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P R E S E N T S ] ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ ██▓▓█▀▀ ░ ▓████▓▌ ░ Artist.......: VA ▐▓▀▀ ▓ ▐█████▓█ Album........: Prophet 40-Musiques du laos (Lao, Hmong, Phounoi) ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Genre........: Ethnic ░▓ ▌ ▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Language.....: - ░▓░▐▓ ▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: n/aUniversal ░▓░ █▓▌ ▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Catnr........: n/a ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓ ▓█▓▌ URL..........: www.propet-worldmusic.com ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░ ▐██░ ░ ░ ▄ ░▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▀▓█░▄ ▌ ░▓░ [ R E L E A S E . 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VA - An Nangseu, Salong Xam Xao & Kap Thoum 12:17 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Luang Prabang ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 03. Dacthu Tao - Qeej Hmong 04:18 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 04. Ensemble Phouno∩ - Danse Des Esprits 06:21 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 05. Vang Hou - Qeej Hmong 04:23 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 06. Le Ballet Royal - Musique Du ballet Epique 30:58 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Phralak Phraram ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Laos is a country principally of mountains that ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ lies between China to the north, Vietnam along the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ whole of its eastern flank, Cambodia to the south, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and Thailand and Myanmar to the west. Of the five ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ million inhabitants, the Lao constitute by far the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ largest group, living mainly in the Mekong valley. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The others (some fifty minority ethnic groups) are ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ above all mountain folk, presenting a highly ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ diversified span of civilisations. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Despite the undeniable wealth of its musical ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ resources, Laos is probably one of the least ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ represented countries on CD, for which there are ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the quality of the music itself. This new album ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ seeks to fill the gap: it presents new examples of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ mouth organ music recorded by the Lao and the Hmong ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and, for the first time, of the music of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Phouno∩ (a northern minority) as well as of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ classical Laotian music, accompanying the ballet ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Phralak Phraram, a work rediscovered over the past ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ few years and presented just as it was performed at ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the court of the kings of Laos. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Track 1 Laotian khΦne by KhΘo Oudong ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The khΦne is a mouth organ, an instrument to be ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ found so widely in Laos (in various shapes and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ sizes) that it may be seen as the national emblem. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ It has even been said that in order to define a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Laotian, it is enough to mention four of his ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ attributes: a house on stilts, sticky rice, padek ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (fermented fish) and the khΦne. The instrument ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ consists here of sixteen reed pipes laid out in two ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ parallel, stepped rows. The player blows into a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ wooden mouthpiece that communicates with the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ sixteen pipes, each of them containing within it a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ free metal reed that vibrates in the manner of a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ harmonica reed. While breathing in and out, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ player holds the khΦne with his hands in a position ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of prayer, the fingers of each hand closing and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ opening small apertures in each pipe. The mo khΦne ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (a player of the khΦne) performs on various ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ occasions, to accompany a mo lam (singer) in an ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ orchestra, or, as here, in solo play. KhΘo Oudon is ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ an experienced mo khΦne whose reputation has long ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ since been made in Luang Prabang. He brilliantly ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ performs a medley of traditional airs. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Recording made in December 2002 in Luang Prabang. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Track 2 An Nangseu, Salong Xam Xao,and Kap Thoum ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Luang Prabang ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The first kingdom of Laos was founded in the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ fourteenth century in Luang Prabang, the capital of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the Lan Xang (kingdom of one million elephants) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ that, despite the ups and downs of the centuries, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ remained the seat of the monarchy until 1975. It ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ was within the enclosure of the old Royal Palace ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ that these three traditional airs were recorded: An ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ nangseu (Read the palm leaf book), Salang xam xao ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and Khap thoum Luang Prabang. The soloists are all ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ former singers officially attached to the king's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ court until 1975, the ladies: Phou Mee ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Daravongthong and Chanhpeng Soukhavixay, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ gentlemen: Onh KΘopanya and Ekasit Siriphol. A ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ mixed chorus responds to the soloists and hand ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ claps are added to the ensemble up to the entrance ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of a sep noi orchestra that includes: ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ - two xylophones with 21 blades, the one a high ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pitched ranat ek played by Onechanh Soudavong, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ head musician of the orchestra, the other a lower ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pitched ranat thoum; ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ - two khong vong, circular sets of sixteen gongs; ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ - a khong that, a pair of two large double-skinned ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ drums struck with two sticks; ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ - two two-string fiddles: so i (with a cylindrical ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ body) and so u (with a coconut shell body); ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ - a pair of small xing cymbals. