Hearts of Space #913 Trans-Asian Diffusion (06-06-2011) +Covers, tracklist

Ambient - Asian
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"A journey along the Silk Road"
This is the one hour program from Hearts of Space Native American Radio Show first broadcast on June 6, 2011. Split to MP3's at 320 kBp/s. Voiceovers have been suppressed.
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Program Notes by Stephen Hill, Producer:
The term "The Silk Road" was invented by a German geographer in 1877. He was describing trade routes that go back to the Han Dynasty of China over 2000 years ago, connecting Europe with the major cultures of the Asian world...by land and by sea. The driving force was commercial, but like the Internet today, it also enabled the spread of social communication, technology, culture, food, and music.
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In 1940 American anthropologist ALBERT KROEBER came up with a fancy name for the process: he called it trans-cultural diffusion. In music, traditions from many countries and intersecting influences over many centuries make sorting it out a challenge. There are common instruments, rhythms, scales, and approaches to making music. Each country added its own distinctive elements, and the process continues today — at electronic speed.
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On this transmission of Hearts of Space....music derived from those way stations on the Silk Road...on a program called TRANS-ASIAN DIFFUSION.