THE WIDOW ZHENG: TWENTY-FOUR SHIPS

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06 · The Common Fund (Three Rules)

Massive Chinese war drums and Cantonese opera cymbals in a slow march, then a hard switch into hard-hitting tech house, distorted kick, rumbling bassline, sparse stabs

★ KEEPER (provisional) · take2 · 2:38 · sung 19/19 lines · ending fades

take1 · 2:46 · sung 19/19 lines · ending fades

07 · Fifty Dollars a Pass (Salt)

Guzheng over abacus beads and wood block clicks, slow and sly, then a hard switch into groovy deep house, bouncing bassline, swung hats, warm chords

★ KEEPER (provisional) · take2 · 2:53 · sung 18/19 lines · ending fades

take1 · 2:36 · sung 19/19 lines · ending fades

08 · Boca do Tigre (Forty-Three Fireships)

Dizi bamboo flute and war drums under storm wind and cannon, tense and slow, then a hard switch into relentless peak-time tech house, pounding kick, siren-like synth stabs, heavy bass

★ KEEPER (tie, your ear decides) · take1 · new ending 1 · 2:58 · sung 17/19 lines · ending fades

take1 · new ending 2 · 2:52 · sung 17/19 lines · ending fades

take1 · 1:53 · sung 17/19 lines · ending may cut off

take2 · 2:28 · sung 12/19 lines · ending fades

09 · Twenty-Four Ships (The Pardon)

Slow Cantonese opera, erhu and gongs, ceremonial, then a hard switch into warm melodic deep house, deep bassline, soft piano chords, female backing harmonies

★ KEEPER (provisional) · take2 · 3:15 · sung 18/19 lines · ending fades

take1 · 3:02 · sung 18/19 lines · ending fades

10 · House Rules (Nanhai, 1844)

Slow solo guzheng with dice and mahjong tile clicks and distant river water, then a hard switch into melodic house, warm chords, deep bass, gentle pulse, euphoric and calm

★ KEEPER (provisional) · take2 · 3:16 · sung 17/19 lines · ending fades

take1 · 2:56 · sung 13/19 lines · ending fades