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Monkey - Journey To The West [Digipak] (Various Artists, 2008) 
Various Artists - Monkey - Journey To The West [Digipak] (CD 2008)
Title: Monkey - Journey To The West [Digipak]
Record Label: XL
Release Year: 2008
EAN: 0634904038823
Genre: International
Product ID: EPID70096871
Description: In 2007, Blur/Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn took on the ambitious task of writing the music for an operatic adaptation of JOURNEY TO THE WEST, a Chinese novel from the 16th century, combining Chinese motifs with electronica and rock f...
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Track Listing
1. Monkey's World
2. Monkey Travels
3. Into The Eastern Sea
4. Living Sea
5. Dragon King
6. Iron Rod
7. Out Of The Eastern Sea
8. Heavenly Peach Banquet
9. Battle In Heaven
10. O Mi To Fu
11. Whisper
12. Tripitaka's Curse
13. Confessions Of A Pig
14. Sandy The River Demon
15. March Of The Volunteers
16. White Skeleton Demon
17. Monk's Song
18. I Love Buddha
19. March Of The Iron Army
20. Pigsy In Space
21. Monkey Bee
22. Disappearing Volcano

Details
Number of CDs:1
Contributing Artists:Various Artists
Recording Type:Studio
Distributor:PIAS UK/Sony DADC
Recording Mode:Stereo

Album Notes
In 2007, Blur/Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn took on the ambitious task of writing the music for an operatic adaptation of JOURNEY TO THE WEST, a Chinese novel from the 16th century, combining Chinese motifs with electronica and rock flavoring. This soundtrack to the stage piece is not actually a verbatim recording of the show's music, but rather a reinterpretation based on the original. It's a wild ride, as Chinese choral voices and traditional-sounding melodies share space with floating ambient textures, freaky electro-acoustic dischord, syncopated electronic beats, and contemplative settings that could almost be labeled New Age if not for the overwhelmingly unconventional context into which they've been placed. Trace elements of Gorillaz can be heard here, but JOURNEY TO THE WEST is undoubtedly an outward expansion of Albarn's aesthetic.

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- Albarn's mastery of the largely non-harmonic Chinese instrumentation -- lots of delicately plucked pipas and gu-zhengs, gongs, cymbals and cellos -- seems impressively intuitive....File under 'brilliantly out-there'.
Mojo


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