Album Review: 《枝桠》—— Weirdo Room
Album Review
专辑点评
今天给大家介绍一张新专辑！
Weirdo Room
怪人房间
WeirdoRoom band line-up:
怪人房间成员
马鸣 MaMing (Bass)
夏耘 XiaYun (Drums & Strings)
柴艺超 ChaiYiChao (Guitar)
裴天林 PeiTianLin (Guitar)
新专：枝桠
New Album: ZhiYa (2018)
Opening the album with a really interesting Ambient Intro piece was a very suitable idea for this album, allowing the listener to sink deep into the mood of the album right from the start.
用一首十分有趣的氛围音乐来作为这张专辑的开场曲是一个非常合适的主意！它让听众从一开始就深深沉浸在专辑的氛围中。
Because the new album had been in the process of preparation for a period of over four years, each song conveys very different things, but you get the sense of waves of happiness (Waterfall III), melancholia (Karaken), the vicissitudes of the seasons perhaps, or that feeling of some sort of alternation between opposite or contrasting things (A.T.C.G) and so on throughout the album. When I first heard the 'WE WILL BE BACK TO SEA' album, I was immediately impressed with the bands ingenuity, variation and diversity that is even more evident on the new album, which shows the band have entered into a new phase of maturity. On all WeirdoRoom releases, you will find there is a duality of happy and melancholic vicissitudes present throughout their music.
因为新专辑的准备过程已经超过四年了,每首歌都传达了非常不同的感觉,例如你能感受到一波又一波的愉悦(瀑布III)；忧郁的(Karaken)； 感受到季节的更替的枯荣, 或者在两种完全相反和强烈对比中的某种交替感的 (A.T.C.G)和专辑的其他歌曲等等。当我第一次听到《WE WILL BE BACK TO SEA》这张专辑时，乐队的独创性、多面性和多样性给我留下了深刻的印象，这在新专辑中表现得更加明显，这表明乐队已经进入了一个新的成熟阶段。在所有怪人房间发行的音乐中，你会发现他们的音乐中存在着悲欢离合感觉。
I was absolutely blown away by the new album and I have to say it took me about 3 days to really listen and absorb everything that's going on in the album.
我被新专辑完全震撼到了，不得不说，我花了大约3天时间来认真地听和吸收专辑中的一切。
After checking with the band, I was even more surprised to discover what instruments were actually used on this album, because I was sure I heard Cello and Glockenspiel in there somewhere on this exciting new record. Apparently, they've incorporated Violin, Viola and Cello for the string sections and at first it didn't go smoothly when they recorded the strings, so they ended up Recording it twice over. They invited guest musicians to participate, who are students from their College Orchestra. At first, their understanding of the music deviated greatly from what the band initially expected. Being a Post-Rock band, obviously the musical approach is going to be quite different to Orchestra, so after a lot of communication and some tough rehearsals, they finally completed a high-quality satisfactory recording, especially on "Here is where we met" which greatly enhanced the track, thanks to the involvement and professionalism of these three lovely girls. Additionally the Rawap, from the XinJiang Uygur Autonomous Region which was used at the end of track 8,《西域春》 （Spring in Western）, which imbued the piece with a stronger, more pronounced regional flavour.
在和乐队确认之后，我更惊讶于发现了这张专辑中使用到的乐器，因为我确信我在这张令人兴奋的新专辑中听到了大提琴和钟琴。他们在弦乐部分加入了小提琴、中提琴和大提琴，起初他们录制弦乐的时候并不顺利，所以他们最后又录制了两遍。他们邀请了嘉宾加入他们的录制，例如大学管弦乐队的学生。起初，他们对音乐的理解与乐队最初的预期大相径庭。显然后摇滚乐队的音乐理念与管弦乐团的非常不同，因此需要很多沟通和一次又一次的艰难排练，他们终于完成了这高质量的令人满意的录制,尤其是《Here is where we met》这首曲子由于这三位可爱的女生的参与和专业性极大地完善了曲子的音轨录制。此外，维吾尔民族乐器热瓦甫在结尾曲《西域春》的运用，使曲子更具浓郁的地域气息。
The band had to learn how to apply the typical traditional Rawap playing method to the music, so that it could not only highlight the characteristics of the instrument, but also skillfully integrate them in a more experimental way that really works and as evidenced on the record, the final results sound really majestic!
乐队为了学习如何演奏典传统的热瓦甫,因此,它不仅可以突出乐器的特点,而且还通过一个更加实验性的方法巧妙地将它和音乐成功地融合在一起，这首曲子就是最好的证明，最终呈现的结果真的非常壮丽!
Xia not only played the drums on the record, but also played the Harmonica and the Glockenspiel as well, so apparently she's quite a talented individual to have in the band.
