OUC001- OAS000 : Gao Yanqin / Prelude

Art cover by Gao Yanqin, pic by Zhu Li

OUC001-OAS000 : Gao Yanqin / Prelude

First release on the new (Un)classical Collisions series dedicated to all kind of contemporary classical music or (un)classical trained musicians composing in an un classical way or using their classical instrument in an un classical manner, twisting sounds with whatever, electronics, field recordings, electroacoustic...is the Ep album 'Prelude' from Yanqin Gao.

She is a computer-based composer and filmmaker living presently in Shanghai after finishing her education in Beijing Film Academy and China Academy of Art.

Her music is often inspired from silent movie, film noir and visual artworks and 

she tends to make dark and weird notes influenced by impressionism period, jazz chord and atonal music. 

She also makes story-telling video works for her music and is currently exhibiting her various works in China.

The four tracks on 'Prelude' are a subtle combination of West meets East (un)classical collisions and the simple and very modern contemporary way of posing her voice on track three add a singular emotion to her music.

Yanqin Gao

And a perfect example of her video works:

In Venice from gaoyanqin on Vimeo.

you can watch more of those on her Vimeo site.

Digital release on the 31st of March 2017.

Track listing:

1: Ripple
2: Hedgehog in the fog
3: Voice
4: By the riverside



And in Bandcamp: