Pacing on the Tangent

冰岛系（一）—— PRINCE VALIUM

2009-05-12T10:38:00.013+08:00

冰岛乐队SK/UM成员Thorsteinn Olafsson的个人Project。一张在他家卧室诞生的专辑。

Artist : PRINCE VALIUM
Myspace:http://www.myspace.com/princevaliumiceland

Title : Andlaus
Label : Resonant
Website:http://www.resonantlabel.com/RESCD019.htm

Tracklisting:
1. Mixed State
2. Crying Hearts
3. Butter Cookies
4. Afsal
5. Tomleikar
6. Redecoration In Four Dimensions
7. Burning My B.A.
8. Goofy Takes A Bath
9. Pupu's Shoes
10. Romantic Shopping
11. Broken Shower
12. Guo Blessi Pig

DL:http://www.rayfile.com/files/099585d9-3e9c-11de-ad4a-0019d11a795f/

Effortless Sonic Journey

2009-05-10T10:21:00.008+08:00

Trifonic - Emergence
[Self-released 2008]

1. Emergence
2. Broken
3. Parks On Fire
4. Infiltration
5. Lies
6. Transgenic
7. Sooner Or Later
8. Vacuum Tree
9. Terminal A
10. Terminal B
11. Good Enough

I admit that I sometimes take the listening experience of a record way too far. Often times I have to dedicate myself exclusively just to get into the mood of the sound, which could be an enjoyable experiment at times, but when the aesthetic fatigue sets in and kills it off, the aftermath of anticlimax would demand something for a change. Trifonic is just a perfect remedy for that matter. It's nothing really innovative, in a sense that the richly layered and melodic flow of soundscapes of electronic beats is more like a standard to expect from a laptop-techno record nowadays. Everything here seems to be laid out as expected, but this straightforwardness is really what Thrifonic is hitting at. The trists and hooks in the music could be a bit too sweet at some point, but you can't blame it for the lack of subtlety in the sound simply because it's not its point. Overall, it's a truly efforless sonic journey that one can enjoy for start to finish without giving away too much of your focus.

下载：Emergence

Expect the unexpected

2009-05-09T13:02:00.004+08:00

Underlapper - Red Spring
[Fural Media 2007]

01 Meanderthal
02 Little Tapioca
03 Lawn bowls and Linda Ronstadt
04 Haunted Cornice
05 Left Wing Gaurdian
06 Fallen face moon
07 Fools’ Cap
08 Terrace
09 Werewolf etiquette for self defence
10 Renfield

这是一张完全没有连惯性的后摇作品，每一首歌都好像存在于一个不同的世界。而从Meanderthal若即若离的失真与人声到最后一首Renfield深沉的钢琴与迷乱的background noise, 在潜意识下贯穿始终的是Trip-hop式的氤氲，散漫与游移。

下载：red spring

日系（一）—— Takahiro Kido

2009-05-04T20:02:00.008+08:00

Artist: Takahiro Kido
http://www.myspace.com/takahirokido

Album:Fleursy Music
DL:http://www.rayfile.com/files/20183db8-38a3-11de-bb89-0014221b798a/

Album：In My Time
DL:http://www.douban.com/group/topic/5976865/

Album：A Short Happy Life
DL:http://www.rayfile.com/files/c81c880a-38a7-11de-87a5-0019d11a795f/

Rustic Winter

2009-05-04T04:47:00.003+08:00

The Declining Winter - Goodbye Minnesota
[Rusted Rail Records 2008]

Summer Turns to Hurt
We used to read books
I don't really want to be alone
To Know Gospel
Yorkcitythree
Oh god c'mon
The world is an idiot
Last train to maple grove
The clock gently ticking in the hall
Hey, nick heyward
Goodbye Minnesota

作为Chris Adams 的Bracken之后Hood在休眠期中的又一个side project, Richard Adams 的 one man band The Declining Winter 如同Bracken一样保留着深深的Hood的印记。向较于Chris在Hood和Bracken中深澈的声线，Richard的低吟浅唱更加散漫飘忽而模糊不清，若隐若现的消弭在其他乐器以及电子节奏的氛围中。与Hood气韵里秋日的慵懒与肃杀不同，The Declining Winter呈现的是冬日的漫长与空幻。

下载：Goodbye Minnesota

Breeze in a warm summer night

2009-04-27T08:09:00.008+08:00

John Zorn - The Gift
[Tzadik Records 2002]

"Makaahaa" - 5:20
"The Quiet Surf" - 3:14
"Samarkan" - 6:41
"Train to Thiensan" - 3:51
"Snake Catcher" - 6:32
"Mao's Moon" - 5:19
"Cutting Stone" - 7:10
"La Flor Del Barrio" - 3:10
"Bridge to the Beyond" - 5:33
"Makaahaa (reprise)" - 4:34

作为一张非常accesible 的 Avant-Garde record，整张作品给我的感觉就好像置身于一个温热的夏日夜晚，时而因为跳tone的节奏而感到燥热无比，时而又被流畅轻柔的小调吹拂的醉意朦胧。充满亲密感的旋律就像夏夜的潮湿空气无论如何擦拭都挥之不去。

