2010-07-29 12:41:10 etacarinae
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ChoP FREE Release - OUT NOW !!!
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ChoP vol. 1 :: Zen Lu & Grzegorz Bojanek - Live in Zacheta
Recorded live in Zacheta National Gallery of art (Warsaw, 18.06.2010)
published by: www.mindtwistingrecords.com | mtr/mp3/003
during Warsaw Electronic Festival:
Here you can download it free:
http://www.mindtwistingrecords.com/index.php?/mp3/mtrmp3003/
After exactly one year Zen Lu and Grzegorz Bojanek joined their forces again to perform a unique live-act during the Warsaw Electronic Festival Main Event. The famous Zacheta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw became the scene for the short (only about 30 minutes) but dense improvised performance. Both Zen Lu and Grzegorz Bojanek used quite new sounds they composed during the past year and different electronic instruments to create ambient, experimental and in the end noise sound experience. This performance was the first during the Polish ChoP Tour 2010. Other concerts were organized in Kraków, Czestochowa and Sopot.
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2010-07-17 21:47:04 zenlu
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ChoP@Expo
Date: 17 July 2010
Venue: Germany Pavilion
Audio: Zen Lu
Visual: VJ Hean(Korea)
Dress Sponsor: PONY
info: http://www.expo2010-deutschland.de/en/fun/events/details/event/kioskxiaomaibu-live-music-act-8/
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2010-07-06 20:11:14 zenlu
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ChoPing
I started to working for my job after I came back to China,very tired.I began to miss those days in Poland,cool weather, beautiful city, friendly people, delicious food.....
ChoP has 4 years,we released 4 CDs,and we have tour in China and Poland,I think CHOP project is not just music, it should have more content, it is a cultural exchange projects and platforms,I hope more members of CHOP would come to here to discuss and exchange culture and art.
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2010-06-27 22:19:17 kim_nasung
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Zen Lu & Kim_Nasung | PLUM! Festival
It was realy great time for me!
Nice weather, sea, all wef crazy people!!!
I hope there will be a chance to play with Zen again...!!!
I've got a lot of ideas for some cooperations..!!!
Maos vocals was great! Set was intersting, repetitions, some gongs and bells and noise of course!!!!
Big thanks for Jarek, Zen and others!!!!
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2010-06-26 14:56:28 zenlu
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SOPOT, SO SPORT
The journey from Czestochowa to Sopot was a long time on train - 10 hours, the train is very slow !!.....but everything is ok, we had a funny trip from Czestochowa to SOPOT. Jacek picked us up from the railway station at 11:00PM, It was raining in SOPOT, so it was very cold. I do not have the impression for the city on a rainy night, just want to arrive to the hotel fast.
We were hungry, and came out to look for a restaurant, but all restaurants had been closed. Because it was too late and the night was rainy we just could buy some food in KFC. I never liked KFC.
We slept comfortably after the second day already, and the weather changed for the better today. We began to visit this seaside town, it's really nice!
I played with Kim_Nasung at PLUM! FESTIVAL, no more people for the festival. I know SOPOT is also is a tourist city, so just like KRAKOW, but for us, it's ok,we have happy time on the stage. Jarek asked us if we would play again after the last perfomance, so we had a Quartet: Jarek, Kim_Nasung, Nmls, Zen Lu. It was short but very nice!
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2010-06-26 14:38:04 zenlu
Vist in Czestochowa
In fact I am an atheist,but I decided to go to see Black Madonna,it's very importatnt for Częstochowa,I think it's the symbol of the city,everyboday should know Black Madonna if you come to Czestochowa.
We went to the church at noon on 24 June before we come to SOPOT,the church is located on a hillside,It's so majestic and beautiful, the building layout is scientific and reasonable. In front of it is a straight road, for the faithful pilgrims.This reminds me of Chinese Buddhism,especially Tibetan Buddhism,I think in some point of view, is consistent with their inherent.
Anyway, this brief visit, let me have a deep impression.I will miss the city.
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2010-06-26 14:21:33 zenlu
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ChoP in Częstochowa again
I know Częstochowa is a spiritual center of Poland, because the city has the best church, and they have Black Madonna.
Just about 30 people (or maybe 40) came to our concert in Cafe Belg, I played at here for the first time in 2007. it's a nice place. We sold 6 CDs, one lady told me she wept in our sound, and another women said she flew when we performed. I think this is the best compliment for us.
After concert, people liked to talk with us about our music, about feelings and culture. They hope we will come back soon. Czestochowa let me have a good impression and memory.
