Culture Sculpture, by Chanan Hanspal

Culture Sculpture

by Chanan Hanspal

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FABLOVER31 Chanan HANSPAL has managed the feat of bringing together many concepts from Frank Zappa's music and appropriating them to make a completely singular and unique work of its kind...
Congratulations the artist ! Favorite track: Culture Sculpture VII.

Roberto Chan A big sound trip!!
Awesome tracks ! Favorite track: Culture Sculpture VII.

DVEC A cracking trip into Zappa's mind care of Chanan. Favorite track: Culture Sculpture I.

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1.	Culture Sculpture I 03:58	buy track
2.	Culture Sculpture II 03:23	buy track
3.	Culture Sculpture III 03:45	buy track
4.	Culture Sculpture IV 07:16	buy track
5.	Culture Sculpture V 05:39	buy track
6.	Culture Sculpture VI 04:39	buy track
7.	Culture Sculpture VII 09:10	buy track

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"Culture Sculpture" functions within the same conceptual framework as Frank Zappa's "Lumpy Gravy" album from 1968. A framework that incorporates excessive editing and assemblage of sounds and the spoken word. Incongruent musical materials are used to create a concatenation of events which fit into a coherent structure in an amusing and entertaining way.

Since 1993, I have been steadily accumulating music and monologues which would fit into the framework first instigated by Zappa. In some ways, you could say that "Culture Sculpture", is a homage. Although the conceptual framework is similar, I have endeavoured to draw from my own cultural heritage and celebrate the folklore passed along by people I consider interesting and unique. I have chosen to intersperse my own musical materials with speech drawn from field recordings of people I either know or have met only briefly on my travels. The recordings were made across a wide geographical range including Wales, Spain, London, Singapore, Australia and New York.

Narratives are often ridiculous yet honest accounts, and depending on your disposition, absolutely hilarious. From tales of misfortune, intoxication, absurd behaviour and adventure in the Welsh valleys, imprisonment in Singapore, chicken mesh entanglement in Greek nightclubs, to my interpretation of Zappa's guitar playing style, distorted and rhythmically irregular. I have also integrated the synchronised talking guitar idea first employed in "The Dangerous Kitchen" and "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats" although herein put to use alongside a reading of one of my texts about the struggle for survival shared between man and woodlouse, exquisitely read by Apurba Kundu. "Culture Sculpture" is rife with amusement and incongruences as well as serious technically involved compositions such as my solo piano composition, "Ordering the Ocean to Retire", a piece made up of very complicated rhythms and harmony.

"Culture Sculpture" features Gerald Waters, John Pipere, Steve Sweeney, Charlie Creed-Miles, Jeff Lorber, John Medeski and Phi Yaan-Zek.

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released January 10, 2021

CULTURE SCULPTURE I

00:00-00:22 Zappafied I
00:22-00:24 This Smells A Bit Funny
00:24-00:41 Dangerous Territory
00:42-01:15 Speedy
01:16-02:08 Emergency Kebab
02:09-03:30 The Otherly World of Clive
03:30-03:58 Ripping Through Glass

CULTURE SCULPTURE I

00:00-01:18 Making a Meale out of it
01:19-01:31 That Duke Thing
01:31-01:38 Pryor Intent
01:38-01:54 The Secret Recipe
01:54-03:23 Chicken Mesh

CULTURE SCULPTURE III

00:00-01:48 Caged Funk
01:49-02:22 I Don't Wish to go to Cinderellas
02:22-02:36 Hazards of the Bush
02:36-03:45 Drum Machine

CULTURE SCULPTURE IV

00:00-01:22 Funky Wobble
01:22-01:49 The Play with Dissonance
01:50-02:04 A Boulezian Experiment
02:04-05:25 Journey of Life (Live at the Crown and Anchor, Islington, London 1998)
05:25-06:00 Medeski Magic
06:01-06:16 Cheap Thrills
06:16-06:49 The Nitty Gritty
06:50-07:16 To Sum Up

CULTURE SCULPTURE V

00:00-03:05 Man Versus Woodlouse
03:06-03:43 Two Hundred Thousand Years of History
03:43-04:02 Driving the car from outside of the car
04:02-04:59 Jelly Vibe
04:59-05:39 Blue Films and Fighting

CULTURE SCULPTURE VI

00:00-00:24 I First Met Chanan
00:24-00:42 A Six Stringed Cocksucker's Publication
00:42-00:57 This is how Vinnie would do it
00:57-02:51 Botanama
02:51-03:04 Testing 1 2
03:04-03:13 5 Star Gaff
03:13-03:23 Clean Your Room
03:24-03:31 Berlin in France
03:32-03:39 Yada Yada
03:40-04:16 The Singing Baba
04:16-04:39 Culture and Yoghurt

CULTURE SCULPTURE VII

00:00-02:17 Ordering The Ocean To Retire
02:18-03:07 Dance of the Waterbird
03:08-03:17 Too Much Wacky Baccy
03:18-03:38 Zappafied II
03:38-04:33 Gift From the Gods
04:34-05:23 Archway Lament
05:24-06:28 Arty Farty Shit
06:38-09:10 Goodbye Cuba

GUITAR, KEYS, EDITING AND PROGRAMMING - Chanan Hanspal
BASS - Dave Brooks
VOCALS - John Carney, Milton Johnson, Charlie Creed-Miles
FENDER RHODES - Jeff Lorber
HAMMOND ORGAN - John Medeski
DRUMS - Tansay Omar
PERCUSSION - Louie Stone

SPOKEN WORD

Charlie Creed-Miles
Nadia Graversen
Charlotte Jeffries
Apurba Kundu
Luca Parisot-Hanspal
Fred Merttens
John Pipere
Matthew Stone
Steve Sweeney
Gerald Waters
Phi Yaan-Zek

WOODWINDS

Andi Panayi - Piccolo and Flutes
Jane Tuff - Bb Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Josie Woodcliff - Eb Clarinet
Charlotte Bramington - Oboe
Sheldon Clough - Bassoon

BRASS

Lisa Grifton - Trumpet
Procter Stanwick - French Horn
George Daniels - Trombone
Derek Fiumana - Trombone

STRINGS

Sarah Button - Violin
Natalia Bonner - Violin
Judy Rochester - Viola
Helen Thomas - Cello

PERCUSSION

Marc Watson - Triangle, Woodblock, Make-Shift Timpani and Cymbals
Rhian Pothecary - Tuned Percussion

PIANO

Julius Portman

All music written, arranged and composed by Chanan Hanspal.
Mixed and Mastered by Chanan Hanspal.

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Critically acclaimed jazz rock guitarist and composer Chanan Hanspal has recorded with Miles Davis musicians Bill Evans and Mike Stern, John Medeski and Jeff Lorber. He has performed with Roots Manuva, Kylie Minogue, Jay Kay, Jazz Jamaica and The Roots. Hanspal has also recorded for Virgin, Sony, Dorado and Instinct Records, and has independently released nine solo albums. ... more

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