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Wu Xing - The Five Elements

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1.
Wood 06:01
2.
feeds 01:31
3.
Fire 05:06
4.
creates 01:34
5.
Earth 03:24
6.
bears 02:22
7.
Metal 05:24
8.
collects 01:27
9.
Water 07:34

about

“Heaven has produced the five elements which supply humankind’s requirements, and the people use them all. Not one of them can be dispensed with.”
- Zuo Zhuan’s record on the 27th year of the reign of Duke Xiang (590-573 B.C.E.)

A suite inspired by the Wu Xing (五行), the ancient five elements or phases, underpinning Chinese philosophy. Each phase has certain attributes that have informed the composition and then are used by the musicians in their improvisations.

There is a major difference to the ancient Greek elements in that the Wu Xing are more transitional in nature, where they can move in different cycles. One is more of a consuming nature, eg. fire consumes wood, but the cycle here is generative, where one elements begets another. The start and end points were chosen by the connection of Wood to birth and Water to death, but even at the end the cycle begins again.

credits

released October 27, 2017

Adam Simmons - alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Howard Cairns - double bass
Hugh Harvey - drums
Guest: Wang Zheng-Ting - sheng

All compositions by Adam Simmons, except “feeds” (Simmons/Zheng-Ting), “creates” (Harvey/Cairns), “bears” (Cairns/Simmons) and “collects” (Zheng-Ting/Harvey)

Adam is a Temby artist and performs exclusively on a Vintage Temby alto saxophone
Adam is a Selmer artist and performs exclusively on a SELMER Paris Privilege bass clarinet

Recorded by Myles Mumford, at Rolling Stock, 16 September 2017

Design by Celsius Design
Spiral data tato design by Philip Chapman-Bell
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For instructions for folding the Spiral Data Tato log onto:
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Thanks to Lewbowski's (Joel Trigg) for support in the development of this project. Thanks to Richard Fields for providing both nutritional and artistic sustenance.

Adam is a Temby artist and performs exclusively on a Vintage Temby alto saxophone
Adam is a Selmer artist and performs exclusively on a SELMER Paris Privilege bass clarinet
origami@adamsimmons.com
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"Fat Rain" is the rain that comes on a hot sultry afternoon, those large splotches that fall singularly from the sky, splattering in the gravel and exploding on windscreens...

Founded by Adam Simmons, Fat Rain's focus is on improvised and jazz music but basically dedicated to providing engaging music, believing good art is not simply entertaining but should leave an impression!
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