cloud songs, by Celestial 天上

cloud songs

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of subversions vol. II, subversions vol.I, retrospect 七重天, return to the dub station 返嗒, cloud songs, electric road 電器道, hong kong dub station 香港空轉, happy valley 快活谷, and 1 more. , and , .

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1.	Gone 04:08	info	buy track
2.	Yes Dear 03:06	info	buy track
3.	The Beat Of The Heart 04:00	info	buy track
4.	Dark Clouds 04:30	info	buy track
5.	The Old Lie 04:36	info	buy track
6.	I Can't Go On 03:53	info	buy track
7.	Epiphany 04:37	info	buy track
8.	Half-life 04:30	info	buy track
9.	Time Machine 04:27	info	buy track
10.	I Couldn't Jump 04:06	info	buy track
11.	Suddenly 03:15	info	buy track
12.	I Feel Strange (Redux) 04:48	info	buy track
13.	The Party's Over (Remix) 04:20	info	buy track
14.	The Deep Blue Sea (Remix) 04:32	info	buy track
15.	Dead Ahead (Remix) 04:41	info	buy track
16.	Smoke (Redux) 05:20	info	buy track
17.	The Best Years Of Our Lives (Redux) 03:39	info	buy track
18.	The End Of The World (Remix) 03:37	info	buy track
19.	Time Goes By (Redux) 03:28	info	buy track
20.	Carrickfergus (Version) 06:37	info	buy track
21.	I Couldn't Jump 1981 00:57

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The fifth album from this Hong Kong collective represents a departure from the mainly instrumental approach of the previous four Celestial collections, because, as suggested by the title, all of the tracks are songs, featuring an array of different vocalists.

It is also a double album, though it'll be priced closer to a single CD.

The first disc comprises all new recordings, though several of the tracks have roots in older material. The songs explore the themes of emotional climate change, the warming and cooling of the heart, discovery, desolation, rebirth and revelation.

The second disc is a retrospective selection of songs previously recorded or produced by Celestial, all re-recorded, re-arranged or re-mixed. The collection revisits all four previous Celestial albums as well as "Songs For Suicidal Lovers", the debut release from London-based singer Shamus Dark, which was also a Celestial production.

Influences stem from every decade of the last 60 years: Scott Walker or Dusty Springfield singing stripped down versions of songs by Jacque Brel and Jimmy Webb, with arrangements by Philip Glass or Massive Attack, and mixes from the dub school of Lee "Scratch" Perry and Augustus Pablo, plus a touch of Bossa Nova styling thrown in for good measure

Vocalists include previous Celestial associates; Adrian Da Silva (of Audio Traffic), May Chan and Mariella Gonzalez, plus; for the first time; an old friend, Shanghai-based Vastine "Wink" Pettis, who also plays alto sax, the previously mentioned Shamus Dark, and Ela R. Alegre, a frequent visitor to the Drum Music Studio in Hong Kong. Instrumentalists once again feature Celestial stalwarts; Asian Guitar legend Eugene Pao, Hong Kong's # 1 Erhu Player Hsin Hsiao Hung, Shakuhachi Master Sunny Yeung, and Johnny Kember on congas.

The sleeve design is also a departure in style from the previous albums, and was put together by our old friends at: www.chinastylus.com

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released December 31, 2009

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Celestial 天上

Celestial 天上 are a Hong Kong based collective who have produced nine albums of Asian Dubscapes:

“Spirit House”, released 1996, “Happy Valley 快活谷” 2001, “Hong Kong Dub Station 香港空轉”, 2004, “Electric Road 電器道” 2007, "Cloud Songs" 2009, "Return To The DubStation", released 2014,“Retrospect 七重天”, released in 2016, Subversions Vol. I, and Vol. II both released in 2022. ... more

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