Why am I recording ethnic minorities music ?Since 1995 I have been involved in 2 complementary activities, first recording ethnic minority music mostly in south east asia, and second composing electronic music that includes or transform those recordings. First going to places, often remote, in India, in  Tanzania, in Cambodia, in Laos, in Vietnam and China, aiming to  record traditional music : Every country has a different context and also my approach is different, depending on how much time I spend, on how close I am with the people, on the degree of acculturation, on how easy it is to find musicians, on political situation, on who I am working with and a lot of subjective  reasons like which music really interest me. I invest my time, money and energy on music that move me, in most cases I seem to be the first one to record those musicians, I am aware of this exclusive dimension, but this is not essential. I won t pretend that I m doing it for saving endangered cultures, nowadays everyone is using those words...DO IT YOURSELF !
I release things by myself, doing CDs with the american label Sublime Frequencies is a window for me in the western world, they understand the beauty of my rare recordings but it is not being financially rewarding. Therefore I have set up my own label, check the following list of cds.I have no academic background, never studied anthropology or ethnomusicology, the essential is to find cultures which are being ignored by the record industry, which has no interest in totally uncommercial music, but pretend they do. My goal is to find original music I love, i don t waste time on music I don t like .I am selling the cds below to record stores, private collectioners, mediatheques of museums in different places in the world, and I d like to add you among customers who support my activity, each cd costs 6 euros + postage fees
Without people buying my cds, I don t exist, no one else is supporting meTANZANIA:
CD DATOGA ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN NORTHERN TANZANIA 2000/
CD HADZA ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED 1999 2000/
to be released later on in 2009 :
CD MAKONDE / MUSLIM CEREMONY RECORDED IN TANZANIA 2000/CAMBODIA:
CD JARAI LOVE SONGS RECORDED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA 2003/
CD BRAO / KRUNG SONGS, ETHNIC GROUPS RECORDED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA BETWEEN 2003 AND 2005/
CD TAMPOON SONGS VOL 1 ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA 2003 2004/
CD TAMPOON SONGS VOL 2 ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA 2004 2005/
CD PHNONG INSTRUMENTS ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN MONDOLKIRI CAMBODIA 2007/
CD PHNONG GONGS ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN MONDOLKIRI CAMBODIA 2005/
CD KRUNG GONGS RECORDED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA IN 2004 2005 /
CD BRATANEUL RICE HARVEST CEREMONY KRUNG ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA 2003 /
CD KAVET GONGS ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA 2004/
CD FUNERAL CEREMONY KRUNG ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA 2003/
CD JARAI ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA FROM 2003 TO 2006
to be released later on in 2009 :
CD PHNONG GONGS VOL 2 RECORDED IN MONDOLKIRI 2005/
CD KHMER QUARTET RECORDED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA 2003/LAOS:
CD ATTAPEU PROVINCE IN LAOS ; BRAO KANYING / BRAO HAMONG 2006 /
CD ATTAPEU PROVINCE IN LAOS ; BRAO KAVET / BRAO JREE 2006 /
CD CHAMPASAC PROVINCE IN LAOS VOL 1 ; NYAHEUN ETHNIC GROUP 2006/
CD CHAMPASAC PROVINCE IN LAOS VOL 2 ; GONGS OF BRAO LAVE / NKRIANG 2006/
CD XEKONG PROVINCE IN LAOS ; ARAK / TRIANG / NKRIANG ETHNIC GROUPS 2006 /
CD COMPILATION OF THA , A PAIR OF FLAT GONGS , RECORDED IN CAMBODIA AND LAOS BETWEEN 2004 AND 2006/
to be released later on in 2009 :
CD CHAMPASAC LAO ROYAL COURT MUSIC RECORDED IN CHAMPASAC 2006/VIETNAM:CD BLACK HMONG SHAMAN CEREMONY RECORDED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM 2006/
