Choral Works and The Apsaras

by Philip Perkins

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1.	You Wash Your Face and Smile at Me 04:38	buy track
2.	Magalang 03:45	buy track
3.	Prayers 03:26	buy track
4.	Tower Song 04:47	buy track
5.	Salzburg Street 02:41	buy track
6.	Working 03:03	buy track
7.	Noy Noy 07:02	buy track
8.	Arupnun 04:48	buy track
9.	High 04:51	buy track
10.	Bug 04:07	buy track
11.	Perc4 03:58	buy track
12.	Monk 04:16	buy track
13.	Long 08:19	buy track
14.	Light 04:02	buy track
15.	Phnom 04:17	buy track

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CHORAL WORKS & THE APSARAS (Art 1026) Artifact Records Two works composed from found sounds, ambiances, voices and music: CHORAL WORKS: (1994-2004) Short audio-musical pieces based on the sounds of people singing and chanting. Made from location recordings of singers in Papua New Guinea, Germany, Japan, Cambodia, Russia, Egypt and Java. The APSARAS: (2002) Eight short audio works based on recordings I made in Cambodia in the mid 1990's. Odd snatches of location recordings are examined for interesting small sound events, from which I tried to fashion "sound melodies". The inspiration for the works were the carvings of the celestial dancers called "Apsaras" found at Angkor Wat and other Khmer temples. The collection was originally made for and premiered on Barbara Golden's KPFA radio show, "Crack of Dawn".

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released January 1, 2005

Composed and performed by Philip Perkins
Cover art by Michael Sumner
Mastered by Scott Fraser

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Philip Perkins San Francisco, California

Mentored by "Blue" Gene Tyranny and The Residents in music composition and performance, member of The Residents performance ensemble 1979-84. Releases1979-2020 on the Fun Music, Artifact, CHoon SubCity and Captured Tracks labels. In The Bifurcators with Scott Fraser 1973--2008. Sound Designer for Alonzo King LINES Ballet since 2012; co-composer of Alonzo King’s ballet Figures of Speech. ... more

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