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Purple Garden

by Xiao Yun

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    3mm spice, shrink-wrapped. Vinyl mastering and cutting at D&M. Catalog # EMC-020.

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Here is a hidden gem from the 1990s, a sparkling cyber-ambient-Mandarin pop collection produced by Henry Kawahara, the master of cyber-occult music, with silky vocals from Shanghai-born vocalist Xiao Yun Wu. Originally released on CD in 1994 on Kawahara’s own HMD label, the Xiao Yun project was launched by Kawahara and his trusted colleague Keisuke Oki, who plays keyboards on the album. Kawahara handled the production, along with guitar, keyboards and programming. And of course, the crowning glory is the voice of Xiao Yun: lovely, floating, ethereal. The singer arranged the songs, which range from versions of previously released Kawahara solo pieces to Mandarin pop classics. All songs are given Kawahara’s cyber-occult sheen, which may evoke visions of the cosmopolitan Asia of near-future science fiction. Available on vinyl and digital download, this album will transport you, via 1994, to a sparkling future.

Xiao Yun are
Xiao Yun Wu: vocals
Henry Kawahara: keyboards, guitars and computer programming
Support: Keisuke Oki (keyboards) and Keiichi Hasegawa (percussion)
Produced and engineered by Henry Kawahara
Arranged by Henry Kawahara and Xiao Yun
Recorded at Ecosystem Sonic Division/Fukuoka, 1993-1994

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released April 5, 2023

90sサイバー・アンビエント・マンダリンポップ秘匿盤。ヘンリー川原アーカイブ・シリーズの総仕上げは、川原が手掛けたヴォーカル・ユニット、ショウインのアルバム『パープル・ガーデン』の初LP化。

1994年に川原自身のレーベル、HMDから自主リリースされたショウイン・プロジェクトは、上海出身の歌手、ショウ・イン・ウーとサイバーオカルト音楽の巨匠、ヘンリー川原が組んだデュオで、川原の信頼した作家、沖啓介がサポート参加。川原がプロデュースを担当し、ギター、キーボード、プログラミングを彼の手で行って、浮遊感があり幽玄な雰囲気をもつウーのヴォーカルを引き立てている。歌詞を除き作品のほとんどを川原が編曲し、アルバム用に書き下した曲、過去に発表した川原のソロ作品の再編版、マンダリンポップ名曲のカヴァーを収録。近未来SFの国際的なアジアを思わせるような、サイバーオカルト的な感覚をもつ楽曲ばかりで、SNSの時代にアジア圏で交流しているアーティスト達の感覚を予見していたかのようだ。

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