笑功 Xiao Gong

▼WV049: 李帶菓 Li Daiguo - 笑功 Xiao Gong
Is the robot bird a robot or a bird. Welcome to the wilderness of the future, welcome to the fores t of the spirit world. The shadows of all matter are here. We don’t need to listen to the power of electricity on a grid for the troglodytic drunk-step rave. Hear the sacred sound of energy not like a clock but like the wind, not like the measurement of time, but time itself.
機器鳥是機器還是鳥。歡迎到未來的動物園。就是說，目的地靈的世界的一個森林。所有物種的影子都在。假如靈魂最終就是一種能量，那我們跟電的關系應該是一種不需要把放在一個笨笨的格子模版上來聽的。尊重自然，拜拜電火雲等的神聖。
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使用樂器 Instruments used:
模擬合成器 Analog machines (Cacophonous II, Double Knot, Soft Pop, 孟奇 Mengqi's Eggsmash & 花瓣 Petal), 大提琴 Cello, 中提琴 Viola, 琵琶 Pipa, 古箏 Guzheng, 鋼琴 Piano, 簫 Xiao, 巴烏 Bawu, 單簧管 Clarinet,
摩洛哥笛 Moroccan flute, 地鼓 Bass drum, 鑼 Gongs, 安比拉琴 Mbira, 人聲 Voice , 東西 Random... things
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李帶菓 Li Daiguo is a prominent figure in China’s experimental and new music communities. Focusing primarily on pipa and cello, he has worked as composer and performer extensively throughout Chinese mainland.
Born in 1981 in Oklahoma, USA, to Chinese/Taiwanese parents, Li Daiguo received training in music from childhood on a variety of music systems and instruments, including western classical music and bluegrass (violin, upright bass, piano), Chinese classical music (erhu, pipa), Finnish folk music, Carnatic music, Shona Mbira, and contemporary classical composition and improvisation. After relocating to Chinese mainland in 2004, Li began to develop his compositional style and blend of extended techniques for bowed and plucked instruments.
In recent years he has taken part in performances at such venues and events as Desert Daze (Joshua Tree, 2017), Festival/Tokyo (2017), Musicultura (Italy, 2016), Festival in Fes (Morocco, 2015), World Sacred Spirit (India, 2016), Cite De La Musique (Paris, 2014), Sonic Protest music festival (France, 2013), Culturescapes Arts Festival (Switzerland, 2010), Norway Flykescommune Educational music tour (Norway, 2012), Sally Can't Dance Avantgarde Music Festival (Beijing 2009, 2011) , as well as regular performances in China, Japan, Korea, and Europe.
As a composer and producer, Li Daiguo has been commissioned by Cloud Gate 2, Guangdong Modern Dance company, Guangzhou Ballet company, Nobu Khan Malaysian Butoh Dance festival, video artists Fang Lu, Tao Hui, Serge Onnen and released albums of original compositions on record labels in China, Japan, and Israel. He has performed in collaboration with Sainkho Namtchylak, Peter Scherr, FM3, Eyal Maoz, Kink Gong, Satoko Fujii, Sato Yuki, and Dickson Dee, and has ongoing projects with Rick Parker, Slim Rothaus, Wu Na, Yan Jun, Xiao He, Huan Qing, and Liang Yiyuan. more