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Alive | 
| Artist: Sa Dingding
Label: Wrasse Records
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 34917
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 875232006829
EAN: 0875232006829
ASIN: B001AZ8BM8
Release Date: July 29, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Condition: factory sealed. full artwork. excellent condition.
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| Tracks:
| • | Mama Tian Na [Mantra] | | • | Alive [Mantra] | | • | Holy Incense [Tibet Version] | | • | Oldster by Xilin River [Self-Created Language] | | • | Tuo Luo Ni [Sancrit] | | • | Lagu Lagu [Self-Created Language] | | • | Flickering with Blossoms [Chinese Version] | | • | Holy Incense [Chinese Version] | | • | Alive [Chinese Version] | | • | Qin Shang [Chinese Version] |
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Album Description
Imagine Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon scored by the Cocteau Twins, Alive is a mix of Tibetan, Mandarin and Sanskrit built around traditional Chinese folk music but exquisitely executed with refined use of programmed electronic sounds and beats in tandem with Chinese instrumentation creating a totally original blend. The songs are inventive and adventurous, as she switches between soulful ballads and gutsy Tibetan influenced chanting. One of the hardest things to achieve is the marriage between modern arrangement and traditional instrumentation and melodies. On " Alive" Sa Dingding has achieved this with exceptional grace.
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| Customer Reviews:
A Sonic Trek to the East July 30, 2008
Dr. Debra Jan Bibel (Oakland, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Contemporary in its high production values with layering of varied instrumentation and electronic accents, fine sonics, back-up vocalists, strong beats, and very melodic tunes sung in Tibetan, Chinese, Sanskrit, and Sa Dingding's own invented language (Asian scat?), this album is not what you would expect to reach American shores from China, but Shang-Hai has always been progressive and inventive. From the beginning, the album captures our interest with exotica. It would make a great soundtrack; indeed, it reminds me of the music to the film "Himalaya". It takes us from temples to discos, from mountaintops to tropical beaches. Sa Dingding seems to have found an atypical niche, an original East Asian popular sound. The insert includes lyrics, but they are in Tibetan, Chinese, Sanskrit, and transliteration of her own idiom. Some are mantras, anyway. Although two songs, Alive and Holy Incense, are repeated with the same arrangements, the strong difference in phrasing and rhythm between Tibetan and Chinese languages makes the respective vocals unique. The last song on the CD, however, is entirely out of character, being a simple Western style popular song with piano accompaniment. It seems to serve as a transition to ease us back to our customary life after this audio adventure. This album won the BBC 3 World Music Award for Asia/ Pacific recordings.
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