Nicrobliz wrote:Were you banned because your comments were too abrasive or simply negative?
I was projecting. never a thing to do, which I never seem to learn. my own problems with someone else's work are only ever my own - I have to keep repeating this.
silentwings wrote:In the middle of the piece there are a couple of lines read in another voice other than Franz Wright's (I believe):
"Beneath the Eastern hedge I choose a chrysanthemum
And my gaze wanders to the Southern hills"
The voice is highly treated and tremulous at first, but then clear.
These are words by the ancient Chinese poet Tao Yuan-Ming (365-427), and are quoted in the novel "Three Cornered World" (also known as Kusamakura or "Grass Pillow") by Natsume Suseki. They are very striking words of light in the middle of the piece, and I wonder if David is recalling these words of the protagonist in this book:
"Happily, oriental poets have on occasion gained sufficient insight to enable them to enter the realm of pure poetry.
'Beneath the Eastern hedge I choose a chrysanthemum
And my gaze wanders slowly to the Southern hills'
Only two lines, but reading them, one is sharply aware of how completely the poet has succeeded in breaking free from this stifling world. "
ah, wonderful info. thanks. I was wondering about that sample, too.
mike wrote:I agree I think those words cut through the density of Franz Wright's words, I remember someone saying somewhere that the recording of "Beneath the Eastern hedge I choose a chrysanthemum And my gaze wanders to the Southern hills" was Stephan Mathieu contribution during the live shows.
cool. post-gig talk, maybe?
mike wrote:Also can anyone shed light on the string section at the end, is it sampled if so by who and where from?
I was also wondering about this. if it is composed anew, it would be an interesting turn for David. I'm inclined to say it is sampled, especially as the whole seems to be put together on a laptop exclusively (going by David's notes - "composed in transit", as he writes, so no studios to speak of), but it seems like a really long sample to be used without a mention. the string section samples in
Ember Glance, for example, were shorter and repeated.