Departure, by Belle Chen

Departure

by Belle Chen

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Six scores from the 2019 album, Departure, composed and arranged by Belle Chen for piano.

This beautifully printed, 60 page score book includes detailed explanations of the piano preparation techniques used on the album, as well as an introduction to each of the pieces included.

Piece included in this score book:

Pagi (Morning)
Shui (Water)
Chasing the Chirinda Apalis
Canción to the Passing Train
Departure
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1.	Intro 02:14
2.	Pagi (Morning) 04:09
3.	Shan (Mountain) 02:43
4.	Shui (Water) 03:11
5.	Interlude: Waterfall 01:20
6.	Chasing the Chirinda Apalis 02:56	info
7.	Canción to the Passing Train 03:34
8.	Déjà Vu 02:52
9.	Tito Tries to Light a Fire (Homage to Modest Mussorgsky and Tito Puente) 03:51
10.	Interlude: Palmas in the Corridor 01:18
11.	Milonga del Angel 03:25
12.	Departure 03:09
13.	Unmapped 04:20

about

This is a journey into the unknown.

Departure is an album strongly built on curiosity, discovery, and freedom; freedom from genre and from the limitations of conventional piano playing. This journey introduces an expanded sonic palette.

For the past year, I have been listening intently to traditional sounds and music from around the world - from Africa, South-East Asia, Central & South America, and beyond. The initial intrigue and fascination with the sounds and colours of traditional instruments quickly turned into obsessive experimentations; searching to evoke similar sounds and emotional response from the western piano and other keyed instruments.

From the initial analysis and study of the music I heard in the form, scales, and performance practice (as well as taking note of prepared piano and extended techniques by pioneering composers such as John Cage and George Crumb) alongside more contemporary composers and producers, such as Hauschka and Aphex Twin; I began drawing blueprints to create my own world.

Over the past year the sounds and concepts gradually aligned into a journey, traveling through a series of soundworlds that organically unfold. Landscapes of nature and industrialisation, of interaction and solitude, of radiance and darkness... Like travelling through a tropical jungle, each turn brings a new discovery, creating a moment to be experienced.

I hope you enjoy this journey.

Musically yours,

Belle

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released February 1, 2019

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Belle Chen London, UK

~ Swimming through universes of classical, experimental, world, electronica, jazz & sound art ~

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May 5

Sounds From The Other City

Salford, UK
May 5

Salford Museum & Art Gallery

Salford, UK
Jun 19

Norwich Arts Centre

Norwich, UK
Jun 20

Metronome

Nottingham, UK

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