Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Peter Cusack

Favourite Beijing Sounds

(Kwanyin Records, kwanyin 022) (China) (CD)

  1. Raising the Flag in Tiananmen Square (2:31)
  2. Beijing Newspaper Seller (1:33)
  3. Telegraph Building Clock (1:42)
  4. Old Songs in Jingshan Park (3:28)
  5. Character Engraving Machine (1:46)
  6. Pigeon Whistles in the Sky (4:42)
  7. Calling the Pigeons (1:34)
  8. Chinese Dates Falling into Bowls (1:55)
  9. Knife Sharpener Man (2:47)
  10. Hutong Quiet (1:17)
  11. Beijing Wind with Caged Birds (2:54)
  12. Street Cry 1 (0:27)
  13. Street Cry 2 (0:34)
  14. Building Site at Night (3:16)
  15. Traffic Hoots (1:53)
  16. Beijing Taxi Meter (0:40)
  17. Hohei Evening Atmosphere (1:49)
  18. Taxi Meter Speaks English Too (0:35)
  19. Children in the Kindergarten (1:54)
  20. School Kids Reading Class (2:32)
  21. Female Middle School Students (1:50)
  22. Walking in Ginko Tree Leaves (1:23)
  23. Magpie Chatter (1:18)
  24. "Have You Eaten" (0:46)
  25. Counting Bank Notes (1:18)
  26. Small Lane Restaurant (2:19)
  27. Beijing Subway Busker (2:04)
  28. Beijing Subway Announcements (3:54)
  29. Key in Front Door (0:31)
  30. Temple of Heaven Park (9:52)

Compiled and edited by Peter Cusack
All tracks recorded by Peter Cusack except (3, 16), by Yan Jun; (8, 11), by conservatory students; and (9, 15, 25, 26), by Gao Lei and Dong Xuancheng
Design by Nowhereblue
Includes a 16-page booklet with liner notes by Peter Cusack and track notes, all in English and Chinese
Translation by Frankie Su

Released in September 2007