Chinese Poetry

This time there are not many live-acts which we could record. Either we didn’t have time, or the weather was not very good. There are several minutes recorded with the TASCAM tape-recorder but it takes time to digitize them.

But while we were sitting in the garden, next to the bonfire, after a traditional meal prepared at the bonfire, taking a rest we recorded some guitar sounds played by Grzegorz. Than when we were in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Greg recorded Zen Lu reading some Chinese poetry and the children playing in the backyard of the kindergarten. Than everything was mixed and here you are – a FREE track, ready to DOWNLOAD.

Zen Lu in the garden (behind the green leaves)

Grzegorz Bojanek playing guitar (in the garden, next to the bonfire)

 

Live | ChoP + Moss Project

We had a nice show in Cafe Belg, in Częstochowa. The live event was called “Sounds of Tea”. Pan Ziliang prepared some Kung Fu Tea for the guests, Kenbo painted some nice pictures and Zen Lu and me played an improvised live-act.

Check the Zen Lu’s description of the event.

Pan Ziliang preparing Kung Fu Tea

Kenbo – painting, Zen Lu + Grzegorz Bojanek = ChoP Project on stage

 

Krzysztof Orluk + Bai Tian… Album Preview

Do you remember this great release of ETALABEL?
Krzysztof Orluk & Bai Tian – “Strcture Of”

You can still get the DigiPack in our BandCamp shop or in Polish shop serpent.pl

A fragment of a Vital Weekly review of the album:
[…] Delicate late night music of carefully constructed hiss, cracks and long form glitchy sounds, field recordings inside a train station and which works fine on an early morning (the computer clock says 7:35 – no kidding). Each artist created four pieces, but its hard to see a difference between their individual approaches. There is not a single moment around here which I thought was radically different from what I already know, but everything is executed with the greatest care and love of the microscopic detail of sound. […]

All reviews can be found HERE

It’s great music for this part of the year – winter!

Running In China

During my last stay in China (I was performing during the ChoP Festival, which was simply awesome!) I also decided to run in Shenzhen. It looks strange if you check my workout because you can see that I was running on the water. Well, Google maps are simply too old. The Chinese decided to add ground there. Well, I can prove it with the pictures, taken there.

Wywiad

W ostatnich dniach red. Łukasz Komła przeprowadził ze mną w ostatnich dniach duży wywiad dotyczący głównie ChoP Festival oraz moich chińskich doświadczeń. Wywiad ukazał się w 2 częściach na portalu nowamuzyka.pl.

Część 1 | Część 2

 

 

Er Dao + Piotr Michałowski | ChoP vol. 7

Listen to the latest track by Er Dao and Piotr Michałowski – two members of the ChoP Project who will perform together during the upcoming ChoP Festival in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

China | Music | Festival

Check out this amazing track which was recorded live during the Shanghai Electronic Music Week last year.

This year we will perform during the ChoP Festival in Shenzhen and Hong Kong!

ChoP is BACK!

After 3 years, ETALABEL proudly presents the 5th studio album of Polish and Chinese artists working as a part of the ChoP Project (www.chop-project.com). This time, Krzysztof Orluk [PL] and Bai Tian [CN] were invited by the founders of the ChoP Project, i.e. Grzegorz Bojanek and Zen Lu, to joint this transnational initiative.

This is a nice ambient / drone / field recording mixture created by two artists from two different regions and cultures.

http://www.etalabel.com/index.php/chop5-structure-of/

If you purchase the album on BandCamp you will get a nice hand painted picture. CHECK THE ORIGINAL PICTURES!

Krzysztof Orluk & Bai Tian ~ Structure Of

Here is a very nice review of the latest album published by ETALABEL.com. The review was written by Richard Allen – Thank you!

Krzysztof Orluk & Bai Tian ~ Structure Of.

ChoP Tour in China | 12-26.10.2011

From now on for the next 2 weeks all information will be published on the ChoP Blog unless something pretty unusual happens… Please check the blog.