CD BLACK HMONG VOL 1 ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM 2006/
CD BLACK HMONG VOL 2 ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM 2006 , 2007/
CD RED DAO BAOZOO SONGS ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM 2006/
CD BLACK AND RED DAO BAOZOO SONGS, ETHNIC GROUPS RECORDED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM 2006/
CD GIAY SONGS ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM 2006/
CD BLACK AND FLOWER HANI ETHNIC GROUPS RECORDED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM 2007/
CD LU ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM 2007/
to be released later on in 2009 :
CD HANOI (CA TRU, FUNERAL, STREET MUSIC) RECORDED BETWEEN 2007 AND 2009/CHINA:
CD DONG ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN GUIZHOU CHINA 2007/
CD MIAO ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN GUIZHOU CHINA 2007/
CD MOSUO / PUMI ETHNIC GROUPS RECORDED IN YUNNAN AND SICHUAN CHINA 2006/
CD NUOSU (YI) / MIAO ETHNIC GROUPS RECORDED IN SICHUAN CHINA 2006 /
CD HENAN LUSHEN IN SHENZHEN CHINA 2007/
CD SHUI SONGS ETHNIC GROUPS RECORDED IN GUIZHO CHINA 2007 /
CD LALUO (YI) SONGS ETHNIC GROUP RECORDED IN YUNNAN CHINA 2007/
CD UYGHUR SONGS FROM XINJIANG RECORDED IN YUNNAN CHINA 2007 /
CD SHUI MIAO WOMEN SONGS FROM GUIZHOU KALI, RECORDED IN DALI CHINA 2007 /
CD BAI CEREMONIES, RECORDED IN DALI YUNNAN CHINA 2008/
CD BAI WOMEN SONGS, RECORDED IN DALI YUNNAN CHINA 2008/
CD CHANG FO JI, BUDDHIST PRAYERS LOOP MACHINES, CHINA 2007/
CD FIELD RECORDINGS, CHINA 2006 TO 2008/
CD TIBETAN SONGS FROM A TAPE BOUGHT IN 1992 IN LITANG SICHUAN CHINA/
to be released later on in 2009 :
CD NISU (YI) VOL 1 RECORDED IN AZHAHE YUNNAN CHINA/
CD NISU (YI) VOL 2 RECORDED IN AZHAHE YUNNAN CHINA/
CD YAO SONGS RECORDED IN AZHAHE YUNNAN CHINA/INDIA:
CD GYPSIES OF RAJASTAN INDIA, FROM A TAPE BOUGHT IN 1996/INDONESIA:
CD SALUANG SONGS MINANG KABAU ETHNIC GROUP, FROM A TAPE BOUGHT IN SUMATRA 1994/LOCAL PROJECTS ( each cd has 500 copies, 100 are given to the concerned communities) :
3 CDS PRODUCED IN RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA 2006 by Ian Baird, Jeremy Ironside, Laurent Jeanneau/
4 CDS PRODUCED IN CHAMPASAC. ATTAPEU, XEKONG LAOS 2006 by GAPE, Ian Baird, Laurent Jeanneau/
DOUBLE CD PHNONG IN MONDOLKIRI CAMBODIA 2007 by Sylvain Vogel, Laurent Jeanneau/CDS RELEASED BY OTHER LABELS:
DOUBLE CD HADZAS BUSHMEN OF TANZANIA, MUSIQUE DU MONDE, FRANCE 2003/
CD ETHNIC MINORITY MUSIC OF NORTHEAST CAMBODIA, SUBLIME FREQUENCIES, USA 2006/
CD ETHNIC MINORITY MUSIC OF SOUTHERN LAOS, SUBLIME FREQUENCIES, USA 2007/
CD ETHNIC MINORITY MUSIC OF NORTH VIETNAM, SUBLIME FREQUENCIES, USA 2007/
to be released later on in 2009 :
VYNIL GONGS OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS, BIMBO TOWER PARIS FRANCE/ELECTRONIC STUFF:
ONE TRACK TARLOSE & EARSHOT LIVE IN NYC ON SOUNDLAB CD FLAV O PAC NEW YORK USA 1999 /
ONE TRACK TARLOSE WASHING MACHINE ON TELE TRAVAIL CD ADENOIDE TOULOUSE FRANCE 1999/
CD IN TANZANIA ON STICHTING MIXER AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS 2003/
ONE TRACK ON PHOSPHOR MAGAZINE CD BERLIN GERMANY 2003/
CD SOUNDSCAPE CHINA , KINK GONG RELEASED BY KWANYIN, BEIJING CHINA 2007/CD TANZANIAN REMIX, KINK GONG, 2000/2004/
CD CAMBODIAN REMIX, KINK GONG, 2003/2006/
CD LAOTIAN REMIX, KINK GONG, 2006/2008/
CD VIETNAMESE REMIX, KINK GONG, 2006/2008/
CD CHINESE REMIX, KINK GONG, 2002/2008/2 KINK GONG TRACKS ON DOKIDOKI DOUBLE VYNIL I REGRET NOT HAVING KISSED YOU, PARIS FRANCE 2008/
ONE TRACK ON 4 NINABIS DOUBLE VYNIL BATTERIE FAIBLE, TOULOUSE FRANCE 2008/
PART OF MATHEW ADKINS 60 COMPOSERS PROJECT TRIBUTE TO PIERRE SCHAEFFER CD ENGLAND 2008/
to be released later on in 2009 :
CD KINK GONG ON DOKIDOKI PARIS FRANCE/
CD KINK GONG ON ATAVISTIC CHICAGO USA/for more infos please contact
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laurent jeanneau : www.myspace.com/kinkgong, youtube.com/kinkgongmusic
