bjork, M.I.A., I was born with 2 tongues, lal, digable planets, lali puna, dionne brand, yoko ono, belle and sebastian, jason bayani, a tribe called quest, mango tribe, four tet, beth orton, denizen kane, nobuko miyamoto, pizzicato five, stacey makishi, lillian allen
Sounds Like
....all those other groups that mix east asian acoustic instruments, laptop music, poetry, song and a conscience.....
Next up....Salt Fish Girl 1: Hope and Forgetfulness
Written and Composed by Gein Wong, based on the novel Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai.
www.saltfishgirlshow.com
A cooking recipe to make the CD 'Thousand Mile Voice':
add: 1/3 cup acoustic east asian instruments,
1/3 cup electronic music,
1/3 spoken word poetry and song.
Mix thoroughly to ensure that everything is blended together and flows smoothly. Add brown sugar to taste and bake for two years.
To purchase the CD:
People in Canada order online from the Toronto Women's Bookstore or click this button:
People in America purchase from BLACKLAVA or click here:
UK People click here:
For those who prefer to write a cheque/check, or are in other European or Asian countries, e-mail gein@poetic.com for details. In Toronto, CD's are also available in person at the Toronto's Women's Bookstore, It Ain't the Rosedale Library, and Uprising Books. In New York, CD's are available at Bluestockings Books, May Day Books and Revolution Books.
"The sounder of the bell always spreads deafness with her yells....."
Asian. Acoustic. Urban. Electronic. Poetic Lyrics. Infectious melodies. Gein Wong is an acclaimed spoken word poet, writer and electronic music composer who weaves emotion and power throughout her art. Her works focus on obvious things like gender, class and race....as well as things a little less obvious, like gender, class and race. Her words and music have been heard across Canada, as well as internationally in England, the Caribbean, East Asia and the United States. Her CD Thousand Mile Voice is a warm and distinctive blend of East Asian acoustic instruments and electronic brushed beats. Ancient instruments like the erhu (Chinese violin) and the dizi (Chinese flute), intermingle amongst synthesizers, pianos, spoken word, western violins and hand drums as if they had always belonged together. Currently, Gein is focusing on the Movement Project's debut multi-arts production How We Forgot Here: The First Movement as well the integrated arts stage adaption of Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai. Gein resides in Toronto where she is the Co-Artistic Director of The Movement Project and the co-founder and Director of the Asian Arts Freedom School .
This is the movie I was telling you about! Ellen says she borrowed it from the Public library and she loved it too! I have a copy of it if you're interested! ♥ http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=11040994
Please forgive this small mass-message-type comment, but we just want to tell everyone about our latest project: "DIG YOUR ROOTS - CREATIVE JAZZ". Independent artists, CDs, live concerts aired on radio stations . . . it's all quite exciting for us. Come on over to our page to check out all the details.
We'll be back here soon to see what's up with you these days. Feel free to drop us a comment in the meantime.
Hi, Gein,
Come back and play Ottawa again soon! I'm in Toronto sometimes, though, and am keeping an eye out for concerts where I can be there! Keep up the amaaazing work,
Susan
Gein - I miss your live performances!!! I also really wished I was there for your shows with Heidi. Keep up the great work and when I come home I hope to catch one of your shows with Corrine =)
family's always more important.. well... unless they want your head... in that case, i suppose it could wait... well.. unless you were suicidal. wow. 4.46am makes me the most random commenter.
all this to say - no worries, hope to see you around next time maybe??
hi there. thanks for droppin' a line. hope things are going well. i'm sure you are kicking major ass like always!!!! see ya at the next summit or sooner.
i'm serious! you'll love it! you'll my friends playing too:
www.myspace.com/philippelafreniere
www.myspace.com/igitesiomseicagh
and tabla! tabla everywhere!!... it'll be great...
merci! mel.
gah....embarassing picture? no thanks...i'm not photogenic at all....
but pls do come to my show at the drake! .. that is, if you're not a hardcore "gladstone loyalist"..
what up GEiN WONG! been thinking of you lots! love you and always sending you lots of light and gooood food--thank you for taking care of me in Toronto! i love you!
Hey Gein. Dig Your Roots is really glad we're friends! Thanks for being a part of launching our Spoken Word project in 2004. We hope you'll come check out our latest CREATIVE JAZZ artists: www.myspace.com/digyourroots (a project of the National Campus and Community Radio Association -- come check us out at Myspace at www.myspace.com/communityradio).
hey sweety, i HAS been too long! not since our readings! yeah i loved my travels but it's always good to come home. of course i love your music. your talent never ceases to amaze and astound. you're so hip, it hurts.
stop being so talented, you're making me look bad.
