Music for Advertisements 7", by Li Daiguo

Music for Advertisements 7"

by Li Daiguo

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cielocanth I first heard “Chengdu Tuberculosis Hospital” on the Contemporary Experimental Music from China comp put out by Unexplained Sounds Group. I quickly became obsessed. In fact I should probably pick up this 7”. It’s a contender for my favorite song in recorded music. Check the grammar; that’s correct. The whole EP is a gem, an incredible mix of virtuosic improvisation in transnational folk modes making use of noisy toy cars and shrieking creepy dolls. I love this record. Favorite track: Chengdu Tuberculosis Hospital.

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	1.	Chengdu Aesthetic and Plastic Hospital 01:29
	2.	The rickshaws at new south gate bus station 01:07
	3.	The "beautiful Thai girls" under the old south gate bridge 01:28
	4.	Chengdu Plant and Bird Market 00:58
	5.	Green Ram Daoist Temple 01:09
	6.	The stolen / secondhand bicycle market at 9 eye bridge 01:06
	7.	Chengdu Tuberculosis Hospital 02:33

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Li Daiguo has carved out a niche within Mainland China that few others occupy, that of skilled improvisational artist (he has a reputation for leaving jaws on the floor, layman and critic alike), musical polymath (proficient at a dozen traditional instruments as well as a deft vocal gymnast) and dynamic live performer known for his eclectic collaborations with a rich roster of characters and ensembles, including transgressive Japanese butoh dancers, fellow all-star experimentalists and other lunatics that he meets when he is busking, an activity of which he is quite fond.

Music for Advertisements sees Li presenting a series of sonic advertisements for seven locations that the 32-year-old appreciated during his six years in Chengdu, the southwestern regional hotspot, creative hub and capital of the country’s infamous Sichuan Province.

Using instrumentation dominated by his signature pipa and erhu and accentuated by a lush arsenal that incorporates everything from the cello to artfully-placed beatboxing, Li skillfully brings the 2300-year-old city to life with this dynamic series of self-produced sonic snapshots characterized by sudden and drastic changes of emotion and instrumentation.

“Music for Advertisements is about emotions that I had and observed that were associated in my mind with things going on around Chengdu,” Li said. “Not necessarily big things or events, but just little things that you might notice and have a feeling about—like the way that traffic moves or the atmosphere in hospital hallways.”

Highlights include the chilling pipa-spiked “Green Ram Daoist Temple”; the austere beauty of “The 'Beautiful Thai Girls' Under the Old South Gate Bridge,” a brief cinematic sketch that uses layers of hypnotic strings to conjure images of the secretive nocturnes who congregate around the city’s ancient landmark, and “Chengdu Tuberculosis Hospital”, a jaunty, fiddle-fueled effort that spins a resonant tale of mortality within its ephemeral-yet-memorable running time.

With Li as the city’s unofficial composer, Chengdu has never sounded so good.

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released April 20, 2013

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