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多看看文章吧,不过重要的是自己的聆听经验。
我现在常常在ag,soulseek上挂着,拉啊拉的,下啊下的,然后听啊听的,再做主页。
听了一个下午的silent poets,忙着把这个乐队的主页弄出来呢。
这里是部分,先看看:
综合感受:
| 乐队成员 |
Takahiro Haruno and Michiharu Shimoda
LEFT:下田法晴
produce, arrange, programming, samples, keyboards& visual
RIGHT:春野高広
produce, arrange, programming, sax & keyboards
| 专集感受 |
Artist: Silent Poets
Title: Potential Meeting
Label: ?
Date: 1993
My Rating:★★☆
Track List:
01. (There's Always) Meaning in the Tone
02. Painter
03. Step Out
04. Bassman's Talk
05. Rough Speaking Dub
06. Cool Ground (remix)
07. Foundation (equipment from dubwise)
08. Waiting
09. Moment Scale (remix)
和Yellow厂牌下的同门乐队Kid Loco一样,Silent Poets的这个第一张专集并没显现出黑暗沉重的感觉来,而是一张充满爵士味道的专集,专集里随处可拾的皆是浓浓的爵士气息。因为萨克斯的加入而使得整个专集并不黑暗沉重,适合许多喜欢Chill Out般轻松随意的乐迷聆听。而对我这个偏向黑暗感口味的来说则显得不够味了。
而在“Rough Speaking Dub”开头中,你可以享受到那老唱片的杂音是如何营造出一个怀旧而稍显黑暗的氛围,但这只是一瞬即逝,随后而来的依旧是萨克斯的加入。
Artist: Silent Poets
Title: Words and Silence
Label: Belissima/Toy'
Date: 1994
My Rating:★★★
Track List:
01. Intro
02. La vie (featuring Menelik)
03. The Children Of The Future (featuring Jalai)
04. Break In The Circle
05. Shalom (featuring Ranking Ann)
06. Farewell
07. Le possede (featuring Menelikm Jimmy Jay)
08. A Little Way Of Difference
09. Inquizative, Derivative (featuring Jalai & Sulieman from Last Poets)
10. Quiet Bird
相比上一张专集,在这一张专集里,则加入了更多的不同语言的说唱,其中甚至还有法语的说唱!我晕!此外就是象影子般紧随其后的萨克斯了。还是那句老话,我很反感加入说唱的做法,如果没有说唱做纯粹的鼓机实验会更好些。
我比较欣赏的一些细节有:“The Children Of The Future”清脆的鼓机,而“Break In The Circle”打击乐器的效果,“Shalom”前后远近不断变化的鼓机,和那个女声的很有节奏感的吐字。“Le possede”中比TripHop稍快的鼓机效果,“Inquizative, Derivative”非常别致的开头,其中“A Little Way Of Difference”和“Quiet Bird”都是纯粹的鼓机和萨克斯的结合器乐作品,可多多关注这两个纯粹器乐作品。
Artist: Silent Poets
Title: Firm Roots
Label: ?
Date: 1996
My Rating:★★★★★
Track List:
01.subspecies
02.neighborhood
03.stowing away
04.firm roots
05.a loophole
06.day
07.talk is toy
08.rockers loop
09.low rumble
10.mass
11.traveling down
12.forest
13.stowing air
让你抓狂的TripHop盛宴 ------Silent Poets《Firm Roots》
领携的“Subspecies”一上来就放上一段接近3分钟之长的纯粹Ambient,之后Downbeat节拍和Ambient、细碎的钢琴声交错呼应,配以溪水流动声和小鸟的欢快叫声采样拼贴,很好地营造出一番迷离静谧的原始森林的神秘色彩。
“Neighborhood”以各种打击乐器和催眠般的铃声加上不时冒出的那个女声念白:“1951”继续着上一个作品Ambient的特点。
