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The Drifting Soul 游离的人

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Ash Luo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Duration: 00:28:21
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Tracks

Nothing But Meeting And Parting 聚散而已; The Drifting Soul 游离的人; Elapse 流逝; Undercurrent 暗涌

Personnel

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Song Ah Chae, Keys/Piano Víctor Jiménez Gómez, Tenor Saxophone (In track 01) Sam Rowley, Trombone (In track 03) Juan Pablo Tello, Percussion (In track 01 and 02) Chaitanya Natu, Tabla (In track 02) Kris Sebastian Ramakrishna, Microtonal Guitar (In track 02)

Album Description

「The Drifting Soul」 is the first self-produced Nu-Jazz EP of Chinese drummer, composer and photographer Ash Luo. The ideology for Ash Luo is to explore the soundscape of Nu-Jazz , Contemporary Jazz and Fusion with eastern modality. “In my composition, I value the flow of groove, the melancholy and soul-provoking melodic instrumental lines, the modal improvisation and rich textural embellishments to create a surreal soundscape.” Beside inspirations from music, Ash Luo considers many of her inspirations derived from visual arts such as photography and modern dance. Breaking the boundary of making music, Luo aims to deliver to her audience an interdisciplinary experience of combining her visual arts with her music. In the EP「The Drifting Soul」, each composition would accompany a collection of photographs to interpret the piece. Moreover, The artist is collaborating with Klong, a Chinese experimental modern dancer, to create music videos for the leading tracks of this EP - 「The Drifting Soul」and 「Elapse」 “ The process of making 「The Drifting Soul」 is not unlike the process of making an art piece. The emotion came first, and there’s imagery, then I would transfer such imagery through photographing the scenery and objects around me. Many times, I would just play freely on the keyboard at the beginning of creation. The music would then come along if the emotion is strong. It’s all about putting pieces together- like a mood board.”