Bionulor
Zen Lu
ChoP v.1 - Zen Lu & Grzegorz Bojanek
Zen Lu - SOLO
ChoP vol. 1 - Grzegorz Bojanek & Zen Lu
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2010-06-24 23:43:26 etacarinae
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Last Coffee in Czestochowa :-)
We still had about an hour before the train so we decided to go to Cafe Belg (where we performed last night – report from the concert later). It is a really nice place with very friendly people, so we drank our last coffee in Częstochowa and ate some cake. Again, it was very funny :-) But we also recorded a short interview about the ChoP project for the Zen’s film.
Than we went to the railway station. As usual - the train was late. But finally two trains (one from Kraków and one from Katowice) were connected and Zen and Ying could start their 10 hour journey to Sopot.
Jacek form Toksyna FM has just called. They have just arrived and everything is OK! I hope the PLUM FESTIVAL in Sopot will be a magical experience for everybody!
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2010-06-24 08:06:55 etacarinae
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Solvay Once More...
Here you can see the solvay gig... What do you think?
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2010-06-23 16:19:15 zenlu
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tour in Krakow and Częstochowa
I'm at hotel in Greg's home town,we will have a concert tonight,now I have time to update our blog.21-22 June,we have two gigs in Krakow:RE Club and Solvay,RE CLUB is a nice place,I went to RE CLUB on June in 2007,Zbigniew Karkowski take me to here,and I knew Dickson Dee played at here in 2005.I think Krakow is a tourist city,so maybe it has no many people will come to event,just about 5 audiences come.but it's ok,because we have nice space and great sounds system for our performace.the 2nd concert in Krakow on 22 June,it's very pitiful,just 2 audiences....I like the place,it's a theater,big screen for visual,the visual made by a teacher in Hong Kong University,it focuses on the construction and population of Hong Kong.I and Greg(CHOP VOL.1) make soundtrack for the visual,I recorded our live performace,I think I will release it under my label by DVD in the future.
after concert,we went to Greg's hometown-Częstochowa at night.
In the morning,we going to Anna's school.I teach the students how to use chopsticks,and how to speak the simple Chinese Language,I think it's an important part for ChoP project,because it's culture exchange.Greg showed the photos for students,these photos were ChoP on tour in China 2009.I explained these pictures,I hope more people can understand Chinese traditional culture, of course I hope more people will see what's happened in new China.and I will also explain to my friends about the Polish culture in China,I think this is a responsibility for ChoP project!
OK,let me have rest,I will update after our concert tonight.
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2010-06-23 11:30:57 etacarinae
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Empty Solvay Disaster...
Unfortunately Krakow is not very goog place to organise concerts. There are so many small gigs, that one more does not make a difference for the citizens. So in fact we were performing just for 2 people :-) Ying and our friend Krzysiek Cybulski. In fact the gig was very interesting. We were making live music for the film made in Hong Kong. Very inspiring experience! I hope the recording of the gig is OK and we gonna upload some mp3s here. Stay tunned...
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2010-06-23 11:12:45 etacarinae
Fun in the Jurajska Gallery
We are waiting for Anna and having some fun in Jurajska Gallery :-)
...online with Kim_Nasung and with each other...
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2010-06-21 00:50:11 etacarinae
WEF - last day - ISAN
During the last day we were only watching and listening, not performing.
ISAN was amazing!
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2010-06-18 21:31:34 etacarinae
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ChoP in Concert!! Zacheta National Gallery
ChoP vol.1 played in Warsaw for the 2nd time. We played quite short - just about 30 minutess. At the end we made micro-noise and Greg closed all sound when the high wave approached. The audience liked our performace very much!
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2010-06-18 11:38:55 etacarinae
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First Concert in Warsaw
This day was quite interesting. First we went to Gallery 2.0 where the new exhibition called "Digital Sculptures for Analog Sounds" was open. The idea of analog sounds appeared on WEF forum. It was developed by Krzysiek Cybulski. The digital sculptures to the analog sounds were made by Polish artist living in New York, Przemyslaw Moskal.
Than we went to Jazz Radio where Guiddo interviewed us in his radio show Input Output Put Put.
The first concert was great!
Zen Lu played some ambient sounds and mixed it with his magical sound-box sounds!
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2010-06-16 02:34:48 zenlu
Hong Kong Airport
I'm at Hong Kong airport now.
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2010-06-14 23:24:29 etacarinae
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“Ten Thousand Waves”
A British video artist Isaac Julien used ChoP music in his latest video project called “Ten Thousand Waves”.
