中秋 Mid-Autumn: 8-Bit Music for Toy Lanterns, by Guan Wuji 關無忌

中秋 Mid-Autumn: 8-Bit Music for Toy Lanterns

by Guan Wuji 關無忌

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gachaluna nice pictures for the floppy merch especially the one with the elegant lady in it
love this album love the tracks especially the rocket one Favorite track: 火箭 Rocket Lantern.

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中秋 Mid-Autumn: 8-Bit Music for Toy Lanterns (Floppy Disk)
The following items are stored in first hand (NOT recycle ones) 1.44MB 3.5’ DIY handmade floppy disk in random color:

- Floppy version of the nine tracks.
- A readme file introducing the album.
- Album art.

Extra physical items:
- A traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn paper lantern from traditional toy store, in random shape and color. (handle and candle not included due to potential shipping issues).
- Dotted napkin paper for wrapping the floppy and lantern (originally used as napkin for Mid-Autumn feast).

The following are the steps for setting up the lantern:
1. The cross-shaped (+ shape) metallic part is the base/cradle for holding the candle. Light a candle, put the candle on the cross-shaped base vertically, then fold the four arms of the metallic cross so that they can grip the candle. (skip this part if you are not going to deal with candle)

2. Expand the lantern slowly and carefully by unfolding the paper to form a cylindrical-shaped lantern. If you have already lightened up a candle, be extremely careful not to burn the lantern. Remember: affix the lighted candle before expanding the lantern, NOT the other way round, or the lantern will catch fire easily.

3. Use chopstick, stick or hard straw as the handle of the lantern. Put the handle across the copper wire, then rotate the lantern 180 degree so that the wire forms a loop.

4. Enjoy!

***Note: the audio quality of the songs had been trimmed so as to fit in a 1.44 MB floppy disc. Track 9 onwards show the approximate sound quality of the floppy version.

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	1.	Prelude: 中秋 / 月見 / 秋夕추석 Mid-Autumn 01:01
	2.	超人的插曲 Superman Lantern 00:47
	3.	火箭 Rocket Lantern 00:49
	4.	冰皮月餅 Snowy Mooncake 00:44
	5.	Intermission: 綵燈晚會 Lantern Carnival 00:40
	6.	月兔 Moon Hare Lantern 00:37
	7.	洋桃 Star Fruit Lantern 01:20
	8.	犀利光 Sharpglow 00:37
	9.	Finale: 追月 Chasing the Moon 00:52
	10.	[Floppy Version] Prelude: 中秋 / 月見 / 秋夕추석 Mid-Autumn 01:01
	11.	[Floppy Version] 超人的插曲 Superman Lantern 00:47
	12.	[Floppy Version] 火箭 Rocket Lantern 00:49
	13.	[Floppy Version] 冰皮月餅 Snowy Mooncake 00:44
	14.	[Floppy Version] 月兔 Moon Hare Lantern 00:37
	15.	[Floppy Version] 洋桃 Star Fruit Lantern 01:20
	16.	[Floppy Version] 犀利光 Sharpglow 00:37
	17.	[Floppy Version] Finale: 追月 Chasing the Moon 00:52

about

The Mid-Autumn Festival （中秋 in Chinese, 月見 in Japanese, 秋夕/추석 in Korean), aka Mooncake Festival, is one of the most important festivals in Asian tradition. Believing that the moon is of its fullest size and the brightest all over the year, Chinese families celebrate / reunite on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar (usually in September based on the Gregorian calendar), viewing the moon, eating moon cakes and playing lanterns together.

While traditional lanterns are made of paper and lightened up with candles, under the advancement of technology, plastic toy lanterns with light bulbs powered by batteries emerged in 80’s. These lanterns had been crafted into different figures inspired by both traditional and pop cultures, ranging from Moon Rabbit in Chinese Mythology to Sailor Moon in Japanese Animation. Plastic toy lanterns are usually bundled with a small circuit and a speaker, which generate 8-bit Lofi chip tune sounds. Once kids hear these sounds, they know that it’s time to put down their homework and play. Such chip tune sound then becomes memories of childhood heydays from generation to generation.

“中秋 Mid-Autumn：8-bit Music for Toy Lanterns”, a concept mini-album by Hong Kong producer Guan Wuji 關無忌, who tries to recapture these memories via writing virtual soundtracks and theme songs for toy lanterns. With the use of 8-bit sounds, some tracks simply imitate the time when a kid plays the lantern by changing the sound patterns, while some other tracks try to use the old school sound texture to do something a bit more complicated, which expresses a nostalgic feeling of the ‘good old days’.

Happy Mid-Autumn 2021! (date: 21/9/2021)

credits

released September 18, 2021

All music by Guan Wuji 關無忌
Cover Art by K

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[NOSTALGIC TRILOGY]

<中秋 Mid-Autumn: 8-Bit Music for Toy Lanterns> is the second episode of the Nostalgic Trilogy by 433 Records.

1st Episode: <MythoDrone I - Pandora's Unbox> by Enor D 433records.bandcamp.com/album/mythodrone-i-pandoras-unbox

2nd Episode: <中秋 Mid-Autumn: 8-Bit Music for Toy Lanterns> by Guan Wuji 關無忌
433records.bandcamp.com/album/mid-autumn-8-bit-music-for-toy-lanterns

3rd Episode: <Radio Odyssey> by fr(HK)
433records.bandcamp.com/album/radio-odyssey

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