直到第三首曲目:“Stowing Away”开始,令我期待已久的TripHop作品才终于出现。TripHop招牌式的老唱片杂音,沉重的鼓机喘息声,不时加入的清脆镲声效果,漫不经心的男声吟唱,TripHop的风格一应俱全。
令我大呼过瘾的是其后的同名标题曲:“Firm Roots”,拖着缓慢而滞重的鼓机声扑面而来,低沉的男声带给你的是地牢般黑暗幽闭的氛围,至中段开始加入的被经过处理的铉乐声契合着滞重的鼓机声,在此显得分外凄凉而美丽妖娆。结尾时的一段效果足以撼动沉睡已久的黑暗之心。整个作品可谓DarkAmbient和TripHop结合的经典完美之范例,建议将你的音响Bass低音部分开到最大然后反复按Repeat键细细品味。
别急着大叫,之后的“A Loophole”紧接着上一首作品的黑暗氛围,那凶狠有力地Downbeat鼓机,和一开头的镲的实验声效形成强烈地反差,而听似凌乱的各式拼贴则使得整个作品更加地迷幻。
一阵狂风暴雨之后,“Day”带给你的将是一个悠远雅致的氛围,Downtempo的轻松节拍,小孩子的嬉戏声,夏天的大雨声,仿佛一个童年时躺在沙滩上做的一个梦般温馨。
“Talk Is Toy”以沙袋式的音效节拍起始,之后一个当地的土族民谣声竟冒了出来!甚至还有那似曾相似的Enigma乐团中惯用铉乐,感情我们的Silent Poets连“World Music”都不放过,也要尝试一下过个瘾头?不过你还别说这个沙袋式的音效节拍还有点味道,玩起“World Music”还有点那么个样子。
“Rockers Loop”让我这个爱鼓声的家伙狂喜不已,短短1分41秒却穷尽了真鼓的各种玩法,做的鼓声效果让我已经糊涂了,早已分辨不出哪个细节是鼓机做的,哪个位置是真鼓玩出来的花样,抑或全部是鼓机模拟出的?
“Low Numble”以一段充满悬疑片色彩神经质般钢琴声开场,之后的那漫不经心随意的鼓声和着由远至今的不知名吹奏乐器迎接到了带有浓厚“Instrumental Hip Hop”感觉的鼓机声,那声声鼓机的末尾还有着许多丰富的细节变化。而我特别爱那3分05秒开始的一段间歇性鼓机声。
这张专集里每个作品的开头都相当有特色,“Mass”同样不例外,开头变化多端的音效很有意思,而之后的鼓机声象难产一样,总是在开个头后就不断循环往复。而最不落俗套的是其中对印度西塔琴的运用,在这点上Silent Poets并没象同厂牌下的Kid Loco那般象万油精一样涂得每个作品都一模一样,而是只让西塔琴的音色稍现既逝,并和其他一些乐器的采样结合在一起,是比较有新意的一个玩法,没有落入俗套。
此外Silent Poets在这个专集里总喜欢运用贝司的低沉音色,在“Traveling Down”中将之发挥到了更大的地步,而在这个作品里的鼓机声同样动人无比,而萨克斯的明亮音色与贝司的低沉音色正好在此形成了一个很好的对比效果。另我稍感欣慰的是这次那个土族民谣声总算没有放在最突出的位置,终于没变成又一个“World Music”式的作品。
“Forest”同样以间歇性的鼓机声开场,不过这次则重点突出了清脆晶莹的敲击声。
令我大跌眼镜的是最后的“Stowing Air”则干脆成了一个吉他Solo演示作品。
这是一张以TripHop为主的带有Silent Poets个人色彩的一张比较实验的专集,专集里除了有许多丰富的鼓机实验外,还有Silent Poets自己玩票式的一些音乐类型尝试,如“World Music”、“Instrumental Hip Hop”,甚至最后还不忘记把自己的吉他Solo和着提琴,沙袋玩了一次类似“Post Rock”。总体来说整个专集的水准还是比较高的,是一张用心做的好专集,让我听的喜不自禁。
撰文:杨栋
2002.02.25
Artist: Silent Poets
Title: For Nothing
Label: Yellow
Date: 1997
My Rating:★★★★★
Track List:
01.THEME
*02.CHECK L'INTELLECT (featuring EJM)
*03.DON'T BREAK THE SILENCE (featuring VIRGINIA ASTLEY)
04.MEMORIES
*05.LIGHT AND SHADE
*06.LOVE RUNS FASTER (featuring INGRID SCHROEDER)
*07.GET READY (featuring URSULA RUCKER)
08.NUMBER 2000
*09.THIS IS NOT AN INSTRUMENTAL (featuring JESSICA CARE MOORE)
10.FIRE AND RAIN
*11.CHERRY TREE (featuring INGRID SCHROEDER)
12.FOOTPRINT
*13.BORDER (featuring KOJI FUTABA from BREATH MARK)
14.THROUGH THE FOG
15.FOR NOTHING (featuring URSULA RUCKER)
16.IN THE AIR
这张专集邀请到了许多女声助阵,而难得是每个女声的特色都各不相同,并且很好地和每个作品的气质结合在一起,融合的很好,实为难得。想听听女孩是怎么说唱的吗?那就来听听这张大碟吧!
