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Woman Giant | Matthias Engelke<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n The album WOMAN GIANT is a collaboration of Matthias Engelke with the Moradokmai Theatre Community from Thailand and combines Thai poetry of the 18th century, Thai myths and traditional Thai singing with modern electronics and sublime rhythms.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tracklist:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 01 | Elephant song (chang, chang, chang) <\/p>\n 16 Tracks (69\u203209\u2033)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n About the origin of the Thai songs and literature<\/strong> <\/p>\n Elephant song (chang chang chang)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Mindful<\/strong> <\/p>\n The chasing demon<\/strong> <\/p>\n Misbehaving moon<\/strong> <\/p>\n Rice and work<\/strong> <\/p>\n To be treated is to be tricked<\/strong> <\/p>\n Sacred repetition<\/strong> <\/p>\n Hell is prior to enlightenment<\/strong> <\/p>\n Culture shock<\/strong> <\/p>\n Greeting to hardship<\/strong> <\/p>\n Woman giant<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n MINDFUL – (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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\n02 | Mindful
\n03 | Chasing demon
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\n04 | Misbehaving moon
\n05 | Rice and work
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\n06 | To be treated is to be tricked
\n07 | Sacred repetition
\n08 | Hell is prior to enlightenment
\n09 | Giant walk
\n10 | Iridescent mallets
\n11 | Culture shock
\n12 | Abyss
\n13 | River Kwai
\n14 | DiDu
\n15 | Greeting to hardship
\n16 | Woman giant
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\nby Janaprakal Chandruang<\/p>\n
\nThe song is a modern adaptation of the popular Thai Elephant Song by the famous Thai National Artist, Lady Chin Silpabanleng. Different vocal tunes and school nursery rhymes were playfully integrated in a very unprecedented way and bound by the sound of a modern rhythm.<\/p>\n
\nThe Moradokmai community has six guiding philosophies deriving from Buddhist doctrines. This dignified tune describes community behaviors. The lyrics encourage the listener to be mindful when dealing with other people and their unpredictabilities.<\/p>\n
\nChasing after one\u2019s own future is inevitable! This story from Thailand\u2019s greatest literature was written by Suntorn Pooh. It tells the tale of an ugly female demon who chased after her family as it was running away from her. She is forced to decide between her own needs and the needs of her dearest boy. The necessity of letting go is the message of this drama. Suntorn Pooh (1786\u20131855) was a great Thai poet, as important for Thai literature as Shakespeare is for English literature. He was posthumously honored by UNESCO as a world poet.<\/p>\n
\nThis very famous traditional song describes a beautiful girl who is like a full moon. In Thai culture the moon is a symbol for many significant living feelings, but especially love. The song\u2019s touch of loneliness was the inspiration for the title \u201cMisbehaving moon\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nVocal tunes were traditionally used to make harvesting work in the rice fields more pleasant. Additional rituals were also applied throughout the harvesting season. The composition encompasses the sound of footsteps in the muddy field, where reptiles and mosquitoes also reside.<\/p>\n
\nThe lyrics for the song were partially excerpted from a classical story written by the Thai poet Suntorn Pooh. The message is to be aware of the unpredictability of human nature. No matter how good things may appear or sound, dangers are to be expected.<\/p>\n
\nThe song presents another interpretation of the Elephant song.<\/p>\n
\nWhen you are down and out, nothing is better than finding comfort. The comfort of the divine is most effective at restoring the will and the body. The lyrics by world-famous Suntorn Pooh describe the precious wisdom of knowing how to achieve self sufficiency and become enlightened.<\/p>\n
\nThe lyrics of this song have been improvised by countless folklore singers of the Thai kingdom for many generations. The tune has been handed down to us since the golden era of Ayutthaya (16th century). The lyrics were used for different occasions and were adjusted accordingly. This lyric was widely taught in schools, especially in the central region of Thailand. The song eventually reached our community by a friend of the singer and, as times have gone by, the lyrics shifted accordingly. The song describes how new generations have deserted their roots. The message urges the adults to at least keep reciting the tune for their children, but even the adults no longer know the tune.<\/p>\n
\nThe story told by this song is about Buddha\u2019s previous life, when he was referred to as Prince Wetsandon. He had sacrificed all of his royal belongings to those who appeared in need, including his luxurious castle. With no belongings left, Wetsandon took his wife Matsi and his two children to the forest, hoping that the forest would provide for his wife and his children. This song describes how Matsi comforts herself while entering the forest, while the beautiful call of the mythical jungle bird Sarika is a greeting to the new life of hardship.<\/p>\n
\nThis story about a woman giant was written about two thousand years ago by a Buddhist priest. The story can only be found in the scriptures of Deravaj Buddhism.<\/p>\n
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