{"id":68,"date":"2007-03-16T01:45:49","date_gmt":"2007-03-16T05:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s265039441.onlinehome.us\/philpaine\/?p=68"},"modified":"2018-08-19T05:39:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T09:39:30","slug":"liu-xing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"Liu Xing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A large reper\u00adtoire of \u201cnew age\u201d music has come out of Chi\u00adna in the last few years. There, the term seems to mean more or less what \u201celec\u00adtron\u00adica\u201d means in North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan par\u00adliance. Some of it is equiv\u00ada\u00adlent to the sooth\u00ading stuff called \u201cnew age\u201d here, but much of it is quite dif\u00adfer\u00adent. You can find dance and tech\u00adno mixed with Chi\u00adnese pop vocals, both Asian and Euro\u00adpean clas\u00adsi\u00adcal ele\u00adments, and the kind of spooky elec\u00adtronic stuff that used to come out of aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admic music labs. <\/span>Liu Xing (not to be con\u00adfused with the young go<\/em> mas\u00adter of the same name) is one of the big shots in this genre, and I\u2019ve got two of his albums: Inde\u00adfin\u00adable<\/em>, and To Do Noth\u00ading<\/em>, as well as three pieces on com\u00adpi\u00adla\u00adtions. Inde\u00adfin\u00adable <\/em>def\u00adi\u00adnitely fits into the \u201cspooky exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal\u201d cat\u00ade\u00adgory. To Do Noth\u00ading <\/em>is essen\u00adtially a show\u00adcase for Liu per\u00adform\u00ading on the zhon\u00adgruan<\/em>, a tra\u00addi\u00adtional stringed instru\u00adment. He is famous for his pro\u00adfi\u00adciency on this instru\u00adment, and com\u00adposed a con\u00adcerto for it, which I have not yet had the plea\u00adsure of hear\u00ading. In this album, this instru\u00adment comes across like a sort of mel\u00adlow span\u00adish gui\u00adtar as if Joaquin Rodri\u00adgo had some\u00adhow picked up sheet \u00admu\u00adsic of tra\u00addi\u00adtional Chi\u00adnese melodies while stoned, and gone with the flow. The album\u2019s title cut \u201cTo Do Noth\u00ading\u201d is a good exam\u00adple. I liked best \u201cChaishi Fes\u00adti\u00adval\u201d which has a sort of Vaugh\u00adan Williams feel\u00ading to it, although \u201cLate Autumn Rain\u201d came a close sec\u00adond. Some of the stray pieces I have, like \u201cStill Clouds and a Soli\u00adtary Crane\u201d, and \u201cFad\u00ading Vil\u00adlage\u201d, which can be found on the com\u00adpi\u00adla\u00adtion \u201cChi\u00adna Chill\u201d are imme\u00addi\u00adately appeal\u00ading pop\u00adu\u00adlar music, with strong melodies etched out against sharp pizzi\u00adcati. Both would be extreme\u00adly evoca\u00adtive music in an appro\u00adpri\u00adate movie. Liu was born in north\u00adern Manchuria, stud\u00adied and first flour\u00adished in Shang\u00adhai, and made his first impact with a con\u00adcerto sub\u00adti\u00adtled \u201cmem\u00ado\u00adries of Yun\u00adnan\u201d, which gives him about as broad spir\u00adi\u00adtual roots in Chi\u00adna as any\u00adone could man\u00adage. He was one of pio\u00adneers who strug\u00adgled to open Chi\u00adnese music to cos\u00admopoli\u00adtan music, and is now giv\u00ading back as good as he got.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A large reper\u00adtoire of \u201cnew age\u201d music has come out of Chi\u00adna in the last few years. There, the term seems to mean more or less what \u201celec\u00adtron\u00adica\u201d means in North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan par\u00adliance. Some of it is equiv\u00ada\u00adlent to the \u2026<\/p>\n

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