Memories of Wu Jieping

The present volume is concerned with one aspect of that great tradition: the development of the state of Wu, under control of the Sun family, in the territory south of the Yangzi.

On Quinn’s sixteenth solo record, “Depictions of Wǔ”, you will discover five stunning sonic odysseys, each over ten and a half minutes long, that gracefully merge the enchantment of Chinese music, art and culture, into a Western, cinematic and pop landscape. Drawing inspiration from the beautiful cinematography of Wong Kar-Wai, Zhang Yimou, Hou Hsiao-Hsien and the unique sound and costuming of the ancient tradition of Chinese Opera, you’ll be carried away into a realm where the mysteries of the Far East, and the dynamic streets of Los Angeles, blur their edges to create a whole new global stylized soundtrack.

In 2015 Ryuichi Sakamoto composed the music for Nagasaki: Memories Of My Son, the latest film by legendary Japanese filmmaker Yoji Yamada whose career has spanned six decades and over 80 films. Yamada is perhaps the last director to have lived through what is now known as the Golden Age of Japanese cinema – a period that gave rise to Kurosawa, Mizoguchi and Ozu. The film tells the story of Nobuko Fukuhara, a mother who has lost he son in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It is an intimate character study of Nobuko, whose son begins to communicate to hear as a ghost.