"Eileithyia" - Ghost Project

Lan Tung:  Recorded live at the 2008 production of Ghost Project: dancer - Sutrisno Hartana, Orchid Ensemble - Lan Tung (erhu), Gelina Jiang (zheng), Jonathan Bernard (percussion); media arts by Aleksandra Dulic and Kenneth Newby (Flicker Media); music composed by Kenneth Newby. Written as part of the Sirens cycle compositions dedicated to the divine female across cultures, this particular piece of music is for the Cretan goddess of childbirth and midwiving and was composed after the birth of my son Ashlan. The work is in A/B/A form with a rhythmic cycle of 16 + 20 + 12 for A and 8 + 6 for B. The marimba/harp, erhu and bass guitar parts share three pitches in common but deviate in two others to create a delicious melodic tension characteristic of some forms of Javanese music. Interlocking parts characteristic of Balinese kotekan technique are played between the marimba, harp and bass guitar. The video composition makes use of live visual processing to transform the live performer into ghosts beyond the screens. 鬼域多媒體音樂會，蘭韻中樂團， 董籃－二胡，江革玲－古箏，