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The Wheel of Life

by A Moving Sound + ETHEL

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Goddess of the Sea 05:56
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Crying Song 04:52
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The translation of the spoken lyrics is: 1 day, 2 days, 3 days waiting for your message waiting for your letter waiting for the sound of your voice one month, two months, three months… waiting year 1, year 2, year 3… waiting waiting for your letter waiting for the sound of your voice waiting for you one winter after another waiting, waiting, waiting…
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Dynasty Falls 05:46
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Water of Life 07:04
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I'm sailing through the water of life Every time I come inside I feel all right Returning to the days of my youth Every time I come inside I feel the truth
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Rite of Passage 10:21
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First Thunder of Spring 04:51
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Starshine 08:29
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Starshine poem The stars shine and the Moon could cry. The way you look and the way you try My mother and my father said Everything comes back
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Jump 04:39
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The Wheel of Life will be released on August 23, 2024 through ARC Music in England.

In April 2023, ETHEL A Moving Sound* from Taiwan and ETHEL came together in New York City and created a unique and touching album entitled "The Wheel of Life". Both groups are known for boldly pushing past the boundaries of their respective contemporary classical and world music genres.

Drawing from a vast library of A Moving Sound originals, ETHEL has crafted sometimes subtle, sometimes wildly creative arrangements that stir the soul. The music is mystical, magical, and transformative.

Virtuosic performances summon the rich power of the ETHEL string experience, supporting soaring vocals from Mia Hsieh, who performs in a striking array of ancient dialects and made-up, fantastical languages, as inspired by her training with Meredith Monk.

The album is an animated dialogue between voices, strings, dance and ethnic percussion, conveying the breaking apart and reassembling which is the human journey. The experience flows from the intensity of dark nights of the soul with "Mazu, Goddess of the Sea” and “Rite of Passage,” to the introspection of “Water of Life” and the heartache of Hsieh’s vulnerability in “Crying Song.”

This serendipitous collaboration, a superband connecting East to West, offers a transcendent experience crossing cultures and genres, a truly inspired theatrical music experience.

The amazing art that you see on this page was created by Chein Wei Bali, an aboriginal artist living on Taiwan's east coast.

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released October 3, 2023

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DYNASTY
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JUMP
youtu.be/LO1L6kAa8Ug

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Most of the vocals on this page by Mia Hsieh are her made up languages! ... more

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