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Gunung Raja

from Songs of the Dragon by Akar Umbi

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Temuan legend has it that the human race was re-seeded after a Great Deluge in the vicinity of Gunung Raja, the Royal Mountain, which straddles the Pahang-Selangor border on the Titiwangsa Range. The repetitive motif is simultaneously complex and simple - a haunting musical hologram of the entire Titiwangsa Range, which forms the mountainous backbone of the Malayan Peninsula. Could Gunung Raja be a planetary chakra, a fusion point between earth and sky? The original 13-minute jam session has been edited to just over 11 minutes. To remove the intrusion of passing motorbikes, barking dogs and my baby boy's cackling, we inserted an atmospheric dissolve to what is intended as an "aerial view" of the Royal Mountain where the souls of the dead linger before relocating to Pulau Buah (the Isle of Fruits or Paradise).

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from Songs of the Dragon, released August 9, 2002
Rafique recorded the jam session in Mary Maguire's living room on DAT, warts and all, contributing some bass; Ian Anderson added guitar lacings; Stanley Nickam some congas; Awa, Indah and Nai created the trance groove with bamboo percussion (buloh limbong); Antares can be heard on a toy gamelan and snake charmer's oboe (wooden serunai). The studio dubs recorded at Imaginex by Salim Dastan had Xiong Lee on guitar & synth; Antares on Maui xaphoon (bamboo sax), cymbals & karma keyboard. On the CD this track was further edited down to less than 6 minutes - but I prefer the longer mix.

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Guano Breath Malaysia

My output mostly dates back to the 1980s and has been heard by a mere handful. This isn't what I'm into now but at least I'm not too embarrassed about it.

Collaborations with others & freestyle choreographic works form an integral part of my archive.

I enjoy being the world's least ambitious musician.
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