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Daily Life Simulacrum - ជ​ី​វ​ិ​ត​ប​្​រ​ច​ា​ំ​ថ​្​ង​ៃ (Phnom Pehn 2013)

by Blu Simon Wasem

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Daily Life Simulacrum is the title of the exhibition I did during my residency in Phnom Penh at Sa Sa Art Projects in 2013. It is also the title of this album that I composed in 2015, using only the material from my residency period. My experience was one of art-life in Cambodia, I spent two months looking for collaborations with vibrant local artists, and exchanging with this incredible environment.

I traveled to Battambang, where I played at the Lotus Bar and Gallery, and also to Siem Reap, where I worked at the Art Hotel 1961. I visited the theater of the contemporary classical dance company Sophiline Arts Ensemble. I also went out with a friend I met several months earlier in Thailand, videomaker Jeremy Miles. He filmed a video with me around town. And last but not least, my brother Alec Schachner came from Saigon on a motorcycle for my final act, and we performed a piece together for the local audience at the White Building.

On this album, there are only echoes of that life experience. No sound here was designed for aesthetic purposes, but nothing was accidental either. Everything was meant to be, as it is. Nature is perfect and chaotic. This song is the manifestation of my passage to the White Building, and nothing more. Or maybe, this is my secret tribute to all the souls that have suffered in the past in this incredible country, a song of hope, from the spirits of the White Building to my soul, and then back to the trails. Body and soul as media. "


Viajei para Battambang, onde toquei no Lotus Bar and Gallery, e também para Siem Reap, onde atuei no Art Hotel 1961. Visitei o teatro da companhia de dança clássica contemporânea Sophiline Arts Ensemble. Também saí com um amigo que conheci vários meses antes na Tailândia, o videomaker Jeremy Miles. Ele filmou um vídeo comigo pela cidade. E por último, mas não menos importante, meu irmão Alec Schachner veio de Saigon de moto para meu ato final, e apresentamos uma peça musical juntos para o público local no White Building.

Nesse álbum, há apenas ecos dessa experiência de vida. Nenhum som aqui foi projetado com propósito estético, mas também nada foi por acaso. Tudo foi feito para ser, como é. A natureza é perfeita e caótica. Esta música é a manifestação da minha passagem para o Edifício Branco, e nada mais. Ou talvez, este seja o meu tributo secreto a todas as almas que sofreram no passado neste país incrível, um canto de esperança, dos espíritos do Edifício Branco à minha alma, e depois de volta às trilhas. Corpo e alma como midia. "

- Blu Simon Wasem

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released December 31, 2020

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Rafael 'Blu' Simon Wasem stands for experiences of sound, words, and images in a odd way. he create, with international collaborators, compositions, performances, intermedia poetry and visual artworks that evoke imaginary soundscapes.

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