蚕茧 COCOONS

From all over China, audio recordings were collected from 23 Chinese and foreign artists during this period from which we are struggling to come out.

Tracks description :

2. Recorded on April 4, 2020 in Beijing from a 28th floor flat. That day, China mourns Covid-19 victims with 3min silence.

3. Poems sung with Ruan (four strings instrument from Southwest China)

4. 5:4 beat, 37EDO tuning

6. Choor (Mongol flute) improvisation

13. Oud, bass & bendir by Pierre Brahin (SAMAGA)

20. China's street broadcasting system requiring residential cards, asking residents to report each other - especially people from Hubei Province, threatening to not cheating about your own health situation or you'll be punished in the name of law. Tongzhou, Beijing.

Collected & mixed by Danni Goyan
2020.7, compressed version

4 parts uncompressed version : https://dannigoyan.bandcamp.com/album/cocoons

Compilation photo by Danni Goyan
2020.7, G20/Belt Road Forum site, Yanqi Lake, Huairou, Beijing