Saturday, September 08, 2007

最近在逆音上安了家, 去看看吧.....
以后会陆续把乐评发在上面,并且提供专辑下载, 实惠阿!
继续向Tortoise致敬, 补发两张他们的照片

Friday, September 07, 2007

Tortoise A Lazarus Taxon

If recommend a tortoise album, Others might tell you that 1996’s Millions Now Living Will Never Die is the definitive Tortoise recording, but I’ll stand by A Lazarus Taxon as an introduction. For celebrating their 16 years, Tortoise released A Lazarus Taxon in 2006 incorporate three CDs and a DVD,in a sporty box and featuring essays by several authors in several languages。I just got this legend album at present and cost my 43 Burks.

Tortoise, formed in early 1990, from Chicago, is the prime force to development and popularity of post-rock. It is hard to express their style. traditional rock instrumentation underpinning jazz-style arrangements, experimental production techniques, analog synthesizers, the occasionally danceable rhythm, and a host of influences ranging from Miles Davis to Morton Subotnick, from Slint to Ry Cooder, Joy Division to Can, had the inherent appeal of underground chic, musical chops, and a punk-influenced DIY sensibility.

长时间的聆听过程中, 渐渐的我开始转变了, in my direct experience, 他们的音乐是不易接受的, 但是却很耐人寻味的。 这张专辑仍需要更多的聆听和感受。Like GYBE, tortoise 的成员有都在寻求个人的发展,像 The Sea and Cake, Brokeback, Shrimp Boat, Slint, Isotope 217, and the Chicago Underground Duo, 他们共同构建了庞大的tortoise家族。 Even after this weighty retrospective box is sequenced, mastered and shipped out, tortoise remains unfinished, in the best sense of the world.
听音乐

一开始是看得多,听得少,我来自一个闭塞的小城市,没有打口,很难接受到一些国外的音乐, 只能通过一些杂志,最早是音像世界, 随后通俗歌曲, 摩登天空(当时还有),我爱摇滚乐, 还邮寄过两本MCB, 特别喜欢随刊赠送的CD。 后来上了大学, 一个比较大的城市, 能买到打口, 原盘, 黄标出的盗版, 还有非音乐, 口袋音乐, 但是还是有很多音乐听不到。 现如今身在国外, 庞大的唱片店, 如BMV, JB HI-FI, 或是一些secondhand record shop, 里面货架摆放着所有你想听的东西, 当然要有钱才行, 像我这样的无产阶级只能是饱饱眼福, 而选择网络免费下载, 足不出户, 一天即可下载20多张不同类别的专辑, 同时也时不时买些NME, Kerrang,Metal Hammer, Wire, Q等来看看,了解音乐咨询。现在是听得多,看得少, 只能感叹好音乐是听不完的。。。。

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

我的包裹
Inertia is one of Australia's leading independent record companies. Inertia was formed by the motivation to bridge the gap between the ever expanding volumes of music being produced locally and internationally and the consistent demand for specific product within the Australian marketplace. So I ordered Mono’s new album from Inertia’s official website and received it now. So excited!
If let me recommended a post rock band, I have no hesitation in introducing Mono. In Mono's early years many critics drew parallels between them and Mogwai, but over time Mono has created their own sound. Also, Mono are known for their powerful live performances.
‘You are there’ is one of the greatest post rock albums I have heard last year. Now Australia / NZ licensing of ‘Gone’ is released ahead of the rest of the World where the album is out 11 September!, which collected all their rare tracks and perfectly show their astounding growth..

Mono 的音乐永远是美丽的和带有希望的!