Asa Chang - Jun Ray Song Chang
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I don’t know why I made myself into this craziness like reviewing this LP. But if I've already tempted myself to do it I will try to do my best. I've never heard more experimental music in my life. This is why it is so hard to comment on it.
Asa Chang & Jun Ray is a project of Asa-Chang’s, a self -taught master of the traditional percussion, U-Zhaan’s, another guru of the rhythmic section, trained according to old ‘academic’ methods, H. Urajama’s - the programmer and Kiyoshi Kusaki’s - genius of all possible remixes. The goal of this band has been nicely described in one review I have lately read. 'To break the border between a voice and instrumental melody, and synthesize it into one.'
Jun Ray Song Chang is opened by a beautiful and marvelous composition by Hans, in which cut male and female vocals, experimental melody in the background and dynamic percussion unite into one piece. It introduces us into the climate that is far different from anything else that we could have ever heard. It enables us to feel it better, because this same climate turns into something more oriental and extraordinary. I bow the creators of this release for the courage in building a completely new structure of the songs using 'copy and paste' method. I appreciate them even more that it turned out to be so genius.
Incredible complexity of this melodic construction, which consists of multilevel sounds (including multilevel vocals), triggers two different reactions. You gonna trash this album or become fascinated the same way as I am and you would not be able to stop listening to it.
I beware you. It not simple music. So far I am not sufficiently open-minded to appreciate every song from Jun Ray Song Chang. However it deserves at least 80%.
Tracklist:
1. Hana
2. Preach
3. Kobana
4. Nigatsu
5. Goo-Gung-Gung
6. Kutsu #2
7. Jippun
8. Kokoni Sachiari
9. Tabla Bol (Catastrophe)
10. Radio-No-Youni (Comme A La Radio)
11. Kutsu
Asa Chang & Jun Ray is a project of Asa-Chang’s, a self -taught master of the traditional percussion, U-Zhaan’s, another guru of the rhythmic section, trained according to old ‘academic’ methods, H. Urajama’s - the programmer and Kiyoshi Kusaki’s - genius of all possible remixes. The goal of this band has been nicely described in one review I have lately read. 'To break the border between a voice and instrumental melody, and synthesize it into one.'
Jun Ray Song Chang is opened by a beautiful and marvelous composition by Hans, in which cut male and female vocals, experimental melody in the background and dynamic percussion unite into one piece. It introduces us into the climate that is far different from anything else that we could have ever heard. It enables us to feel it better, because this same climate turns into something more oriental and extraordinary. I bow the creators of this release for the courage in building a completely new structure of the songs using 'copy and paste' method. I appreciate them even more that it turned out to be so genius.
Incredible complexity of this melodic construction, which consists of multilevel sounds (including multilevel vocals), triggers two different reactions. You gonna trash this album or become fascinated the same way as I am and you would not be able to stop listening to it.
I beware you. It not simple music. So far I am not sufficiently open-minded to appreciate every song from Jun Ray Song Chang. However it deserves at least 80%.
Tracklist:
1. Hana
2. Preach
3. Kobana
4. Nigatsu
5. Goo-Gung-Gung
6. Kutsu #2
7. Jippun
8. Kokoni Sachiari
9. Tabla Bol (Catastrophe)
10. Radio-No-Youni (Comme A La Radio)
11. Kutsu