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Recording made in December 2002 in Luang Prabang. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Track 3 Hmong qeej by Datchu Tao ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Originating from southern China, the Hmong are the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ mountain farmers who in the early eighteenth ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ century emigrated from the north of Thailand, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Vietnam and Laos. Datchu Tao was recorded in a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Hmong village, Luong Lane (to the north of Luang ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Prabang), as he was playing the qeej (mouth organ) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ for a few villagers. The instrument used here is ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ very different from the Laotian khΦne (track 1): it ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ consists of six bamboo pipes that are curved to a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ greater or less extent, are of various sizes, and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ that have been inserted perpendicularly into a long ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ wooden mouthpiece. Inside each pipe there is a free ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ metal reed and externally a hole that the player ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ covers with a finger if he wishes to make the metal ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ reed vibrate. As on the Laotian khΦne, the musician ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ plays by breathing in and out, though the position ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of the hands and the way the Hmong qeej is held are ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ very different. On the present occasion Datchu Tao ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ wore a very handsome ceremonial costume on which ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ garlands of metal fragments were fixed so they ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ would jingle with the slightest movement. In ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ playing, he performs a veritable and highly ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ characteristic dance, jumping and twirling about, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ sometimes in a crouched position, the signification ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of which is laden with symbols relating to the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ world of the spirits and ancestors. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Recorded in December 2002 in Luong Lane (Province ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of Luang Prabang). ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Track 4 Phouno∩ music to accompany the dance of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ spirits ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The Phouno∩, one of Laos's ethnic minorities, live ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ mainly in the Phongsaly region in the north of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ country. Some of them have settled near Luang ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Prabang, in the village of Ban Phasouk. On this ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ track they are taking part in a ceremony to honour ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ their ancestors. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Three women approach to deposit each a large ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pottery jar that they fill full of water. Shortly ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ thereafter, three men arrive, and, using their ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ teeth (protected by a cloth), each seizes one of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ these jars by the rim and so they all dance with ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the jar between their teeth. Various sabre ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ movements had previously been effected, while both ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ men and women sing, dance and clap their hands, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ accompanied by a transverse flute, two long ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ hourglass drums with a single, laced skin, a gong ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ suspended from one hand and struck with a mallet by ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the other, and a pair of small metal cymbals. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Recorded in December 2002 in Luang Prabang. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Track 5 Hmong qeej by Vang Hou ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ A Hmong qeej, similar to that featured on track 3, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ is here played by Vang Hou, a villager from ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Phongsavan near Pak Mong, to the north of Luang ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Prabang. The musician, before a small audience of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ neighbours, sounds his instrument as he swirls ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ round and performs those characteristic dance ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ steps, like Datchu Tao (track 3). ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Recorded in December 2003 in Phongsavan (Province ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of Luang Prabang) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Track 6 Music for the epic ballet Phralak Phraram ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Phralak Phraram is the Laotian version of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Ramayana, the famous Indian epic introduced into ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Laos in the fifteenth century, just as the Reamker ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ is the Khmer version of the same Ramayana (Prophet ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 39). The Rama of the Ramayana has become Phraram, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Lakshamana is now called Phralak, Sita has become ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Sida, Ravana (the ogre king of Lanka) is Thotsakan ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and Jatayu, the bird king, is called Sadayu. