Runaway Horses
New album out by Kimho Ip, yang-chin and Filip Davidse, saxophone. Possibly the world's first ever duo to record Chinese music on yang-chin and saxophone!
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CD Launch;
AUG 28 5:00pm Live performance of the Duo of Chinese dulcimer (Yang-Chin) & soprano saxophone by Kimho Ip & Filip Davidse, with the launching of their new CD album, "Runaway Horses". CHAI Teahouse, 3a Merchant Street, EH1 2QD
Runaway Horses - a metaphor illustrating the spirit of departing from home, making a step beyond tradition; towards the idea of re-interpretation and the search for new grounds in music. In addition it means that while traveling you get many new and fresh impressions, something which also happens when making the voyage recorded in this album. With pieces ranging from the Mongolian folk tune Galloping Horses to the south-east Chinese San Liu it does feel like being taken by the musicians all through China, and beyond.
This album presents the collaboration of two musicians interacting inter-culturally, Filip from Holland and Kimho from Hong Kong, China. Each has also worked musically across several cultures. The selected music, mostly influenced by East Asian folk music, combined with the aesthetics of European classical tradition, represents a state of mind in music that reflects a genuine interest to understand others' cultures and their subtle nuances. It is possibly the world's first ever recorded album of the instrumental combination of a Chinese dulcimer (Yangchin) and a soprano saxophone.
The soul of experimentalism is, however, by no means to be taken as deconstructing tradition. Whereas both instruments are not tightly strangled by a particular tradition, the duo lets the music speak for itself. Especially in pieces like Yang Guan Trio and The Saga, different musical traditions are put in such a natural dialogue that the difference between composed music and traditional music becomes rather indistinct, and probably unnecessary to be too clearly defined as well. Also, the overall philosophy of the recording is to maintain the live acoustic quality of the two instruments, including the ambiences and noises which contribute to the natural character of the playing by the duo.
Of the pieces marked by 
an audio sample is available to listen to.
1. San Liu 5.11
2. The wind of Yi 6.21
3. Xinjiang. Xinjiang 5.01
4. Yang Guan Trio 7.48
5. The Saga 5.33
6. Abyss of Misery 6.19
7. Nocturnal Rain 4.59
8. Galloping Horse 2.06
9. When Spring Comes Upon The River 7.45
For more information on the players have a look at:
www.filipdavidse.com
www.kimhoip.com
Produced by Charlie Jefferson, Kimho Ip & Filip Davidse
Cover design by Tommy Perman