Occident meets Orient courtesy of Tian Qiyi’s Watch the Sunrise

Occident meets Orient courtesy of Tian Qiyi’s Watch the Sunrise

The term “world music” gets banded around a lot. But more often than not, it is applied to music of a specific culture or geography, such as the music of Bulgarian choirs or Cuban jazz bands. It is the sound of the preservation of traditions and a nod to the past, or at least some people’s willingness to keep it there, boxed, labelled, and hermetically sealed in time. So, what makes “Watch The Sunrise” so cool is the sound of cultures colliding,…