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SKU	127583
Artist	XIAO YUN
Title	PURPLE GARDEN
Label	EM RECORDS
Catalog #	EMC-020
Tag	Wave / Pop / Rock Synth-Pop
Release	W 13 - 2023
Format	Vinyl - JPNLP
	Import
€ 28,50	incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

Purple Garden 紫楽園
XIAO YUN
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/e/emc-020_purple_garden/emc-020_a1_master_16_44.1.mp3
Sweet Dreams 甘美的夢
XIAO YUN
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/e/emc-020_purple_garden/emc-020_a2_master_16_44.1.mp3
Green Island Serenade (oriental jazz mix) 緑島小夜曲
XIAO YUN
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/e/emc-020_purple_garden/emc-020_a3_master_16_44.1.mp3
Bamboo Christmas 竹楽聖誕節
XIAO YUN
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/e/emc-020_purple_garden/emc-020_b1_master_16_44.1.mp3
Purple Garden (ambience mix) 紫楽園（環境楽奏版)
XIAO YUN
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/e/emc-020_purple_garden/emc-020_b2_master_16_44.1.mp3
Ye lai xiang (deep-relax mix) 夜来香
XIAO YUN
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/e/emc-020_purple_garden/emc-020_b3_master_16_44.1.mp3

Description

Here is a hidden gem from the 90s, a sparkling cyber-ambient-Mandarin pop collection produced by Henry Kawahara, the master of cyber-occult music, with silky vocals from Shanghai-born vocalist Xiao Yun Wu. Originally released on CD in 1994 on Kawahara’s own HMD label, the Xiao Yun project was launched by Kawahara and his trusted colleague Keisuke Oki, who plays keyboards on the album. Kawahara handled the production, along with guitar, keyboards and programming. And of course, the crowning glory is the voice of Xiao Yun: lovely, floating, ethereal. The singer arranged the songs, which range from versions of previously released Kawahara solo pieces to Mandarin pop classics. All songs are given Kawahara’s cyber-occult sheen, which may evoke visions of the cosmopolitan Asia of near-future science fiction.