To illustrate the musical outcomes possible from the sampled instruments in Yunnan, we asked for serval volunteers from the BA (Hons) Music Production course at UCLan to compose a track. The outcomes fuse the samples take from unique musical instruments based in the tribes of Hani, Yao and Yi.
Graeme Lynch
BA(hons) Music Production Student
Originally from Liverpool, I spent 3 years in my home city, and 7 years in London as a performing musician, playing bass & guitar in bands up and down the UK and in Europe.
Caitlin Birkett
BA(hons) Music Production Student
I have a background in music performance, specifically the clarinet and love all things orchestral, more specifically orchestral film scores in where my passion in performance lies. Saying that, my passion for rock/drone/alternative and even jazz music is equally as strong.
Joseph Heaton
BA(hons) Music Production Student
I am an audio producer who specialises in acoustic composition work for TV, Film and video game media. Currently I’m working on various composition projects for release in the coming months. My passionate for live audio enables me to play bass in several professional bands.
Louis Denyer
BA(hons) Music Production Student
My specialisation/interest would be recording animal/nature/soundscapes as I have a lot of patience and love for nature. I recently assisted on a trip to Gibraltar were I recorded an Ape up close along with beetles in the trees, for use in various compositions.
Brandon Nightingdale
BA(hons) Music Production Student
My focus is in the preservation and restoration of pre digital techniques in music, art, video and beyond utilising post-modern techniques to create something new rather than ape the past.