Almost 10 years have passed since Onra arrived with the charmingly eccentric Chinoiseries LP. 32 Hip-Hop beats formed the sample-based project - dusty Chinese vinyl hissing and crackling throughout – resulting in an intriguing and spontaneous mix of the producers interest in exploring a newly-discovered style of Music with his love for classic Hip-Hop production.

Using the style of analogue MPC production combined with the somewhat restrictive record sampling of strictly Chinese Music records, he has been able to be creative over three volumes, an amount of 100 instrumentals, despite the challenge of finding more obviously standout samples in Chinese music.

The Chinoiseries projects are the type of albums that invites the listener to play it from beginning to end, in order to really enjoy the trip and appreciate the variety of rhythms and textures spread over those 32 short instrumentals. In that way, “Pt.3” is no different to its predecessors, but the originality of the samples, the curious harmonies and the odd-drum patterns still makes the album sounds as fresh as the first one.

Onra finishes this epic trilogy with class as a result of extended record digging across the Far East and the producer's own development over the preceding 10 years.

As a producer who has released records inspired by 80's Funk, 90's Hip-Hop and R'n'B, Electronic and even a Spiritual Jazz project, “Pt. 3” brings this stylised set to a close.

Normally a man of few words, Onra has his own take on the three
Volumes:

I see the first Chinoiseries as a trip, inspired by my own first travel to Asia, each beat representing one particular moment of the journey, the second one, more like a soundtrack to a movie, each beat representing a different scene, and the third one, I tried to create a dark, smoky and mysterious cinematic atmosphere so you could create your own movie in your head.
For this last episode, I just really wanted to have fun with this type of material for the very last time. I dug deeper than ever and I have tried to do as many different rhythm patterns as possible, from various influences like Hip-Hop (from different eras), to Bossa to Indian Music to Psych Rock, Soul, etc. and try to portray a different image of Chinese Music.

TRACKLIST:

A1. The Final Chapter

A2. Loyalty

A3. Autumn Moon Shining Over The Calm Lake

A4. Reminds Me Of...

A5. Will I See You Again

A6. Hold My Hand

A7. The Storm

A8. Fake Porcelain

B1. Moonlit Street

B2. Like The Seasons

B3. Lin Shao Ding

B4. Tea Vender On The Street

B5. Behind The Curtain

B6. Voices In My Head

B7. Keep Your Head Up

B8. Waterlily

C1. Memories From 1968

C2. Thank You Very Much

C3. Last Cup Of Wine

C4. Zoodiac

C5. Against The Wall

C6. Trip To Yunnan

C7. New Year's In Guang Zhou

C8. A Distant Dream

D1. Incantation

D2. Pearl Song

D3. The Spirit Blossoms All Over The Land

D4. Legacy

D5. Betrayal

D6. Persons On The Blacklist

D7. They Got Breaks Pt.3

D8. Bye Bye