat) I recorded with Pauline Oliveros, also included in the set were CDs by Thomas Köner, Nijiumu, and Paul Schütze. youtu.be/DSA_pDMiWNo?...
Mei Han led her ensemble Red Chamber around the worldperforming ancient and conntemporary music for Chinese plucked strings. Check this out! youtu.be/H93eKOyuTpQ?...
Launching this internationally soon! isla.bandcamp.com/track/five-n...
this looks very cool
This brings up the very old discussion in musicology and especially in ethnomusicology circles, about the effectiveness of notational systems to represent music, as most are just approximations to various degrees, each with their attributes, and challenges.
A friend from China just sent this vid of a Chinese jaw harp duo on a set of three bamboo jaw harps each. I own a set like these from the Yi people.
Just flew in, conversations on world music and instruments, creative improv, Asian artifacts, ukiyo e, asian poetry, graphic scores, quantum, or Chinese green and white tea are welcome