SOTI: 008 - STOLEN秘密行动 - 地下潜游
收集五湖四海的电子声音 以无国界精神连接音乐
Collecting Electronic Sound Worldwide
Connecting Music with the Spirit of
Borderlessness
STOLEN秘密行动 an independent electronic rock band from Chengdu, has experienced a decade of musical diving. Between electronic and rock, they have formed an intriguing and unique temperament. In their very vital music and live, they show the touch that belongs to STOLEN style perspective.
In 2010, a few students from Sichuan Yin High School formed the band "Secret Action", and completed the formation of the six-piece band in college, and released the "Strange Old Fashioned Entertainment" EP in '13, the "Loop/Loop" album in '15, and the "Fragment" album in '18, produced by famous producer Mark Reeder. Fragment" album, in 2019 as New Order (formerly Joy Division) European tour guests, in 2020 released a new EP "Remanufactured. reset".
在他们强烈的电子工业元素中，展现出了对于世界运转、社会往复的洞察与共鸣。沉浸的暗黑氛围里，给予听众潮汐般的能量涌动。无论是独立的音乐思维，还是反叛的乐队气息，无一不印证了STOLEN所展示的地下世界。
In their strong electronic industrial elements, they show the insight and resonance of the world's functioning and the society's going back and forth. The immersive dark atmosphere gives the listener a tidal surge of energy. Whether it is the independent musical thinking or the rebellious band vibe, all of them confirm the underground world presented by STOLEN.
The infectious psychedelic colorful atmosphere, the progressive bassline with extremely energetic four-four beat drumming, the complete emotional route, these are all characteristics that come from STOLEN Secret Action. Lead singer Liang Yi's tone is more like a touch of dangerous color in the world under the shadow. And the special thing is that STLOEN Secret Action achieves a 1+1>2 effect in the combination of electronics and rock, forming a musical filter of their own. And the vitality and thinking power that Secret Action gives to their music is also a kind of naturalness under the scale of time. Whether it's the control of Riff, the superimposition of EBM, Acid and other elements, or the understanding of arrangement, STOLEN Secret Action has formed their own personal style. If the musicianship embodied in STOLEN Secret Action is a subconscious reaction, their music is more about taking the listener on a journey into their heart.
SOTI: 关于秘密行动在创作音乐中各类元素的结合逻辑是什么？
What is the logic of combining various elements in creating music ?
First of all, we will play in the way that we are good at, and then we will try any element that comes to mind in the process, no matter when we write or produce the song, we will consider all the elements with a sense of listening, and there is no fixed formula.
SOTI：一系列的意识流、抽象的歌词的创作视角是从何出发？
Where did the creative perspective of a series of stream-of-consciousness, abstract lyrics come from?
In fact, nowadays you can know what is happening in the world without leaving home, and more people will use the things they see in their lives that touch me as a perspective to create lyrics. As for abstraction, I don't feel it myself, because this is my understanding of creation, I feel that these lyrics should be like this, without intentional artistic processing or abstraction. At least the foundation should be like this.
SOTI：不同于传统的摇滚音乐，你们的音乐更多拥有强烈的电子舞曲律动，你们开始创作的出发点是以电子舞曲为基点出发，还是本身以乐队音乐基础再来结合电子舞曲元素？
Unlike traditional rock music, your music has more of a strong electronic dance rhythm, did you start with electronic dance music as your base, or did you combine electronic dance elements with your band's music?
Actually there is no distinction so far, we start creating based on each person's ideas, which are specific to some melodies and rhythms. Some motives are more electronic, some are more rock, and then will slowly develop its temperament in the process of completion.
In the band's performances, your strong emotional impact is almost a consensus among the audience, how do you express this vitality in your performances?
I think first of all, a song needs to be given enough life when it is created. If the content of a song is very pale, then no matter how hard you perform it live, you can't cover up the pale feeling. Then is the rehearsal to rehearse fine, because the vitality or infectious power of many parts is hidden in the details, need to rehearse very carefully to ensure that they can express those details in the performance. The last is the teamwork, tuning, visual, lighting, stage ......, all the efforts are for so some impressing moments, impressing the audience will also impress themselves.I think first of all, a song needs to be given enough life when it is created. If the content of a song is very pale, then no matter how hard you perform it live, you can't cover up the pale feeling. Then is the rehearsal to rehearse fine, because the vitality or infectious power of many parts is hidden in the details, need to rehearse very carefully to ensure that they can express those details in the performance. The last is the teamwork, tuning, visual, lighting, stage ......, all the efforts are for so some impressing moments, impressing the audience will also impress themselves.
I think first of all, a song needs to be given enough life when it is created. If the content of a song is very pale, then no matter how hard you perform it live, you can't cover up the pale feeling. Then is the rehearsal to rehearse fine, because the vitality or infectious power of many parts is hidden in the details, need to rehearse very carefully to ensure that they can express those details in the performance. The last is the teamwork, tuning, visual, lighting, stage ......, all the efforts are for so some impressing moments, impressing the audience will also impress themselves.
What are the inspirations for the live performance of vj, the way VJ will express the connection between each song and the visuals, and in what ways?
歌曲和视觉效果之间存在的链接是在创作歌曲时编织的链接。我会尽可能地避免过于紧贴歌词。不要仅仅用图像来缩小歌词的含义，因为那样太直白了。例如，我喜欢添加一个令人不安的元素，将这首歌的主题重新关联，这样我就可以玩得开心。例如，对于“吸血鬼恋人”这首歌，我不愿直接显示吸血鬼在他的城堡中行走，而是更喜欢显示吸血鬼周围的物体，他的房屋周围的地方，远处的教堂。它的光的威胁…
My inspiration comes from everything around me. usually old things, people I meet, ideas that have been molding in my head for many years, or others that have sprouted recently. I try to avoid looking too much at what other people are doing to avoid falling into the trap of inspirations that are too frank and overly referenced which lose the original side and the simplicity of things.
The link that exists between the songs and the visuals are links that are woven from the time of songwriting. I try as often as possible not to stick too closely to the lyrics. Do not just retrench the meaning of the lyrics with images because that would be too literal. For example, I like to add a disruptive element, recontextualize the theme of the song so that I can have fun with it. For example for the song "vampire lovers", rather than directly showing a vampire walking in his castle, I preferred to just show the objects surrounding the vampire, the places around his house, the church in the distance which the threat of its light
SOTI：据我们所知，你们的排练室、是非常充满的工业气息、破坏元素的地方，同时成都本身也是电子音乐非常旺盛的地方，这些环境，氛围是不是也很直接地影响了你们的音乐创作与思路？
As far as we know, your rehearsal room is very full of industrial and destructive elements, and Chengdu itself is also a very prosperous place for electronic music, did this environment and atmosphere directly influence your music creation and thinking?
There should be some subtle relationship, right? We live here and make music here and are part of this, so it's hard to say exactly what the impact is.
高源 （Zpax/None）
出生于内蒙古，定居在北京的一位实验、噪声、电子音乐制作人，自幼研习音乐，也是模块合成器制作人，早年曾与丁昕以及孟奇、陈哲等知名声音艺术人一起创办“液体宫殿”乐队。多年来一直致力于当代声音艺术的探索与研究，常常以Live的形式游离于各类展演场所，目前正在制作第一张个人专辑。
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