{"title":"Astral Industries","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-chi-factory-the-bamboo-recordings","title":"The Chi Factory - The Bamboo Recordings","description":"CATALOGUE NO. AI-05 \u003cbr\u003eFORMAT - LP \u003cbr\u003eRELEASE DATE 17th Aug 2016 \u003cbr\u003eGenres - Techno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrack Listing\u003cbr\u003eA. Part One\u003cbr\u003eB. Part Two\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacobus Derwort started exploring sonic soundscapes listening to his short-wave  world receiver at the age of 12. There he would hear music from Africa, China,  Japan, Indonesia, South America and beyond. He started playing guitar, piano,  percussion and saxophone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe met Hanyo van Oosterom in 1978 and they started the legendary cult rock band,  'The Jones'. Derwort was playing the sax, van Oosterom the drums. 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CHI stopped in 1987 (and still now nobody knows exactly why). Willem Cramer and Michel Banabila started the world music collective 'East Meets West' in 1989. Hanyo and Jacobus kept recording ambient soundscapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacobus was working on his 'Bamboo' recordings. Hanyo recorded the first tracks for 'The Kallikatsou Experience'.  Neither album was ever released. They returned a  few times together to The Kallikatsou, but there the history seems to end...  …until decades later when Astral Industries located them after a long search, inspired by Rod Modell (Deepchord). The result was the vinyl release of CHI – The Original Recordings in February 2016. The album received great reviews and sold out in a few weeks. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis inspired Hanyo and Jacobus to work on an old plan: remixing the old bamboo  recordings. Most tracks were made in the eighties before and after CHI. Original  tape recordings using mainly analogue sounds, percussion, samples and (of course)  bamboo flutes and manipulated clarinets. Hanyo added some new recordings and  remixed the old tapes in his Numoonlab Studio in Rotterdam. The result was  'The Bamboo Recordings', a timeless collection of ambient soundscapes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHI FACTORY is the next step of CHI into the future. It will involve many future  ambient collaborations. The next release will be 'The Kallikatsou Recordings'  (Astral Industries 2016 TBA). Also bringing back the original line-up of CHI for new  recordings is part of the plan. Who knows what may happen next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bamboo Recordings have been produced and remixed by Hanyo van  Oosterom. Original recordings by Jacobus Derwort. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacobus Derwort: bamboo flutes, clarinet, guitar, samples, loops, saxophone,  percussion, field recordings.\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\u003eHanyo van Oosterom: piano, bass, guitar, percussion, flute, samples and drones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bamboo Recordings contain voice samples from around the world,  including Tibetan monks, Sufi chanting, a Hopi elder, a Hopi woman, Fulani  storytellers, a Japanese girl singing, Spanish and Greek children, excerts from Gratitude For The Gaze by Nikos Eliou and much more...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Astral Industries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34894596145308,"sku":"AI-05","price":18.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/CS622698-01A-BIG.jpg?v=1593894637"},{"product_id":"waveform-transmission-v-3-0-3-9","title":"Waveform Transmission - V 30-39","description":"Genre: Electronic\/Ambient\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2LP\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: AI20\u003cbr\u003eB\/C: 5051142007803\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 25th September 2020 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Tracklist: \u003cbr\u003eA. 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