下载：The Gift

Something for the future

2009-04-23T11:38:00.006+08:00

Motion Turns It On - Live at the Southpaw
[Self-released 2008]
Lo Pido Con Piedad 6:58
Moayedi 7:01
Timber!!!!! 6:59
Satelightening 7:20

一个只出了一张EP碟的乐队居然发了一张Live album, 而且居然如此惊艳。 Motion Turns It On从第一秒钟起就让我想到最近被我大加赞赏的Samuel Jackson Five, 我觉得这可能就是post-rock未来的发展方向。现在的铺陈高潮铺陈高潮式的器乐后摇似乎走到了一个瓶颈，而融合Jazz, Funk,Trip-Hop,Drum&Bass等却又保持传统后摇的矜持而能收放自如，是我愿意看到的一种进步。

下载：Live at the Southpaw

Dreamland

2009-04-20T19:33:00.005+08:00

Artist: One Second Bridge
www.myspace.com/onesecondbridge
Album: One Second Bridge
Track List:　
1 One Second Bridge (2:22)
2 N°2 (2:29)
3 Everywhere (3:06)
4 Un Minuto (1:01)
5 The Ghost (3:57)
6 Take Me To The Moon (4:07)
7 Brucke (1:03)
8 Keep On Falling (5:12)
9 1000 Lights (1:55)
10 Fifth Season (4:40)
11 Sucio Cielo Azul (3:19)
12 Ventana (2:10)
13 Alt. Ending (3:19)

DL:http://www.rayfile.com/files/598979f3-2d9e-11de-9064-0019d11a795f/

这张充斥着postrock, shoegaze, ambient等元素的电子专辑，仿佛营造了一个仙境，使听者陶醉于其中。

Mysterious Music Space

2009-04-14T14:37:00.007+08:00

Artist: John Surman

Album: Private City

Track List:
1. Portrait Of A Romantic　　

2. On Hubbard's Hill　　

3. Not Love Perhaps　　

4. Levitation　　

5. Undernote　　

6. The Wanderer　　

7. Roundelay　　

8. The Wizard's Song

DL: http://www.rayfile.com/files/b822e7fa-28bc-11de-bbc3-0014221b798a/

Sweet Journey

2009-04-13T12:25:00.004+08:00

Wisp - NRTHNDR
[Sublight Records 2005]

1 Negions Fail 6:00
2 Witches Winds 1:58
3 Closing Brydges 6:48
4 Congratulations 4:16
5 Loophole 4:46
6 1stop 2:05
7 Untethered 6:01
8 See in Rainbows 4:46
9 Dead Streets 6:00
10 Steam City 5:13
11 All His Might 6:50
12 North 3:37

Wisp is not rocket science. It's not anything avant-garde. It's not even that original. However, it is truly a sonic journey with melancholy ambience，mesmerizing rhythm, and floating waves of loveliness.

下载： NRTHNDR

Walking into the silence

2009-04-06T22:54:00.003+08:00

Artist: Bosques de mi Mente http://www.myspace.com/bosquesdemimente
Album: LO-FI
Track List:　
01. Paseo 1, Primavera (5:18)　　
02. Los Titanicos Esfuerzos De Una Bicicleta Oxidada Por Avanzar (6:30)　　
03. Un Nino Que Ya No Existe Jugando Con El Viejo Piano (3:58)　　
04. Paseo 2, Verano (La Nina De Hiroshima) (2:20)　　
05. Tormenta De Verano (3:26)　　
06. El Amanecer Reflejado En Tus Ojos, Parte 1 (6:40)　　
07. Paseo 3, Otono (2:42)　　
08. El Mensaje De Las Ballenas (10:11)　　
09. El Amanecer Reflejado En Tus Ojos, Parte 2 (2:58)　　
10. Paseo 4, Invierno (El Largo Y Tedioso Camino A Casa) (4:17)　　
11. Cuando Se Hayan Ido Todos, Tan Solo Quedara El Crujir De Sus Columpios Al Viento (7:25)　

DL:http://www.rayfile.com/files/4aee8182-22b6-11de-b4f8-0014221b798a/

来自西班牙的Bosques de mi Mente (Forests of my Mind)在对极简音乐和氛围音乐的坚持中，探索着人内心的孤立感。专辑低保真的录音模式，企图表达喧闹背后的一种安静。

Fusion of the Instrumental Spectrum

2009-04-05T11:12:00.009+08:00

Arms and Sleepers - Black Paris 86
[Expect Candy Record 2007]

Greetings From Tokyo
A Mission To Prague
Lausanne
Black Paris 86
Seems (If Ever)
71 Fragments Of A Chronology Of Chance
Warm
I Was A Climber
Butterflycatcher
Like A Typewriter From A Moving Train
Rooftops/Lanterns
We're All Paris Now (Pt. 3)

水波般轻柔层叠的sonic pulse，触动心弦的晶莹冰冷中飘溢着淡淡的慵散，让人陶醉却又还能故作清醒.

