Travelog to Asia (CD)

1. Chendghu Chi 11:37
2. Itiandi 14:32
3. Batucave 16:16
4. Thediamondsutra 10:40

This « carnet de voyage sonore », sonic diary in english, is more than a documentary outcome of my numerous travels in Asia.

It’s a heartfelt project yielded by my trips who always merge personal events, encounters, desire to discover asian countries with artistic endeavours, i-e concerts, recordings.
The countries recorded here are : China, Malaysia, and Taiwan.The biggest part of the sounds are from Chengdu, China in 3 of the 4 tracks.They are recorded in buddhist temples in town , and
on famous mountains around the city, with nature wildlife, insects – and also buddhist and taoist temples.
The sounds recorded in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, are from a huge rock mountain with excavation inside where hinduist indian people pray : Batucave.

The field recording are for me a base, to compose with electronis tools, as I am a « musique concrète » composer, or electroacoustic composer.I used a tool that is very fascinating for me : granular synthesis.Other sources includes bass clarinet and percussion.

Emmanuel Mieville

Paris-born composer Emmanuel Mieville studied sound engineering in a film school and musique concrète at the GRM... more
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released November 11, 2024

Composed from field recordings made in China (Sichuan region), and south of Taiwan, and Malasia.
Photos by Hong Yi
Layout by Rutger Zuydervelt

Thank you Sun Wei fellow musician from Chengdu, China without whom this album wouldn’t be possible.Taras for his praise of my music and releasing Travelogue to Asia. Hong Yi for the cover photo (from Henan, China).