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makes me thinking of Xiban (China indie band) and Lilium (Taiwan indie band), heheheheheh

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So while trying to figure out what happened to Lamu after she left 戏班 Xiban, I found this band SoundScape. Such a compelling sound, listen to the end of the clip! From fb: Soundscape Collective is a Shanghai based gathering of musicians bound together by passion for ethnic, organic music. SoundScape started in 2009 as a result of meeting of some of the band members during a gig in Shanghai. Reno (France): Didjeridoo, Jaw Harps, thai and Indian flutes, percussions, ambiances Lamu (China): Tibetan vocals Rasa (Poland): Harmonium, Darbuka, Vocals, kartals, ambiances Daniel (Italy): Harmonium, Vocals XiaoYuan (China): Percussion, Drums ----------------- Lamu joined in October of 2012, replacing the former singer (Polad). SoundScape has a live album from 2011, and a 2014 album, Le Paradis des Voyageurs Perdus. (preview/purchase at CD Baby)

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戏班 (meaning Opera Troupe) - 把你埋在土里 I Bury You in the Ground

I stumbled across this album yesterday in a little art gallery in the M50 creative district along Moganshan Road in Shanghai. (If you guys have a chance, the place is a treasure trove of independent chinese contemporary art galleries.) This particular store had a tiny collection of autographed CDs from a few local indie bands, including rock band Duck Fight Goose, mongolian folk singer 杭盖 Hanggai and Shanghai experimental rock band 顶楼的马戏团 (which means "the circus troupe upstairs"). 

Before yesterday, I'd never heard of 戏班 (his Douban site) before, but the awesome shop lady played me this song and I just had to get the album. It's a brand of experimental folk that draws extensively from mongolian/tibetan roots (I'm not experienced enough to tell clearly). I cant really describe it, except that it's incredibly haunting and expansive (and would sound amazing in surround sound).

Here are the haunting lyrics fyeahcindie:

把你埋在土里 I bury you in the ground

来年种上一枝花 And plant a flower the next year

把你埋在土里 I bury you in the ground

来年花又生了花 And the flower blooms again the following year

用你腐烂的身体哟 Use your decomposing body

滋润着她 To nourish it

用她销魂的姿色吔 Use it's mesmerizing beauty

把你忘记 To forget you

把你忘记 To forget you