Onra - Chinoiseries Pt.3 '2017

Tracks list

Almost 10 years have passed since Onra arrived with the charmingly eccentric
Chinoiseries LP. 32 Hip-Hop beats formed the sample-based project - dusty
Chinese vinyl hissing and crackling throughout – resulting in an
intriguing and spontaneous mix of the producers interest in exploring a
newly-discovered style of Music with his love for classic Hip-Hop production.

Using the style of analogue MPC production combined with the somewhat
restrictive record sampling of strictly Chinese Music records, he has been able
to be creative over three volumes, an amount of 100 instrumentals, despite the
challenge of finding more obviously standout samples in Chinese music.

The Chinoiseries projects are the type of albums that invites the listener to
play it from beginning to end, in order to really enjoy the trip and appreciate
the variety of rhythms and textures spread over those 32 short instrumentals. In
that way, “Pt.3” is no different to its predecessors, but the
originality of the samples, the curious harmonies and the odd-drum patterns
still makes the album sounds as fresh as the first one.

Onra finishes this epic trilogy with class as a result of extended record
digging across the Far East and the producers own development over the preceding
10 years.

As a producer who has released records inspired by 80s Funk, 90s Hip-Hop and
RnB, Electronic and even a Spiritual Jazz project, “Pt. 3” brings
this stylised set to a close.

Normally a man of few words, Onra has his own take on the three
Volumes:

I see the first Chinoiseries as a trip, inspired by my own first travel to Asia,
each beat representing one particular moment of the journey, the second one,
more like a soundtrack to a movie, each beat representing a different scene, and
the third one, I tried to create a dark, smoky and mysterious cinematic
atmosphere so you could create your own movie in your head.
For this last episode, I just really wanted to have fun with this type of
material for the very last time. I dug deeper than ever and I have tried to do
as many different rhythm patterns as possible, from various influences like
Hip-Hop (from different eras), to Bossa to Indian Music to Psych Rock, Soul,
etc. and try to portray a different image of Chinese Music. 

Track listing:
01. Onra - The Final Chapter (1:12)
02. Onra - Loyalty (2:21)
03. Onra - Autumn Moon Shining Over the Calm Lake (2:14)
04. Onra - Reminds Me Of... (1:30)
05. Onra - Will I See You Again (1:47)
06. Onra - Hold My Hand (1:25)
07. Onra - The Storm (2:20)
08. Onra - Fake Porcelain (2:02)
09. Onra - Moonlit Street (1:33)
10. Onra - Like The Seasons (1:22)
11. Onra - Lin Shao Ding (1:35)
12. Onra - Tea Vender On the Street (2:28)
13. Onra - Behind the Curtain (1:45)
14. Onra - Voices In My Head (1:48)
15. Onra - Keep Your Head Up (2:10)
16. Onra - Waterlily (1:28)
17. Onra - Memories From 1968 (1:03)
18. Onra - Thank You Very Much (1:54)
19. Onra - Last Cup of Wine (2:24)
20. Onra - Zoodiac (1:42)
21. Onra - Against the Wall (2:16)
22. Onra - Trip To Yunnan (1:33)
23. Onra - New Years in Guang Zhou (1:47)
24. Onra - A Distant Dream (2:04)
25. Onra - Incantation (1:17)
26. Onra - Pearl Song (2:38)
27. Onra - The Spirit Blossoms All Over the Land (2:23)
28. Onra - Legacy (1:16)
29. Onra - Betrayal (1:52)
30. Onra - Persons On the Blacklist (1:35)
31. Onra - They Got Breaks Pt.3 (1:45)
32. Onra - Bye Bye (2:17)

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