Shining Cracks is an album inspired by a quote from Emil Cioran: “The moments of refinement conceal a death-principle: nothing is more fragile than subtlety.” , this album is a journey for seizing the “death-principle”, by “carving” the timbre, organization and texture of the sound.
released June 27, 2016
Composed & produced by Chunyang Yao
Vocal, field recording & analog synthesizer by Chunyang Yao
Mixed & mastered by Keju Luo
Illustration by Bunny
Designed by Tian Yuan
Sound Above Cloud – field record from 2014 performance “Temperature” performed by Sylvie Xing Chen and Gabriel Mareque.
