{"product_id":"jessika-kenney-eyvind-kang-the-face-of-the-earth-lp","title":"Jessika Kenney \u0026 Eyvind Kang - The face of the earth LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4089339771\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eThe second beautiful album by the duo of Jessika Kenney — a vocalist known for her haunting timbral sense, as well as her profound interpretation of Persian vocal traditions, and Eyvind Kang — a violist for whom the act of music and learning is a spiritual discipline.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\"\"Work of delicate beauty, as pristine as the surface of a lake at dawn on a summer's morning.\" —TheQuietus\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\"ujung jari balung rondhoning kelapa wineng kuwa sayekti dadya usada\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eThe slender inner spine of the coconut leaf Binding together, becoming useful\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eThe compositions on this album are about drawing the binary from the unary, like reflections from a mirror, and its inverse, the concealed unity. Listener\/reader, translation\/composition, memory\/imagination- reflecting each other, they open up a current which flows in a sudden oscillation.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eHere we have followed a geological image; in the expression of the face of the earth (from Pr. \"rokh-e khåk\"), a new spectrum of binaries is revealed. In the Classical Persian traditions, this can be found in the dynamic multiplicity exemplified by the term\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e'radif', used in both poetry and music, as both poeme and matheme.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eWe would invite the listener as reader, by making our \"reading cards\" in the insert, to become a participant in the creation of meaning, including translation processes which seek corresponding musical atmospheres, for example:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003eThe Central Javanese Wangsalan is a kind of riddle(two lines, 12 syllables each, divided 4 and 8), sung by the female vocalist in the gamelan, often using images of natural phenomena alongside descriptions of human characteristics, invoking atmospheres of primordial knowledge, humor, heightened sensation, philosophy, with much hidden wordplay and reference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—JK\/EK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eEyvind Kang (viola, setar, electronics)\u003cbr\u003eJessika Kenney (voice, percussion, electronics)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eAll tracks composed by Jessika Kenney \u0026amp; Eyvind Kang.\u003cbr\u003eTavaf composed by JK based on a ghazal by Attar (12th c.).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eTavaf and Ordered pairs II recorded by Randall Dunn at ADA studios, Istanbul July 2012.\u003cbr\u003eOrdered pairs I, Mirror stage and The face of the earth recorded by Mell Dettmer at Studio Soli, Seattle June 2012 \u0026amp; St. Bartholomeo’s, Bologna.\u003cbr\u003eKidung and Mirror stage recorded by Mell Dettmer at Dympna’s, Seattle 2012.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eVinyl cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates \u0026amp; Mastering, Berlin October 2012.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Diskono Records NYC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46383982411975,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/9322\/2343\/files\/a2194281496_10.jpg?v=1775611745","url":"https:\/\/diskono.com\/products\/jessika-kenney-eyvind-kang-the-face-of-the-earth-lp","provider":"Diskono Records NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}