开首曲“THEME”用钢琴和老唱片杂音融合在一起也别有风味,而之后的“CHECK L'INTELLECT ”则相当诙谐,其中有几个单词是“Mo Wax,DJ Shadow,Silent Poets”,而这个作品的节拍正是Mo Wax旗下的主将DJ Shadow最爱的“Instrumental Hip Hop”风格。似乎是表明Silent Poets的态度要超越Mo Wax旗下的主将DJ Shadow?
“DON'T BREAK THE SILENCE” 的女主音VIRGINIA ASTLEY嗓音很温柔亲切,契合着Instrumental Hip Hop节拍相得益彰。
“MEMORIES”采样了溪水,鸟叫声,(还有似乎是山鸡的叫声?)以及最后的电影对白,是一个拼贴采样的小品实验。
“LIGHT AND SHADE”中的提琴,钢琴,缓慢节拍再次让我想起DJ Shadow的风格来。
“FIRE AND RAIN”是一个相当丰富多彩的实验器乐作品。开头如日本僧人敲木鱼般的采样,
For Nothing Remix 1998
1. Love Runs Faster [Extended Mix] - 4:27
2. Get Ready - 5:00
3. Check L'Intellect - 5:36
4. Don't Break the Silence - 6:02
5. This Is Not an Instrumental - 4:29
6. Cherry Tree - 4:32
7. Get Ready - 4:39
8. Light and Shade - 5:50
9. Border - 7:43
10. Don't Break the Silence - 6:44
11. Cherry Tree - 4:47
12. This Is Not an Instrumental - 5:04
01. LOVE RUNS FASTER featuring INGRID SCHROEDER (EXTENDED MIX)
remixed by JUNGLE BROTHERS
02. GET READY featuring URSULA RUCKER (ALPHA'S UTAH MIX)
remixed by ALPHA
03. CHECK L'INTELLECT featuring EJM
remixed by YOSHIHIRO HANNO
04. DON'T BREAK THE SILENCE featuring VIRGINIA ASTLEY
remixed by LITTLE TEMPO
05. THIS IS NOT AN INSTRUMENTAL featuring JESSICA CARE MOORE
remixed by 4 HERO
06. CHERRY TREE featuring INGRID SCHROEDER (40 BELOW MIX)
remixed by ATTICA BLUES
07. GET READY featuring URSULA RUCKER
remixed by DJ YAS from KEMURI PRODUCTIONS
08. LIGHT AND SHADE
remixed by SILENT POETS
09. BORDER featuring KOJI FUTABA from BREATH MARK
remixed by COLDCUT
10. DON'T BREAK THE SILENCE featuring VIRGINIA ASTLEY
remixed by PESHAY
11. CHERRY TREE featuring INGRID SCHROEDER
remixed by ATTICA BLUES
12. THIS IS NOT AN INSTRUMENTAL featuring JESSICA CARE MOORE
remixed by NIGHTMARES ON WAX
To Come [Yellow Productions] 2000
1. Fact (Shimoda) - 1:56
2. Someday (Armageddon/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 6:13
3. I Will Miss This Holy Garden [Dub Version] (Astley/Shimoda) - 4:10
4. Where the Sidewalk Ends (Hawkshaw/Shimoda) - 7:13
5. To Come... (Haruno/Shimoda) - 5:26
6. Prisons (Armageddon/Haruno/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 8:40
7. The Corner (Shimoda) - 5:17
8. Sugar Man (Hall/Haruno/Shimoda) - 5:50
9. Come Raising [Dub Version] (Shimoda) - 3:48
10. Save the Day [Dub Version] (Roba/Shimoda) - 5:06
11. Get Ready (Haruno/Rucker/Shimoda) - 3:25
To Come...Another Version
1. Come Raising (Shimoda) - 5:22
2. Someday (Armageddon/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 6:20
3. Where the Sidewalk Ends (Armageddon/Haruno/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 7:50
4. Prisons (Armageddon/Haruno/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 4:19
5. I Will Miss This Holy Garden (Astley/Shimoda) - 7:30
6. Get Ready (Haruno/Rucker/Shimoda) - 4:28
7. Prisons (Armageddon/Haruno/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 7:41
8. Save the Day (Roba/Shimoda) - 6:57
9. Someday (Armageddon/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 5:52
