Folklore, by Forrest Fang

Folklore

by Forrest Fang

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j3rzyc41n3 bring your mind to rest and let this album create a narrative from inside.
a wonderful trip into another world far removed from the here and now.

jeff paper Always great meditation music. Ambient wonderfulness! And Steve Roach is on here!

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	1.	The Bridge of Chan-Chou I. Crossing the River 06:27
	2.	The Bridge of Chan-Chou II. The Dragon King's Advice 04:30
	3.	The Bridge of Chan-Chou III. Falling Stones (Kuan Yin) 04:28
	4.	The Bridge of Chan-Chou IV. An Offering of Wood 06:03
	5.	The Bridge of Chan-Chou V. The Eight Immortals 09:15
	6.	Ehecatl 01:58
	7.	Receiving the Approaching Spirit 04:24
	8.	The Healing Stick of Cabeza de Vaca 13:27
	9.	Gender Lament 03:46
	10.	A Shaman in Pursuit of Chabui's Image 08:09
	11.	Departure 01:50

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Forrest Fang combines influences and instruments of many lands together with a modern esthestic and electronic instruments. Forrest plays violin, sampler, and instruments from Bali, Botswana, China, India, Java, Kenya, Mexico, Mongolia, Syria and Thailand. His music is neither traditional nor "world music", but a personal mixture of influences and instrumentation.

"Folklore is an exceptional record." -The Wire

"Fang's story-like suites are full of changes and exotic turns that always have an underpinning melodicism and atmosphere."
-Billboard

"A fine meditative album."
-Facelift

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released January 1, 1995

Forrest Fang - Western and non-Western strings, winds and percussion, musical objects and electronics
with:
Zhang Yan - gu-zheng (5)
Liu Qi-Chao - suona, Di-zu (5)
Tashi Dhondup - male voices (8)
Tsering Wongmo - female voices (8)
Steve Roach - didjeridus (8)
Robert Rich - double ocarina, PVC flutes (8)
I Wayan Sujana - Balinese gender (9)

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Cuneiform Records is a record label releasing adventurous, boundary-bursting music by artists from around the world. They have always championed an eclectic mixture of musical styles and artists and have consistently danced at the dangerous intersection where genres meet. In doing so, they have become one of the most prominent labels of New Music.

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