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Fact Mix 807: Yen Tech Share this: Fact Mix 807: Yen Tech Part emotional odyssey, part experimental radio play, the SVBKVLT artist holds up a fractured mirror to the absurdity of contemporary times. Yen Tech guides us through an extraordinary aural retelling of an alternative cultural history of the COVID-19 pandemic in his sprawling Fact mix, which weaves together text-to-script speech, AI language models and a breathtaking suite of experimental music, selected and compiled solely for its emotional heft. These are tracks that have provided strength and solace to the Shanghai-based producer and vocalist over the course of an extremely heavy year, linked more by an exploratory spirit than by any coherent aesthetic or genre focus. “Due to the pandemic I was unable to return to my residence in Shanghai and got stuck in semi-lockdown in the USA,” the artist explains. “The year that followed has felt like being encircled in a steady escalation of violently surreal ....
(3 out of 5 stars) In general, the Philips series Set Your Life to Music is one of the better, high-quality compilation series of classical music. This CD is a collection of Bach s Baroque-era music that is ideal for those unfamiliar to the often-intimidating world of classical music who mainly are looking for some pleasant and inspiring background music while learning a little about classical music. This Bach collection contains music that is rich in the soothing sounds of flute, harp, guitar and oboe along with a sampling of Bach s mild-mannered, songful orchestral music. Overall, the selections are all gentle and lyrical with a good sound quality. The concerto, oboe and orchestral works are some of Bach s finest compositions of sheer beauty and elegance and are performed by some of classical music s finest musicians. Some selections most everyone who has been ever been to a few weddings will recognize (Jesu, Joy of Man s Desire). And no piece is as haughtingly lov ....