10. To Come (Haruno/Shimoda) - 5:46
11. Save the Day (Roba/Shimoda) - 2:56
12. Sugar Man (Hall/Haruno/Shimoda) - 6:33
To Come [US Bonus Track]
1. I Will Miss This Holy Garden (Astley/Shimoda) - 7:32
2. Someday (Armageddon/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 5:52
3. Save the Day (Roba/Shimoda) - 7:00
4. Come Raising (Shimoda) - 5:28
5. Get Ready (Haruno/Rucker/Shimoda) - 4:29
6. Prisons (Armageddon/Haruno/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey/Shimoda) - 7:41
7. The Corner (Shimoda) - 5:16
8. Where the Sidewalk Ends (Hawkshaw/Shimoda) - 7:51
9. Sugar Man (Hall/Haruno/Shimoda) - 5:52
10. To Come... (Haruno/Shimoda) - 5:20
To Come (Remix, Vol. 1)
1. Someday (Armegeddon/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 3:39
2. Save the Day (Roba/Shimoda) - 2:59
3. Sugar Man (Haruno/Hill/Shimoda) - 6:34
4. Someday (Armegeddon/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 4:06
5. I Will Miss This Holy Garden (Ahley/Shimoda) - 4:29
6. Prisons [DJ Vadim Remix] (Armegeddon/Haruno/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 8:03
7. Where the Sidewalk Ends (Hawkshaw/Shimoda) - 6:38
8. Prisons (Armegeddon/Haruno/Phenomenon/Pri The Honey Dark/Shimoda) - 6:33
9. Sugar Man (Hall/Haruno/Shimoda) - 5:29
10. I Will Miss This Holy Garden [Doc Scott Remix] (Hawkshaw/Shimoda) - 7:10
11. Where the Sidewalk Ends (Hawkshaw/Shimoda) - 6:58
12. Save the Day (Roba/Shimoda) - 5:18
SAVE THE DAY REMIX
Restless Soul Peaktime Mix
3000 Ways Mix
Restless Soul Moontime Mix
Original Mix
FIRM ROOTS REMIX
01.TALK IS TOY [DJ CAM REMIX]
02.TALK IS TOY [MORE ROCKERS DUB PLATE MIX]
03.STOWING AIR [FILA BRAZILLIA REMIX]
04.LOW RUMBLE [STONED LOVE REMIX]
05.TALK IS TOY [UP, BUSTLE & OUT REMIX]
06.STOWING AWAY [NATURAL CALAMITY REMIX]
07.STOWING AWAY [DJ CAM REMIX]
08.SUBSPECIES [SILENT POETS REMIX]
09.TALK IS TOY [SMITH & MIGHTY REMIX]
10.TALK IS TOY [SKYLAB REMIX INST]
11.TALK IS TOY [INTER-PLANETARY TRAVEL MIX]
drawing
01. going home
02. shalom (Palm Skin Productions mix) remixed by Palm Skin Productions
03. answer
04. going home (Child's View mix) remixed by Nobukazu Takemura
05. elements
06. The Children Of The Future (Turnpike Blues mix) remixed by Ian Simmonds
from Sndals
07. reverse
08. La vie (Morocan Mood mix) remixed by Jimmy Jay
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Offical Site:
http://www.vap.co.jp/toys/idylic/silent/silent.html
http://www.toysfactory.co.jp/bpm/idyllic/a_silent.html
Lable:
http://www.yellowproductions.net
Order:
http://www.toysfactory.co.jp/discog/discography_1_list.cfm?artistcode=1142
Styles Trip-Hop, Acid Jazz
1994 Words & Silence Belissima/Toy'
1998 For Nothing Import
1999 To Come...Another Version Yellow
2000 To Come [Yellow Productions] Yellow
2001 To Come [US Bonus Track] Atlantic
2001 Issey Miyake Spring & Summer Import
2001 To Come (Remix, Vol. 1) Import
Potential Meeting
Firm Roots
1998 For Nothing Remix Idyllic
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