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Kwang, Goh Lee
Butterfly Lovers OST

Kwang, Goh Lee: Butterfly Lovers OST (Nyoba Kan)

A sound track to the Malaysian stage play "Butterfly Lovers", which explores the themes of human relationships and emotions through a Zen perspective, from sound artist Goh Lee Kwang in a sextet that merges traditional Malaysian instrumentation and electronics.
 

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Goh Lee Kwang-electronics

Wong Chee Wei-piano

Ngooi Perng Fei-Dizi

Joe Koo-percussions

Lim Leong Hon-violin

Gideon Alubakhan-Gideon, didgeridoo


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Label: Nyoba Kan
Catalog ID: None
Squidco Product Code: 20854

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2011
Country: Malaysia
Packaging: Digipack - 3 panel
Recorded at the Actors Studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 1st, 2011 by JJ Tan.

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"Sound track to the Malaysia stage play Butterfly Lovers, which explores the themes of human relationships and emotions through a Zen perspective,. Inspired from the old Chinese legends of Liang Shan Bo and Zhu Yin Tai, the play includes well-known chapters from Studies, Eighteen Farewells, Cries The Grave, and The Butterfly among others to tell the story through stage presentation. The music is a East meets West fusion of traditional Malaysian instrumentation and electronics."


Artist Biographies

"Goh Lee Kwang is a Malasian artist who creates sound installations, performs electro-acoustic improvised music, makes tape music and composed soundtracks. His works focus on the various possibility of both the realistic & abstract, crossing the boundaries of digital & analog, electronic & acoustic, go beyond language & expression. He is the founder of Switch ON, platform for electronic arts, and the founder of the Herbal International label."

-Bandcamp (https://gohleekwang.bandcamp.com/)
11/18/2024

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Track Listing:



1. Recollection 11:48

2. Study Companion 12:15

3. Balcony Meeting 8:59

4. Tearing 14:48

5. Farewell 5:30

6. Into Butterflies 4:49

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