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Ban Shan

from Ban Shan by Sandra Tavali

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"Electronically processed drum and a Taiwanese Hand Gong sounds accumulate in increasingly intense cycles of rising, dipping, rising again and then swooning down; an impression of combined dancerly delicacy and cosmic largeness emerges, and the protected god became a powerful force of creativity."

- Jean Ballard Terepka, (Music Critic): "2017 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival: Composer as
Creator" Posted on August 10, 2017, theaterscene.net

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Ban Shan—Taiwanese for “play god”—is a story about a “Ba Jia Jiang,” a young medium who also represents the bodyguards of Taiwanese god. He had a lucid dream after a temple fair until midnight. The young medium kept dancing in the dream until he finally became one of the gods.

Taiwanese “Ba Jia Jiang (八家將)” originated from Chinese folk beliefs and myths, and are usually referred to as the eight members of the gods. The initial legend of Ba Jia Jiang is from the eight generals catching evil exorcists for the Wufu Emperor (五福大帝). The eight generals are the gods of the underworld. They are also known as the bodyguards or attendants for the temples of the nether gods such as Dongyue Emperor (東獄大帝), Yama (King of hell, 閻羅王) and Cheng Huang (City gods, 城隍).

Drum samples processed in multiple layers represent the different spaces/worlds that the young medium dreamed. The different spaces sometimes stretch over each other, sometimes stand up indivisible, and sometimes exist independently. Besides the sound samples of drums processed into varied transforms , a sampled Taiwanese Hand Gong was also played through multiple effects. In the traditional legend, people believe the sound of the Taiwanese Hand Gong leads the human spirit and ghosts.

The composer, who grew up in the temple area in Tainan City (Taiwan), hopes “Ban Shan” will invoke the charming fever from the traditional festival in her hometown to share with the world.

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from Ban Shan, released July 31, 2017

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Her musical works crossover between classical and fine art, film, and documentaries. Since 2013, She started to work for theatre computer music workshops, encourage young musicians to work with deeper think-through creativities and collaborate with other international artists.

Her compositions "Ban Shan" was featured at the International Computer Music Conference-ICMC 2018 , NYCEMF2017 ... more

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