VA - Hanoi Masters: War Is a Wound, Peace Is a Scar (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 35:45 minutes | 389 MB
World | Label: Glitterbeat Records, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 35:45 minutes | 389 MB
World | Label: Glitterbeat Records, Official Digital Download
"Hanoi Masters: War is a Wound, Peace is Scar" is a haunting audio document recorded in the summer of 2014 by Grammy-award winning producer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Malawi Mouse Boys, The Good Ones). The sepia-tinged songs are sung and played live and direct by elderly Vietnamese musicians using half-forgotten traditional instruments. These musicians all have deep personal connections to the upheavals of the Vietnam War and the album's mesmerizing mood navigates the blurred line between raw beauty and muted sadness. 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, a war these Hanoi musicians still call the "American War", the wounds and scars of that era are ever-present. "Hanoi Masters" is an album of cautious healing and an unforgettable meditation on conflict, resistance, collective memory, and the longing for what has been lost.