Mi ma la bu (Power cut)

from Toothbrush Fever by Naing Naing

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All sounds made of the sound of an old diesel generator recorded in Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). "mi ma la bu" is burmese for "There's a power cut".

2004 CD original liner notes :

Boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum. Generator-sets-uproar is a common-feature of everyday-life in places where power-supply is not-regular or even completely-inexistent. If you ever get-there, enjoy the gene-guitar, the gene-bass and the gene-drums throughout-the-night, or bring a sufficient-provision of earwax.boum-boum-boum-boum...The present-number contains-exclusively sounds created from a single take of generator recorded in Hsipaw, Northern Shan State (road to Lashio), except the sample from Mozart's 25th-Symphony, actually a private-joke alluding to the main-riff of Assisté by Heimatlos (1985). boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-This old-model, supposedly made-in-China is "mono-piston" which, unlike newer "multi-piston" gear that just produces a dumb pitch-less low-drone perfectly-useless for the purpose here, eventually delivers a swift hammering-sound, stunning next-of-kin to a single-note-thrash-metal-palm-mute-guitar-riff-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum-boum...TECH-QUIZ : Guess how NN made melodies with a pitch-shift (the-one-that-modifies-sound-duration) without altering-the-rythm ? I just help-you too-much : boum ! soon every sound freak will copy my idea ! boum-boum-boum-boum!!!!

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from Toothbrush Fever, released October 10, 2004

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Naing Naing Paris, France

Naing Naing's unique musique concrète draws influences from avant-garde rock, traditional asian music, hardcore punk, electronica and classical. Some tracks are made of a single source of sound: frogs, insects, ice cubes, machines, birds. Albums feature microscopic digital sound edition while live shows use MIDI guitar, "virtual tabla" & real guitar. Founding Member of Heimat-los & Tear of a Doll. ... more

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