Hwong, Lucia

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House Of Sleeping Beauties
Used - LP - 2006 1 P
1985 US Original; Europadisk Pressing. Cover Is A Conservative VG+; Bottom mOf Spine Has An Updated Black Cat. Number Sticker Wrapped Around. "In 1985, Lucia Hwong Showed A Great Deal Of Promise On Her Debut Album House Of Sleeping Beauties, Which Acknowledges The Composer/arranger's Asian Heritage But Isn't Traditional Asian Music. Rather, This Lp Finds Hwong (A Chinese-american From Los Angeles) Combining Asian Music (Chinese And Otherwise) With New Age And Ambient Elements. Creatively, House Of Sleeping Beauties Was A Step Forward For Both Asian Music And New Age. It Demonstrates That Asian Music Doesn't Have To Live In The Past, And It Is More Interesting And Stimulating Than A Lot Of The New Age Releases That Came Out In The Mid-'80s. Much Of The New Age From That Period Was Not Meant To Be Stimulating; The Whole Idea Was To Offer Calm, Soothing, Peaceful Music That Would Help Listeners To Unplug And Chill Out. But While House Of Sleeping Beauties Is Calm And Peaceful Enough To Attract New Age Audiences, It Doesn't Lull The Listener To Sleep -- Quite The Contrary. From The Extended "Tibet Suite" To "Dragon Dance" And "The Spell," This Album Is Far From Mindless. Hwong's Hypnotic Instrumentals Are Consistently Intriguing; On This Debut, The L.a. Resident Demonstrated That Synthesizers Could Sound Perfectly Natural Alongside Traditional Asian Instruments (Which Hwong Does Not Use In A Traditional Way). In The 1990s, New Age/world Fusion Became Increasingly Common, But For 1985, House Of Sleeping Beauties Was Quite Daring And Challenging -- Certainly By The New Age Standards Of The Mid-'80s. House Of Sleeping Beauties Isn't Hwong's Most Essential Release; Nonetheless, She Shows A Great Deal Of Imagination On This 1985 Debut." All Music Guide – Alex Henderson. more
House Of Sleeping Beauties
Used - LP - AL-1601
1985 original. "In 1985, Lucia Hwong Showed A Great Deal Of Promise On Her Debut Album House Of Sleeping Beauties, Which Acknowledges The Composer/arranger's Asian Heritage But Isn't Traditional Asian Music. Rather, This Lp Finds Hwong (A Chinese-american From Los Angeles) Combining Asian Music (Chinese And Otherwise) With New Age And Ambient Elements. Creatively, House Of Sleeping Beauties Was A Step Forward For Both Asian Music And New Age. It Demonstrates That Asian Music Doesn't Have To Live In The Past, And It Is More Interesting And Stimulating Than A Lot Of The New Age Releases That Came Out In The Mid-'80s. Much Of The New Age From That Period Was Not Meant To Be Stimulating; The Whole Idea Was To Offer Calm, Soothing, Peaceful Music That Would Help Listeners To Unplug And Chill Out. But While House Of Sleeping Beauties Is Calm And Peaceful Enough To Attract New Age Audiences, It Doesn't Lull The Listener To Sleep -- Quite The Contrary. From The Extended "Tibet Suite" To "Dragon Dance" And "The Spell," This Album Is Far From Mindless. Hwong's Hypnotic Instrumentals Are Consistently Intriguing; On This Debut, The L.a. Resident Demonstrated That Synthesizers Could Sound Perfectly Natural Alongside Traditional Asian Instruments (Which Hwong Does Not Use In A Traditional Way). In The 1990s, New Age/world Fusion Became Increasingly Common, But For 1985, House Of Sleeping Beauties Was Quite Daring And Challenging -- Certainly By The New Age Standards Of The Mid-'80s. House Of Sleeping Beauties Isn't Hwong's Most Essential Release; Nonetheless, She Shows A Great Deal Of Imagination On This 1985 Debut." All Music Guide – Alex Henderson. more
Secret Luminescence
New - LP - 2021
Sealed 1987 Original With Thin Saw Cut. “Like Many Forms Of World Music, Asian Music (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Or Vietnamese) Has Both Its Traditionalists And Its Forward Thinkers. Lucia Hwong Is Among The Forward Thinkers; Secret Luminescence, Her Second Album, Has One Foot In Asian Culture And The Other In The Western, Non-Asian World. The Composer/Arranger Was Never An Asian Purist; This 1987 Release Isn't Traditional Asian Music, But Rather, Combines Asian Elements (Chinese And Otherwise) With New Age And Electronica. Hwong's Haunting, Evocative Offerings Are Essentially Instrumental; Wordless Background Vocals Are Sometimes Employed, But For All Intents And Purposes, Secret Luminescence Is An Instrumental Album. Throughout This Memorable Effort, Hwong Favors An Electronic/Acoustic Contrast. Synthesizers Are A Big Part Of Her Sound, But So Are Traditional Asian Instruments That Range From Tibetan Bells (Which The Southern Californian Plays Herself) To The Shakuhachi (A Bamboo Flute That Was Invented In China But Has Been Japan's Most Prominent Wind Instrument For Centuries). And It All Blends Together Nicely; On Secret Luminescence, High-Tech 1980s Synthesizers Sound Perfectly Natural Alongside Asian Instruments That Were Invented Centuries Before Hwong Was Even Born. Because Hwong's Music Is As Calm And Tranquil As It Is, Secret Luminescence Is Highly Regarded In New Age Circles. But This Album Is A Lot Meatier And A Lot More Substantial Than Much Of The Instrumental Music That Was Considered New Age In 1987; Secret Luminescence Isn't Elevator Muzak, And It Doesn't Require Listeners To Turn Their Brains Off. Although Hwong's Best, Most Essential Work Came Out In The 1990s, This Is An Enjoyable Sophomore Effort.” – Alex Henderson, AMG more

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