Salty.Water (mini cd 7 tracks)

Recorded by Yuelin Lee (Rio) on Feb 14 2003, in Yanshwei county, Tainan, Taiwan.

Yanshwei (Salty water) Bee-Firecracker is the biggest and most famous activity on Lantern Festival in Taiwan. This tradition originates from Ching dynasty, when the wide spread plague prevailed in this region. The rumour is that the god of Gwangung in the martial temple (Wu Myau) instructed people to let off firecrackers and get rid of the pestilence.

As its name, the Bee-Firecracker is made of hundreds of thousands small firecrackers in pile, just as a honeycomb. In the night of lantern festival, the crowds and the palanquin of gods run through among the exploding bee-firecrackers in variety. With its extremely danger, this physical hearing experience fascinates me with unexpecited shape of sound.

Recorded with Sony TCD-D8 and Sonicstudio DSM binaural microphone. Suggested to listen with headphones, but please be cautious of the unexpected high volume.

Released: December, 2003
Currently: Sold Out

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