下载：Black Paris 86

Classical miniatures with a contemporary twist.

2009-03-29T12:13:00.008+08:00

The Century of Aeroplanes - Repellent Communication of Sea Creatures
[Unlabel Records 2006]

'Are These Your Sister’s Paintings?'.
'Dance No. 3'.
'You Never Understood Interiors'.
'The Objects in the Room'.
'Barely Broken'.
'You Like Woody Allen?'.
'Dance No. 1'.
'We Took a Cab to the Lower East Side'.

很多modern music听起来都很像soundtrack, 用很强的画面感来表达意境，但却往往缺少了让听者自由想象的空间。而The Century of Aeroplanes 以一种跳跃式的平铺直叙，用钢琴和弦乐四重奏创造出简短却有很强空间感的氛围，矜持的旋律往往点到为止，留给了听者细细品味的无限空间。

下载：Repellent Communication of Sea

Perfect Harmony

2009-03-29T01:35:00.007+08:00

我一直觉得纯Math Rock，应该是非常枯燥而死板的音乐，并且极具实验性。显然Battles很有娱乐精神。

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/battlestheband

Douban Artist:http://www.douban.com/artist/battlestheband/

Artist: Battles
Album: Mirrored

1. Race: In　　
2. Atlas　　
3. Ddiamondd　　
4. Tonto　　
5. Leyendecker　　
6. Rainbow　　
7. Bad Trails　　
8. Prismism　　
9. Snare Hanger　　
10. TIJ　　
11. RACE: OUT

DL：http://www.rayfile.com/files/d9f98cf5-1c0c-11de-8fd6-0019d11a795f/

Heart warming Minimalism

2009-03-23T10:00:00.008+08:00

Jasper TX - I'll Be Long Gone Before My Light Reaches You
[Lampse Records 2005]

Blown Out to Sea, I'm Never Coming Back 09:53
Braille 05:03
Letting Go (The World Is Coming to an End) 10:22
Help Them Die 04:14
Rounds 03:52
My Heart Is Broken, I've Lost My Way 09:28
All Those Broken Birds Singing Winter Into Spring 12:14

许多ambient的作品之所以很难被我接受常常是因为它们的emotionlessness. 冰冷缺乏画面感的音墙很容易听着听着一不留神便space out了. 而Jasper TX 这张05年的作品拥有的恰恰是一种非常personal的emotion. 在失真吉他与electronica营造出的清晨海岸线的宽广之下是若隐若现的Sigur Ros般的细腻情感中淡淡的随波逐流。

下载地址：I'll Be Long Gone Before My Light Reaches You

Warmflow

2009-03-22T10:44:00.010+08:00

Artist: Audrey

Album: Audrey EP

Track List:　　

1.Box, And Fights
2.Triumphal Arch
3.We Thought We Were Ghosts, But We Are Feathers
4.Hymn
5.Helpless

Download：http://www.rayfile.com/files/cd40d40c-15c4-11de-9d61-0014221b798a/

这是一个不太多见的纯女子组成的Post Rock乐队，她们来自瑞典。提琴和键盘表现为专辑增色不少，而她们的人声表演亦专辑最大的亮点。这确实是一张如她们名字一般美丽的专辑。

The ambience of the outer space

2009-03-15T08:39:00.007+08:00

The Evpatoria Report - Golevka [Twilight Records 2005]
"Prognoz" – 14:05
"Taijin Kyofusho" – 11:00
"Cosmic Call" – 14:07
"C.C.S Logbook" – 8:34
"Optimal Region Selector" – 9:19
"Dipole Experiment" – 11:35

这并不是一张非常original的后摇作品，因为你很容易听到GYBE!和Mogwai的影子，然而正当‘epic’ 越来越泛滥的被作为这类后摇固定的形容词的时候， Golevka的soundscape 呈现出的是超越感性氛围的非凡的层次艺术。双主音吉他，keyboard以及小提琴在各自的波长上伸展，在许多时候根本无法分别这些音波的主次，然而无论是铺陈时的沉静与空灵，还是multiple crescendo中的轰鸣与混响，都在无比细腻的旋律安排下达到了一种独特的平衡与共鸣。 Golevka的乐曲结构以及旋律变化与Yndi Halda的Enjoy Eternal Bliss有不少异曲同工之处。同样的细腻精致，同样的大器而婉约。然而后者呈现的是优雅的孤芳自赏，伴随着强烈的情绪变化，而前者则更加沉静内敛，如一汪静水的表面下却蕴含着一种力量。
The Evpatoria Report的名字取自乌克兰的一个小城 Evpatoria. 在那里的天文台有一架天线，每天向外太空发送有关于人类世界的信息，希望能被另一个世界的生物所接收。而这张作品就如同那被传送到外太空的电波，在没有外力的环境下漫无目的飘散着，等待着知音。

下载地址：Golevka