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The episode performed here by the Royal Ballet is ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ "The Golden Stag and the Abduction of Sida". The ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ accompanying orchestra is of the sep noi type, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ identical to that heard in track 2. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Thotsakan, the yak or demon king, who dreams of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ possessing Sida, married to the good Phraram, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ concocts a plan to abduct her. He asks his brother ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Malit to disguise himself as a golden stag in order ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ to excite Sida's compassion. When the latter sees ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the animal she will not be able to resist the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ desire to have it and will ask her husband to do ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the impossible in order to capture the stag. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The dancers wear highly coloured costumes and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ masks, each corresponding to the character ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ represented. The face of Sida, the only woman, is ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ uncovered, though she wears a gold helmet with a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pointed crest, typical of the dancers of Cambodia, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Thailand and Laos. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The classical dance is a definite art form, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ conventions of which, inaccessible to the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ uninitiated, have to be deciphered: the flexing of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the neck, the direction of the gaze, the tension of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the ankles and the position of the fingers are so ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ many codified modes of expression. The sep noi ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ orchestra, placed on stage to the right (as seen by ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the spectators), performs the music of the ballet ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Pralak Phraram under the direction of Onechanh ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Soudavong, the player of the ranat ek xylophone ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (track 3). Various sung and declaimed sequences ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (which do not figure on this recording) occur in ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the course of the spectacle. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Opening: Thotsakan and Malit disguised as a golden ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ stag leave the stage just as the beautiful Sida ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ appears, accompanied by her husband Phraram and by ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Phralak, her handsome brother. The golden stag ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ appears. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 1'55 - Dance of the golden stag and Phraram, in the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ presence of Sida and Phralak. The golden stag ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ rushes off, followed by Phraram. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 6'38 - Phralak dances before Sida who is seated, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ and then leaves. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10'20 - The arrival of Thotsakan, disguised as an ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ old hermit who speaks to Sida. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 10'58 - At Sida's invitation and expression of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ respect, the hermit sits down next to her. Sida ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ gets up and advances, dancing, followed by the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ hermit, who looks closely at her with a lascivious ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ gaze. They then sit down together and strike up a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ conversation in the course of which the hermit ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ praises the merits of Thotsakan. Sida gives voice ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ to all the ill will she bears him. Thotsakan, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ furious, then resumes his true form of a nyak and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ imposes himself on a terrified Sida. 15'36 - Dance ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of Thotsakan before Sida whom he overpowers and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ takes off with him. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The arrival of Sadayu, the great bird, who, coming ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ upon the latter, upbraids Thotsakan and threatens ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ him with death. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 17'05 - Dance of Sadayu and Thotsakan before Sida. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Thotsakan falls to the ground after having been ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ disarmed by a blow of one of Sadayu's wings, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ latter proclaiming his invulnerability to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ everything except the ring of Thammarong. Thotsakan ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ then remembers that the ring is on Sida's finger. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ He grasps it and throws it at Sadayu. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 18'21 - Thotsakan gets up, Sadayu however falls to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ the ground, struck down by the magic ring. Sida ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ bursts into tears and Thotsakan carries her off. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ 19'02 - Dance of Thotsakan and all his nyak who ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ mark the rhythm by violently pounding the earth ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ with their feet. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Recorded in December 2003 in Luang Prabang. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ With the help of Koun Chandra Vongsaravanh (Royal ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Theatre, Luang Prabang) and Thongbang Homsombat ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (National Library, Vientiane). ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓ ▐█████▓█ [ A B O U T . U S ] ▓▌ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ ▓▌ ▀██▓██▓▓▀ Our group consists of many rippers who are music enthu- ▓▌ ▀█▓▓▓▀ siasts. Justfun is releasing different kind of music like ▓▌ ▀▓ indie rock, trip-hop, ethnic, jazz, french, brazilian ▓▌ ░ electro and many more ... We will bring you the music ▓▌ ░ we like and share it with the rest of the under- ▄ ▓▌ ░ ground scene. 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