“Isaac Julien’s new film installation TEN THOUSAND WAVES is to receive its world premiere at the Sydney Biennale in May, followed by its Chinese premiere in ..Shanghai.. to coincide with the Expo 2010 and ..UK.. premiere at the Hayward Gallery, ....London.... in October.”....
www.isaacjulien.com/newsdetail.php?id=63 - about the project
www.isaacjulien.com/tenthousandwaves/index.php - the web page of the film
Isaac used the track, which was played by Zen Lu and Grzegorz Bojanek (ChoP vol. 1) during the concert in ..Hong Kong.. (Videotage).
ChoP vol. 1 – Live p.1 | Videotage HKG.
Check it here:
www.myspace.com/chopart
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2010-06-10 18:33:01 zenlu
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President Mao in sound box
my new toy..
I love President Mao,I love neo sound...
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2010-06-09 22:27:49 etacarinae
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ChoP in Poland 2010 - Schedule
ChoP in Poland 2010
This time a short tour around Poland is called "WEF ON TOUR 2010: ChoP". It is a part of the whole Warsaw Electronic Festival, which is held in Warsaw between 16 and 19 June 2010. You will be able to listen to ChoP project, as well as the solo performances of ChoP members several times in Warsaw and in other cities of Poland.
Schedule:
17.06.2010
ChoP in Polish National Radio EURO – Interview (around 17:00)
Zaklęte Rewiry / Kino Ilusion | Pre-Festival WARM-UP – Zen Lu solo (around 22:00)
(this concert starts at 18:00 and finishes after midnight)
18.06.2010
WEF.MAIN.EVENT – Zachęta National Gallery of Art
ChoP vol. 1:: Zen Lu + Grzegorz Bojanek (20:00)
21.06.2010
WEF ON TOUR 2010: ChoP
Kraków, Klub RE | Krzysiek Cybulski / Vasen Piparjuuri / Minoo / Zen Lu | VJ JQM
22.06.2010
WEF ON TOUR 2010: ChoP
Kraków, CSW Solvay | ChoP vol. 1:: Zen Lu + Grzegorz Bojanek / Rafał Mazur / Minoo
23.06.2010
WEF ON TOUR 2010: ChoP
Częstochowa, Herbaciarnia Cafe Belg Bionulor / ChoP vol. 1:: Zen Lu + Grzegorz Bojanek
25.06.2010
Plum Festival Sopot (Pier)
Zen Lu + Kim_Nasung (around 18:00)
(this concert starts at 16:00 and finishes around midnight)
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2010-05-17 14:00:50 zenlu
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ChoP@Foshan
Zen Lu(ChoP vol.1) and Sin:Ned(ChoP vol.3) and Day 0(audio and visual artist,member of Neo Sound) made a workshop and live show in Foshan on Saturday(15 May).the workshop about the origins and development of experimental music and electronic music,many people have interested on it.but night,just 8 audiences join our concert,it's ok,we are happy.
we visted an ancient village on Sunday,it called Da Qi Tou.the ancient village in Yueping,contains the best preserved and the most representative folk building cluster of the Qing Dynasty such buildings have become popular with tourists.
In order to protect the ancient buildings, government let all the original residents moved to another place to live,so now we can only keep the buildings, but their original culture disappeared,it's sad.
Liang's Garden also is an ancient buildings,today it became a park,many many tourists come in,they find fun at there.
in fact,Foshan is a representative of the Guangdong traditional culture.we know Wing Chun,the Master Yip Man,he was the teacher of Bruce Lee.
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2010-05-13 17:53:07 zenlu
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new wave of the friendship between China and Poland
New wave of the friendship between China and Poland，the mean in Chinese is:中波关系新高潮！I like these words,and I wrot it on the wall of VOX Club in Wuhan last year(ChoP tour in China 2009).
I went to Guangzhou for my visa today,all things is ok now.we will start the 2nd ChoP tour on next month.so,Greg,Minoo,we will meet again.RND and Krzysztof Orluk,we will meet in Warsaw,I'm looking forward to hearing your new works.
Jarek and Greg,thank you very much! your efforts will make ChoP project to communicate more in-depth.
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2010-05-05 18:43:13 etacarinae
ChoP in Poland - 2010 !!!
This is the first official information about the short 2010 ChoP tour. We are currently busy working on it. I'm working on the schedule of the concerts. We are sure to play a concert in Warsaw (18.06.2010) during the Warsaw Electronic Festival MAIN EVENT, than a concert in Krakow and Czestochowa, and finally a gig in Sopot. Several people who are involved in ChoP project will be together on stage this year. I will confirm them later and give the detailed information abut the concerts.
Stay tunned!
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