A popular love song (and a must in karaoke bars), where Tuan (the
cadet of the band) lays his crystal voice on a jazzy 5/4
arrangement, based on a drum & bass loop inspired by Nguyen Le's
album, "Tales from Vietnam"; certainly the very first
inspiration of the VVDH project.
An audio tape bought
in a remote winter-market in Coc Ly, near the Chinese border (Northern
part of VN) gave birth to this track, where Dat is echoing the
enigmatic background-voice (*) of the story-teller,
rapping on the life and future of srteet children's.
We wanted this time
to bring Vietnamese folklore to Europe, where the encounter
happened for Bich on a very famous Middle-Age French song
("Gentil coquelicot"), gently accompanied by a Hmong
lullaby-singer of the northern city of Hoa Binh (**).
A famous middle-age song known to all Vietnamese, from Saigon to Paris and Los Angeles. Phuong found her way through this beautiful melody thanks to the precious help of her mother Thu Hien, the renowned Vietnamese traditional folk singer.
Credits/samples
*:
unknown
**:
Ru con dan toc Muong" by Dinh Thi Chao (in "Hat Ru dan toc thieu" album)
