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Recorded in Seoul in 2006 at the Seoul Free Music Festival. There is a genre of Korean music called Pansori, a kind of folk opera that involves a singer and percussionist. It alternates spoken narrative with songs and it's performances can last for hours. Here the drama of Pansori is echoed in the spontaneous songs and vocal/percussion episodes of the two performers and their improvisations elicit performances that belong equally to East and West. Lauren Newton - voice and Park Je Chun - percussion. Album Tracks 1. Seoul Encounter 2. Seoul Rush 3. Souls Astray 4. Souls at Play 5. Souls Dance 6. It's Not 7. Escape East 8. Bird in Hand 9. Seoul Aspects 10. Extending, Pt. 1 11. Extending, Pt. 2 12. Seoul Sense 13. Relativity 14. No Matter 15. No Secrets 16. Souls Released 17. Souls Lament
