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"Monkey: Journey To The West" album liner notes
Vocals:
Monkey: Fei Yang
Flying Fish, Princess Iron Fan Servant & Queen
Mother of Heaven: Zeng Li
Star Fish: Tang Ling
Dragon King: Wang Wei
Fairy Maidens: Fan Zhuqing, Wang Yingsi, Zhang Wei,
Xu Xiouxia, Fan Tongzhou, Dou Wing
Guan Yin: Jia Ruhan
Sandy: He Zijun
Spider Woman: Zhou Haolu
Pigsy: Xu Keija, Gisele Edwards
Princess Iron Fan: Tang Ling
Mountain Village Singers (Disappearing Volcano):
Miao Village outside of Phoenix City,
Central Part of China, Huan Province 8AM
Orchestra:
Violins: Oli Langford, Kotono Sato, Stella Page,
Antonia Pagulatos
Cellos: Isabelle Dunn, Wayne Urquhart
Bass: Al Mobbs, Rory Mcfarlane
Trumpet: Henri Deléger
Trombone: Guillaume Milliére
Bass Trombone: Josquin Chuffart
Tuba: Frederic Marillier
Jews Harp, Musical Saw, Claps, Percussion Synth,
Omnichord, Tam Tam: David Coulter
Ondes Martenot, Cristal Baschet & Glass Harmonica:
Thomas Bloch
Piano: Hannah Loach
Keyboards & Piano: Mike Smith
Cor Anglais: Kate St John
Pipas: Cheng Yu, Wang Weiping, Xie Qing
Zhongruans: Chuang Cheng-Ying, Zeng Zhen
Zheng: Xiao Ran
Erhu: Li Fuhua
Drum Reception (Monkey’s World): Railway station 5AM
(Phoenix City - China)
Choir:
Beijing Tianyuan Chorus Choir: Li Min / Fu Haiyan /
Gao Xingya / Liu Shanwen / Gao Qi / Li Limei / Sun
Shaolan / Liu Tang / Shan Lianmeng / Fu Jihai / Xie
Yiman / Cui Hua / Zhao Changjuan / Wu Pei / Song
Dong / Li Chujian / Cong Ruilin / Li Xiang / Li Kang
/ Zhang Tianpu / Wang Wei / Zhang Yunfei / Zhao
Yulong / Wu Jian/ Li Mingzhu / Song Xuewei / Liu
Chunxi / Tian Hao / Guan Wenqing / Li Yunkuan
UK Choir: Rosie Bell, Jennifer John, Sarah
Villaraus, Juliet Russell, Jonathan John,
Paul Gladstone Reid, Francois Testory, Wayne
Hernandez
Words: Chen Shi-Zheng
Illustrations by: J.C. Hewlett
Based on the opera Monkey: Journey To The West
Conceived Written & Directed by Chen Shi-Zheng
Composed by Damon Albarn
Visual Concept, Design & Animation by Jamie
Hewlett
Recorded & Mixed by: Jason Cox
Programming by: Stephen Sedgwick
Musical Director: David Coulter
Live Recording Supervision: Mike Smith
Recorded at: Studio 13 (London), Hear Heart
(Beijing), Chinese Conservatory of Music Studio
(Beijing), Chinese National Orchestra studio
(Beijing)
Mastered by: John Davis at Alchemy
Published by: Chrysalis Music Ltd
Beijing Recording, March 2008: Zhen Zeng -
Translator & Coordinator. Cheng Ying Chuang
–Translation & Vocal Coach. Susie Sun & Beijing
Yihai Tianyuan Culture Company Ltd – Fixer &
Co-ordination.
Additional Design by Kate Mclauchlan, Adam Gale
& Zombie Flesh Eaters.
Additional Adaptation and Literary Consultation:
Liao Weitang. Brushstroke calligraphy by Jia Li.
Special Thanks: Alex Poots & Manchester
International Festival, Jean Luc Choplin &
Théâtre du Châtelet, Chris Morrison, Steve
Heaver, Hannah Claxton and Tanyel Vahdettin at
CMO Management, Kersti Bergstrom, Cara Speller,
Mike Robinson, James Coore, Anthony Dillon, Seb
Monk and Glyn Dillon at Zombie, Christine
Gettins, Craig Duffy, Richard Bray, Charly
Allen, Ya-Ting Yvonne Lin, Demon Strings, Sense
of Sound Choir, Chinese Silk String Quartet.
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