夏耘在这张专辑中不仅负责了鼓的部分，还负责口琴和钟琴，显然她是乐队中很有天赋的一名成员。
Xia and Ming are originally from Urumqi, Chai is from Hami, Pei is from Beihai, and our Band Manager, Ghard (WangHaoLin) is originally from Inner Mongolia. so it's incredible to think how these 5 people from different areas of China united to form WeirdoRoom in Xi'An and the result has been the truly magical creation of some of the most glorious music to emanate out of the Chinese Post-Rock scene in recent years. This album was recorded at Timestring Studios in XIAN and Mixed by Jari Lindholm (from Seas Of Years, a fantastic Post-Rock band, from Sweden) What I like most about WeirdoRoom is that they sound nothing like any other Post-Rock band out there and they've successfully created their own totally unique indentity.
夏耘和马鸣来自乌鲁木齐, 柴艺超来自哈密,和裴天林来自北海,和我们来自内蒙古的乐队经纪人Ghard,很难让人想象这5个来自中国天南地北的人在西安因为怪人房间这个乐队组合在一起，结果就是那些魔法般的创作出的辉煌音乐展现出了近年来中国后摇的情景。这张专辑是在西安Timestring录音室录制，混音由Jari Lindholm操刀(乐队Seas Of Years，一个非常出色的瑞典后摇乐队)。我最喜欢怪人房间的一点是，他们听起来不像其他的后摇滚乐队,他们成功地创造出自己的独特身份。
The first time I ever heard of WeirdoRoom, they were playing in Shenzhen at B10 Livehouse back in 2015, as part of the 'FROM ASHES TO THE LIGHT Festival', organised by LiuQi (WearyBird Records/UnknownArt & Pest Productions) and now the band are Mid-Way through their 2019 China Tour, with Liu again which is great to see! In 2015, I didn't really know WHO WeirdoRoom really were and admittedly, when I first heard the band name, I actually thought they were a Punk band, so a big thank you to Daniel (Kong) from SpaceStation who really steered me in the right direction in discovering their music and getting to know the band on a more personal level. A big shout out to Liu, Rachel, Frances and everybody on the WearyBird Records/UnknownArt/Pest Productions team, for all their hard work in helping to promote the band, their fantastic new 'ZhiYa' album and the current 2019 China Tour! The 2nd half of the Tour is coming up in June, so if you're reading THIS, please check the Tour poster for cities & dates nearest you, follow the QR code, go and check WeirdoRoom out on Xiami, QQ Music & NetEase Players, and definitely go and see these guys performing LIVE! 2019 looks like it's going to be a great year for WeirdoRoom. The new 'ZhiYa' album from WeirdoRoom has remained at the top of my listening playlist since it's 2018 release and continues to be one of my top favourite Post-Records together with the lovely new U137 record, 'Second Chapter'.
我第一次听说过怪人房间是2015年在深圳的B10 Livehouse，作为由Liu Qi（UNKNOWN ART，倦鸟唱片 和Pest Productions）策划的“灰烬到光明”现场企划的其中之一演出乐队，很高兴看到现在乐队又一次和Liu Qi正在进行他们的2019年中国巡演! 2015年时,我还不知道怪人房间这个乐队，而且诚实地告诉你，当我第一次听到这个乐队名字时，我以为他们是一个朋克乐队，所以一个大感谢Space Station的Daniel——引导我在正轨上去发现他们的音乐和从更加个人的层面去了解这个乐队。在此我要大声感谢Liu, Rachel, Frances和倦鸟唱片/UnknownArt/Pest Productions团队的所有人，感谢他们为推广乐队所做的一切努力，感谢他们出色的新专辑《枝桠》，以及目前正在进行的2019年中国巡演!巡演的下半部分将会在6月开展，如果你正在读这篇乐评，欢迎去查看巡演海报上的演出城市和日期信息，寻找离你最近的机会！你可以扫描他们的二维码去关注怪人乐队在虾米音乐，QQ音乐和网易音乐的音乐，而且一定要去现场看这些棒棒的成员的演出哦! 2019年对《怪屋》来说将会是很棒的一年。怪人房间的新专辑《枝桠》自2018年发行以来一直在我的歌单上名列前茅，与U137的新专辑《第二章》一起，一直是我最喜欢的后摇专辑之一。
In my opinion,'ZhiYa' finds its success in its diversity and varied approach making the record a fresh listening experience each time you play or repeat the record. When I listen to this album, I usually play it on repeat, three times in a row, just to be able to enjoy and absorb the beauty and the details in the music. A refreshingly exilirating record! [9/10]
在我看来，《枝桠》的成功之处在于它用多样性和多样化的方式，让你在每次播放或循环播放时都有一种全新的聆听体验。当我听这张专辑的时候，我通常会循环播放它，连续播放三次，为了能够欣赏和吸收音乐中的美和细节。《枝桠》是一张绝对令人振奋的专辑!(我的评分：9/10)
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