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{"id":8859744895226,"title":"Kink Gong \/\/ Zomia Vol.1 LP","handle":"kink-gong-zomia-vol-1-lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eポルトガル・リスボンの密林大巣窟Discrepant諸作を入荷しました。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e本作は、ドイツ・ベルリンのストレンジビーツ作家\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLaurent Jeanneau aka Kink Gongがリリースしたレコードです。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJames C Scottが『The Art of Not Being Governed, an Anarchist History of Upland South East Asia』の中で提唱したZOMIA(=国家のルールが適用されない半ユートピア的な地域)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eにインスパイアされ制作した作品です。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e彼が東南アジアの高地で何年にもわたって録音・記録してきた音楽に、独自の解釈を加えた神話的サウンドスケープ9曲を収録。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e※デジタル音源を無料でお送りいたしますのでお気軽にご連絡くださいませ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=969712805\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/dipa\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/dipa\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Discrepant releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk us for digital files.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKink Gong is back with his unique take and re-interpretation of the music he’s been recording and documenting for years in the South East Asian highlands.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZomia Vol.1 takes the conceptual idea of ZOMIA, proposed by James C Scott in The Art of Not Being Governed, an Anarchist History of Upland South East Asia, to construct its very own mythological soundscape inspired by a semi-utopic region where state rules don’t apply. Zomia might be (almost) gone but Kink Gong is keen keep its spirit alive by releasing a series of albums celebrating the region’s quasi mythological features.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘’Zomia is an idea, a concept that, not so long ago, there were two very distinct worlds in southeast Asia, the valley VS highland\/hinterland, the civilisation VS the primitive, paddy rice VS slash and burn agriculture, Buddhism VS Animism, fixed territory VS movement\/migration, written system VS oral culture, the state VS anarchy, property VS squat, controlled population VS autonomy, bricks VS bamboo and wood and, at my level museumified traditional mainstream music VS real emotions\/songs of devastated lives and\/or gongs ceremonies with buffalo sacrifices, extreme heat in the valleys VS shade in the jungle. I could go on and on but let’s not\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e forget that ZOMIA is disappearing fast, if not altogether already. How many of the people I’ve recorded are still alive?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs you might know, before composing new music from my own ZOMIAN experience (from 2001 to 2014 in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and China) I had to find those musicians, be able to communicate with them, record them as good as I could with very limited finances and gradually release a collection of 160 CDrs. It is very important for me to make sure you to listen to the fantastic original recordings before or after you’ve listened to this experimental reconstruction I called ZOMIA!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpect more volumes to come, this is my biggest source of inspiration, and the reason why I’ve been involved for years in constructing a mythological experimental musical ZOMIAN soundscape.’’\u003cbr\u003e-Laurent Jeanneau, Berlin 2020\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eartist : Kink Gong \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elabel : Discrepant\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-07-14T07:42:55+09:00","created_at":"2025-07-14T07:42:25+09:00","vendor":"Tobira Records","type":"","tags":["ambient","Discrepant","field recording","lp","new","post newage","strange beats"],"price":398000,"price_min":398000,"price_max":398000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":47510136783098,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Kink Gong \/\/ Zomia Vol.1 LP","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":398000,"weight":430,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/a2065947443_16.jpg?v=1619311245"],"featured_image":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/a2065947443_16.jpg?v=1619311245","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21810011439269,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":700,"width":700,"src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/a2065947443_16.jpg?v=1619311245"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":700,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/a2065947443_16.jpg?v=1619311245","width":700}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eポルトガル・リスボンの密林大巣窟Discrepant諸作を入荷しました。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e本作は、ドイツ・ベルリンのストレンジビーツ作家\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLaurent Jeanneau aka Kink Gongがリリースしたレコードです。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJames C Scottが『The Art of Not Being Governed, an Anarchist History of Upland South East Asia』の中で提唱したZOMIA(=国家のルールが適用されない半ユートピア的な地域)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eにインスパイアされ制作した作品です。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e彼が東南アジアの高地で何年にもわたって録音・記録してきた音楽に、独自の解釈を加えた神話的サウンドスケープ9曲を収録。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e※デジタル音源を無料でお送りいたしますのでお気軽にご連絡くださいませ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=969712805\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/dipa\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/dipa\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Discrepant releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsk us for digital files.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKink Gong is back with his unique take and re-interpretation of the music he’s been recording and documenting for years in the South East Asian highlands.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZomia Vol.1 takes the conceptual idea of ZOMIA, proposed by James C Scott in The Art of Not Being Governed, an Anarchist History of Upland South East Asia, to construct its very own mythological soundscape inspired by a semi-utopic region where state rules don’t apply. Zomia might be (almost) gone but Kink Gong is keen keep its spirit alive by releasing a series of albums celebrating the region’s quasi mythological features.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘’Zomia is an idea, a concept that, not so long ago, there were two very distinct worlds in southeast Asia, the valley VS highland\/hinterland, the civilisation VS the primitive, paddy rice VS slash and burn agriculture, Buddhism VS Animism, fixed territory VS movement\/migration, written system VS oral culture, the state VS anarchy, property VS squat, controlled population VS autonomy, bricks VS bamboo and wood and, at my level museumified traditional mainstream music VS real emotions\/songs of devastated lives and\/or gongs ceremonies with buffalo sacrifices, extreme heat in the valleys VS shade in the jungle. I could go on and on but let’s not\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e forget that ZOMIA is disappearing fast, if not altogether already. How many of the people I’ve recorded are still alive?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs you might know, before composing new music from my own ZOMIAN experience (from 2001 to 2014 in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and China) I had to find those musicians, be able to communicate with them, record them as good as I could with very limited finances and gradually release a collection of 160 CDrs. It is very important for me to make sure you to listen to the fantastic original recordings before or after you’ve listened to this experimental reconstruction I called ZOMIA!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpect more volumes to come, this is my biggest source of inspiration, and the reason why I’ve been involved for years in constructing a mythological experimental musical ZOMIAN soundscape.’’\u003cbr\u003e-Laurent Jeanneau, Berlin 2020\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eartist : Kink Gong \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elabel : Discrepant\u003c\/p\u003e"}
