Mediterranean Sounds

by Belle Chen

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	1.	Intro 00:37
	2.	Miroirs: III. Une Barque sur l'Océan 07:45
	3.	A Small Café in Nice 01:21
	4.	Nocturne in Eb Major, FP. 56 No. 7 02:04
	5.	Málaga ‘Gulls 00:36
	6.	Iberia: X. Malaga 05:03
	7.	Barcelona Rhythms 00:47
	8.	Cancion y Danza No. 6 03:25
	9.	A Hidden Catalan Garden 00:39
	10.	Jeunes Filles Au Jardin 03:06
	11.	Midnight in Cervo 00:34
	12.	Sonata in D Minor, L. 108 04:28
	13.	An Italian Wedding 01:05
	14.	Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année, S. 161: I. Sposalizio 08:17
	15.	Spice Market in Istanbul 01:16
	16.	Black Earth 05:58

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Charming French seasides, passionate flamenco, Italian fishing villages, Istanbul markets full of all sorts of wonderful spices.

Belle Chen's new album 'Mediterranean Sounds' combines the structural construct of concept albums by artists such as Marvin Gaye and Frank Zappa with the language of classical music and sounds of field recordings.

The project has been 2 years in working. During this time, Belle captured hours of on-location field recordings and sourced additional samples in attempt to construct sonic images specific to her experiences and observations. The hours of listening back to captured material allowed her to pick out specific ambience and musicality of interesting sounds that might have otherwise been overlooked or subconsciously filtered by our ears in a phenomenon commonly known as the “cocktail party effect.”

While listening back to field recordings and determining the general ambience and sonic image, Belle also researched libraries of classical music composers that were specific to the location and/or wrote works inspired by the location. Then from the filtered list, there were hours of experimenting to find the repertoire of best fit to illustrate Belle’s experiences. The composers featured in this album include Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, Isaac Albeniz, Federico Mompou, Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Liszt, and Fazil Say.

In the end, Belle’s vision is to explore how sounds from the ‘real world’ can be integrated into the realm of classical music to create a different listening experience- much alike how sampled sounds are very frequently used by DJs and producers in mainstream and world music. All her works are inspired by her love to travel and exploration, and motivated by the stories and shared experiences of the people she meets through travel. We hope you will enjoy this album!

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released September 8, 2016

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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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