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Theatre Street

by Zai Tang

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This track takes its inspiration from a particular street in China Town where Chinese opera in Singapore originated. Wayang, a form of Chinese musical theatre, was brought to Singapore by Chinese immigrants arriving in the late 1800s. As Wayang's popularity grew many theatres were built around the area, one of which was Lai Chun Yuen which existed from 1887 - 1927 at 36 Smith Street, or Theatre Street, as it was also known.

Within the composition you can hear excerpts from an old Chinese opera record I discovered at Thieves' Market (Sungei Road), combined with various field recordings of Singapore's soundscape. I approached this piece as a wormhole into the past; transporting the listener through the ambient remnants of a Wayang performance captured on vinyl, to a fleeting scene from the aural memory of Smith Street, re-imagined through sound.

Originally composed for 'Drive' (2012); an exhibition on wheels that brought the audience on a journey through Singapore’s arts & heritage district.

More info:

fluidterrain.blogspot.com/2013/05/theatre-street-composition-for-drive.html

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released June 9, 2012
Written by Zai Tang (2012)

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Zai Tang Singapore

I am an artist, composer and sound designer based in SG. Drawing influence from acoustic ecology, phenomenology and electronic & experimental music, my work is built upon a belief that listening is an invaluable means of attuning to and forming deeper relationships with the world/s we inhabit and the experience of our own being. ... more

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