~special singsangs~

Listen to this 2

Oriental Bass

When I find my voice

Since the year 2008, the two artists have been traveling through the Polar regions of Europe in a motor home, aiming for the northern Norwegian territory of Finnmark with its eight seasons. 

During the course of their artistic voyages of discovery, SpringerParker have observed and studied the region collecting photos, sound recordings and stories for their archive – memories which the artists have now embedded in contemporary music, compositions on landscape, the environment and the people.
 
All of the field recordings woven by SpringerParker into their music have been lifted from the aural archives they have compiled on their travels and are intimately connected to the theme of each piece. Hence "Arctic Flowers" features recordings of thawing permafrost in Knivskjellodden on the Magerøya peninsula, as well as the Gulf Stream climate catalyst where it ends in the Porsanger Fjord. On "Mørketid", or "Polar Night", the dark season which lasts for several months as the sun stays beneath the horizon, SpringerParker deploy recordings of a snowstorm which engulfed them all of a sudden. They affixed contact microphones to wooden Lavvus structures, the traditional tents of the indigenous Sami people, to record this force of nature.
 
For the centerpiece of their composition, the so-called "Libretto", they enlisted the services of opera singer Lilly Jørstad from Russia, but now living in Tromsø. To create the typical unison of word and song as found in opera, for example, the artists asked the vocalist, 24 years old at the time, to put the noteworthy temperature readings of the region into song, using names of places and data provided by meteorological institutes for recent times.
 
The topic of climate change was one of the main reasons behind SpringerParker approaching the Goethe Institute with this project in 2007. They read an article in the New York Times reporting on plants in Greenland and Norway which had metamorphosed into flowers due to climate change and information still present in their genetic composition. A fantastic story in the eyes of SpringerParker, for whom memory is a motif to which they often return in their works.
 
When SpringerParker and Antony Hegarty (Antony and the Johnsons) 2009 were interviewed and filmed by Norwegian television on the subject of climate change and apocalyptic scenarios, they agreed that this is not the time to see everything in the blackest terms, although it is patently obvious that something is wrong out there - you don’t need to be a scientist to recognize that.
 
"The more time we spent in Finnmark and got to know its people, the more this arctic region of Norway seemed to us like an island with its own rules and principles. Our compositions represent a symphony for this region, based on our experiences and memories. Dedicated to the people carving out an existence there, in the face of extreme climatic, industrial and social upheaval, right now and in the future."
 
"There Are Places In Our Heads One Can Travel To" was written as a contemporary dance opera and premiered in its earliest form at the "Barents Spektakel" in February 2011. A SpringerParker tour is planned with an ensemble of seven and a video show, telling their tales through Europe and North America.
 
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The rediscovery of the earliest, primeval form of musical impulses through defining worlds of experience, landscapes, peoples and their dialogues. An onomatopoeic translation of real observations, solid analyses and imaginable perspectives. Everything presented, compellingly translated in the language of music. A musical story is told through authentic fragments and the evocation of the seen, making us aware of a process which affects us all, the loss of sustainability and responsibility for our environment.  ( Stefan Reichmann / Haldern Pop )

SpringerParker - 04  Libretto

casas embrujadas - perrita

My first experiment with Oriental Bass music, more to come! Follow me!

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Dragon's Tail

Welcome to the gorgeous world of Oriental sounds! 

Oriental music is a true fire! If you have never tried this before, go and listen to it! It started from Howie Lee and his Chinese Beats and followed by many producers from all over Far East. And right now my own production. 

8 tracks consisting of sounds from China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea. Incredible, gorgeous, fresh and absolutely sick sound, you’ve got to have balls to play this shit in clubs! 

This is my style of Oriental Bass music, no compromises, no fake, just real sound coming from the culture – Gagaku, Pansori, Xam, Xian music and what not!


BANDCAMP

Temple Of The Fierce Beats

Welcome to the gorgeous world of Oriental sounds! 

Oriental music is a true fire! If you have never tried this before, go and listen to it! It started from Howie Lee and his Chinese Beats and followed by many producers from all over Far East. And right now my own production. 

8 tracks consisting of sounds from China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea. Incredible, gorgeous, fresh and absolutely sick sound, you’ve got to have balls to play this shit in clubs! 

This is my style of Oriental Bass music, no compromises, no fake, just real sound coming from the culture – Gagaku, Pansori, Xam, Xian music and what not!

Pansori 판소리 Bass

Enter The Dragon

原 (Origin)

合 (Unity)

合 Unity

“Oriental Bass” is a subgenre, an idea born thanks to the musical experiments started in China by Howie Lee and his crew. A mixture of modern electronic music such as EDM, Future Bass, classic Hip-hop beats and Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese traditional music instruments, samples, sounds and atmosphere.

Chuck Upbeat started experimenting with this sound by releasing an “Oriental Bass” EP where he showed Asian inspired music transformed into dance bass beats. The EP was a surprising thing for Global Bass scene traditionally ruled by Tropical rhythms and sounds but luckily it was greeted by many underground producers in USA, Europe and what is more important by musicians from China, Korea and Vietnam.

The new EP is another step in this direction. Chuck Upbeat made two original Bass tracks mixing samples of traditional Chinese opera and orchestras. Practically no electronic synths were involved. Instead samples of Chinese sounds were transformed into synths. This approach makes the sound to be really unique. 
“Lao Kick” is a mixture of EDM and TRAP genres with massive bassline kick and epic Chinese orchestral samples, while “Sheng It” is a deeper thing to play on dancefloors full of Chinese drums and cymbals with classical Chinese sheng instrument.

Global Bass genre shows that there are no genre limits in fact and a true fusion of cultures, rhythms and sounds take this music to another level!

Produced, mixed, mastered and released by Chuck Upbeat in 2016.

Lao Kick/Sheng It

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Sheng It

New species of dance music grooves is born in the forest of concrete and data. Following the single “Sheng” on Do Hits Vol.1, putting together various sound elements, fusing traditional and dance music in the oriental context, Jason Hou returns with his album Sheng, as a milestone for his musical adventure from 2013 to 2015.

“Qi” is the repeated breath of the universe; “Shrine” records the oldest temple of Beijing; “Mantra” chants the mysterious sacred words. Reconstructing “Peking” of Beijing Melodic Metal band Shuang Dong Qian Ye, “Peking 2045” depicts a cyber-punk futuristic city of Beijing. A longer version of “Sheng” captures a thunder-rumbling, stormy evening in the forest. “Martial” represents Chinese philosophy in the future electrified war. “Havoc” takes in Chinese opera, putting on a show of the Monkey King rioting in the Heaven. “Stardust” tells the story of the last human beings entering the unknown space after the apocalypse.

Collaborators: 
Jin Zhang (Chinese Canadian composer & conductor)
Frosty Eve (Beijing melodic death metal band)

Cover Artwork by Jason Hou

生 (Sheng)

气 Qi

As per Brick + Mortar's Facebook page:	
Brick + Mortar represent the underground, the oppressed, the disillusioned, and voiceless. Fusing driving percussion, grooving bass, eclectic samples, and anthemic vocals creates a new world sound that is so fresh you truly need to hear it for yourself. Their live show is a party that erupts like a magnetic sonic volcano catching the attention of everyone in the room, drawing them to the stage full of intrigue and energy. It's hard to really put it into words. Words never do them justice. You need to experience it on your own.