Ear of the Dragon

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Name = Ear of the Dragon
Type = compilation
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Released = 15 May 1995
Recorded = 1993-1995
Genre = Indie rock
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Language = English
Label = Fortune 5
Producer = Ben Kim, Sooyoung Park, William Shin
Reviews = * Allmusic (not rated) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pdivad3ky8w4 link]
Compiler = Sooyoung Park
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Misc = "Ear of the Dragon" (1995) is a CD album released on the Fortune 5 label in collaboration with A Magazine. It is a compilation of tracks by American and Canadian indie bands which contained Asian-American members. The album contains a broad range of American indie music styles and notable indie artists from the early to mid 1990s including indie rock (Versus and The Dambuilders), punk (J Church and aMiniature), ska punk (Skankin' Pickle), slowcore (Seam), cuddlecore (cub), and key players in post-rock (David Pajo was a member of Slint and both he and Bundy K. Brown (aka Slowpoke) were members of seminal post-rock band Tortoise).

Track listing

The track running order listed on the CD cover is incorrect-the list below shows the actual running order of the CD.
# Signer's Strut - aMiniature
# Losing My Cool - Yanti Arifin
# Reveille - Versus
# Tossing Pearls - Venus Cures All
# Hey Latasha - Seam
# Day into Night - Dolomite
# Live for Yourself - Kicking Giant
# Your King - Team Xiaoping
# Secret Nothing - cub
# The Naked City - Cartographers
# Smooth Control - The Dambuilders
# Perfect World - Mint Aundry
# Heavens to Betsy - Chumley
# I Would for You - J Church
# Pabu Boy - Skankin' Pickle
# Mr. Onion #2 - Slowpoke
# It's About Time - Azure
# She - Squash Blossom
# Undiu - David Pajo Band

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6D7143BF935A35756C0A963958260 NY Times - Asian-Americans Stake a Claim on Rock]
* [http://us_asians.tripod.com/apa-on-tv-00march.html Ear of the Dragon at USAsians.net]