Label: WV Sorcerer Productions

極上のテイクを纏めた超高内容V.A、ジャケットデザインも素晴らしい!!フランス及び中国をベースに東アジア圏の録音を出版する気鋭レーベルWV Sorcerer Productions。自国中国の口琴録音を長年に渡り研究、梁山に残る様々な地域、様々な年齢、様々なマウスハープ奏者の録音を厳選したEryi Ribu監修の口琴コンピレーション作。部外者は立ち入る事が出来ない村の音源なども含まれる、まさに超貴重なコレクションとなっており、何より収録された全テイクの演奏内容が激ヤバ。金管ハープ、竹ハープ共に1~5個の部品を搭載、特殊なメロディーや複数のサウンドが入り混じる凄まじい音色が網羅されています。帯&ポストカード、アルバム収録曲 + ボーナストラック3曲を追加したCD付き。











-12" black LP
- 6-panel cover, black ink printed on heavy kraft paper (no pocket)
- Bonus CD with album tracks + 3 bonus tracks
- Booklet with detailed introduction text in Yi, Chinese, and English languages
- Obi + a set of postcards

I can't even remember how I met Ribu for the first time, but I do know that for nearly six or seven years he returned to the Liangshan region, his homeland in Southwest China, travelling to every different dialect area, recording and filming again and again. He walked through the villages on the cliffs, stayed in the homes of local musicians, talked by the fire at night, attended the sacred Nimucuobi ceremony for the dead on the snowy mountain, drank alcohol and slaughtered sheep at weddings and funerals. As a native Nuosu people, Ribu is passionate about his own culture and strives to protect it by documenting and recording as much as possible. These recordings are not taken from the tourist attractions, but with the utmost love for his homeland.

WV Sorcerer Productions feel privileged to have the opportunity to work with Eryi Ribu on the release of a series of traditional Nuosu music from Liangshan, and the first chapter will be dedicated to the mouth harp, an ancient instrument that has been telling their stories for thousands of years.

This album is the result of years of work by Eryi Ribu, a selection of recordings from various mouth harp musicians of different ages and from different areas of Liangshan. Some of the musicians live in villages that are inaccessible to outsiders. This is an invaluable collection both as an art form and as a social archive - the pearl of Nuosu culture.

Putting aside the cultural contexts for a moment and just listening to the music, you'll find that this album is full of emotion and musicality, with complex layers of sound. The brass and bamboo mouth harps can have from one to five pieces in a single instrument, and the musician can produce multiple tones simultaneously with a very distinctive melody. It's no exaggeration to describe some parts as psychedelic music, while this music is certainly culturally significant as a heritage of the Nuosu people, it also takes you on a journey to a wider world.