{"product_id":"zhang-hungtai-alex-dras","title":"Zhang Hungtai, Alex - Dras","description":"\u003cp\u003e1 Erg\u003cbr\u003e\n2 Dras\u003cbr\u003e\n3 El Khela\u003cbr\u003e\n4 Xilitla\u003cbr\u003e\n5 Estado\u003cbr\u003e\n6 Rub' Al Khali\u003cbr\u003e\n7 Pulque\u003cbr\u003e\n8 White Dwarf\u003cbr\u003e\n9 Mazil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlex Zhang Hungtai stands in stillness on 'Dras', but it's the kind of stillness that contains entire ranges of possibility. Recorded in 2019 inside Montreal's Saint Joseph Oratory (right before a piano demolition, no less), these nine pieces sat dormant on his hard drive through pandemic years until something finally clicked. What emerges now feels like watching someone trace the contours of their own interior landscape, each melodic line a careful negotiation with the unconscious. This is only a saxophone record in the barest sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe terrain here is tactile and unforgiving. On the title track, difficult melodies get torn apart and molded into emotive drones, dissonance interlocking where tones cut paths through the senses with metallic sheen. \"El Khela\" refracts into spectral layers that pull with eternal gravity, while \"Estado\" finds solace inside it's own haze, rhythms barely audible but\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImages are not of the exact item for sale and are provided as a reference through Discogs or our distributors. Please ask us if you have any specific questions about the item listed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"22 Sound Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49116156592356,"sku":"788362411879","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3197\/7444\/files\/4492340-3528500.jpg?v=1784515941","url":"https:\/\/22soundrecords.com\/products\/zhang-hungtai-alex-dras","provider":"22 Sound Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}