Tibetan Buddhism Trip

Description

Under the name Kink Gong, French musician and ethnomusicologist Laurent Jeanneau has dedicated over twenty years of his work to recording the musical traditions of minority groups in Southeast Asia and southwestern China. With Tibetan Buddhism Trip, he does not merely document these rituals: he recomposes them into a vast sound tapestry of nearly forty minutes, crafted from field recordings made in Tibet and Yunnan between 2006 and 2013. Liturgical chants, long dungchen trumpets, cymbals, gongs, bells, and percussion intertwine through a subtle process of editing and electronic treatments that preserve the full power of the original ceremonies. Closer to an immersion than a documentary, Tibetan Buddhism Trip invites the listener to traverse a sound landscape where field recordings and contemporary creation blend without ever losing sight of their cultural roots.