artist:red sparowes
album:every red heart shines towards the red sun
label:neurot
style:post rock
release:9.19.2006

01 The great leap forward poured down upon us one day like a mighty storm, suddenly and furiously blinding our senses
02 We stood transfixed in blank devotion as our leader spoke to us, looking down on our mute faces with a great, raging, and unseeing eye
03 Like the howling glory of the darkest winds, this voice was thunderous and the words holy, tangling their way around our hearts and clutching our innocent awe
04 A message of avarice rained down and carried us away into false dreams of endless riches
05 Annihilate the sparrow, that stealer of seed, and our harvests will abound, we will watch our wealth flood in
06 And by our own hand did every last bird lie silent in their puddles, the air barren of song as the clouds drifted away. for killing their greatest enemy, the locusts noisily thanked us and turned their jaws toward our crops, swallowing our greed whole
07 Millions starved and we became skinnier and skinnier, while our leaders became fatter and fatter
08 Finally, as that blazing sun shone down upon us, did we know that true enemy was the voice of blind idolatry, and only then did we begin to think for ourselves

TAG:不当不负责任的男人,不做轻率冒失的事情,不写囫囵吞枣的听后感.在准备这篇帖子的时候,或者说一切就绪完这以后,我必须要体会到的就是这些.

诚然这是一张很棒的唱片.在我这里都应该算地上是年度最好的后摇唱片之一．光从聆听体验上来讲,我无法不被它的音乐所一一打动,牵引.但是在准备一张帖子的时候,特别是你碰到喜欢的唱片的时候,你无法不认真对待:找资料来一一摘要,取证,核对.但是这次Red Sparowes的新唱片却给了我一个十足的难题.原本被音符激发的在头脑里形成的如潮文字却被眼前的一大堆英文资料给扰到纷乱.很简单,这张唱片牵涉到了1958年的我们背负的那段尴尬的历史.这多少有点像压在我的文字上的N座大山.虽然随后我也翻阅遍了网络试图更加深入的了解那段存在于我之前的那段历史,但是只能加剧我的不知所措.

也许别人会说那已经是一段被肃清的过去,是一段被承认的低级错误．不过请原谅我无法由此及彼地听音论政,这多少应该算是件让我觉得难受和奇怪事情---特别是要牵涉到自身的时候.但是这无疑是一首首乐曲需要我们去剖析认知的.唱片里每一个音符的引申以及内核都借由一个个长句子组成的乐曲标题开宗明义地在说明这一点.懂英文的朋友初见这张唱片的标题,我想都多少会感觉到一些什么吧.只是不曾预料到那时的饶有趣味变成了了解之后的难言之隐.甚至乐队名字本身都突然因为那个年代的故事而突然变得一股子邪性的"暧昧"起来.

因此不写暧昧的文字,不做盲目的推荐.正如不跟不清不楚的异性乱抛媚眼.这实在让我觉得之前在网上那些抢先发布这张唱片的人缺乏必要的了解,其行为欠缺稳妥.至少这不应该被描述为一张用来享用的唱片.不是要激起大家的惊诧(其实定神想想，也没有什么值得我们惊诧的),而是对我们的耳朵负责任.也许我应该释然地面对这张唱片,这是可以很简单地做到的.只是我想说的是它多少破坏了我爬格子的兴趣.shit,这该死的浮夸风，这万恶的1958

引用一下国外网站对于这张唱片的描述(比较中肯的描述,这是我想强调的是．因为我看到有些更离谱的描述)"Now on their second album they have accentuated the epic and decided to edge towards the most terrible of things, the concept album. ‘Every Red Heart…’ is based around the story of ‘the great leap forward’ in Maoist China, or specifically the time when there was a mass culling of Sparrows who were seen as pests and dealt with accordingly. Of course this was a hugely misjudged attempt and eventually led to widespread famine since the locust population went up. Each track on the album is a long passage detailing some aspect of the great leap forward, and so you could read the titles together like a story – not the best way to bat away the usual post rock criticisms.

乐队guitar Josh Graham的一段访谈:"I definitely don't want people to think that I used all of this communist-influenced imagery because we are in any way communists-or that I just thought it 'looked cool,'" Graham explains. "It was very deliberate and fits into a paralleled theme. We identified immediately with the story itself, and with the obvious connections to our band's namesake. First of all, it's awe-inspiring that any government could convince its people to follow such clearly ridiculous orders. Secondly, the [cover] art is a reflection of the methodic qualities used in Chinese propaganda. Whether glorifying villainous leaders or disastrous events, the art the government commissioned was always very delicate and beautiful."

关于乐队:Red Sparowes is comprised of Bryant Clifford Meyer on guitar (Isis),
Josh Graham on guitar (Neurosis visuals and acclaimed video director),
Greg Burns on bass and pedal steel (also of Temporary Residence dark
chamber folk sextet Halifax Pier), Andy Arahood on bass/guitar (Angel
Hair) and David Clifford on drums (The VSS, Pleasure Forever). The
album was recorded with founding drummer Dana Berkowitz (The Cignal)
and Isis bassist Jeff Caxide, both of whom relocated at the end of
2004. The sum total of its sound, however, stems more so from esoteric
melodic guitar-surrealists of the mid-80's Blast First and Too Pure
hive than the fierce realism of the aforementioned cabal of heavy-psych
rock.

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专辑：Tamahime Sama
艺人：Jun Togawa
国家：Japan
厂牌：YEN Records
风格：J-pop, Synth-pop, New Wave
时间：1984
简介：

玻璃一般清脆的嗓音，时而精灵古怪，时而疯癫无畏，时而演绎深情，有一种孩子似的天真在流淌。但是不管她怎么唱，歌声之中都荡漾着一种无法言喻的哀伤。这就是户川纯的歌声。

曲目:

（橙の太阳风）

专辑：Saga Chapter 1 - Za shum ushatar Uglakh (The mighty warrior Uglakh)
时间：2000年
厂牌：Waerloga
简介：

2000年，两个叫 Simon 的瑞典人在一起以 Za Frumi 的名称发行了他们的第一张专辑，剧场式的对白和宏大的编排让人们耳目为之一新，自此 Za Frumi 踏上了他们自己的舞台。

专辑讲述了半兽人的领导者 Uglakh 及其族人史诗般的冒险历程，随着音乐的铺展，一个个场景生动的展开在眼前，由丛林中的祈祷，族人的探险，到发现擅长音乐的矮人族，再到与吸血鬼领袖 Ismael 的战争。从专辑取名 Saga(英雄传说) 就可以看出来，这里的半兽人不再象欧美大片里凶狠野蛮，而是一个个有血有肉有组织重感情的英雄形象。Saga 系列没有传达晦涩的理念，只是简简单单的小说式的情节。音乐未取艰涩与华丽，节奏简约，但没有一处重复，安静，却一点也不枯燥。笛子和鼓营造出了一种古老而宏大的场面，遥远天地的回响一层层荡开去。虽然没有排山倒海的听觉轰炸，但是在不知不觉中已经悄悄被吸引，这种音乐，毒药一般，一旦喜欢上，就再也拔不出来了。

1. Intro
2. Dushatar
3. Za Kala
4. Za Shulg
5. Nudertogat
6. Albai
7. Vrapogat
8. Interludium
9. Za Ismael Kala (Act 1)
10. Za Ismael Kala (Act 2)
11. Knish Requiem*
 

Uglakh 的故事继续。这回他的任务是到南方干燥的平原上寻找散落的三块骨头，在萨满的祈祷下，Uglakh 告别的生活的丛林，开始了艰难的旅程。音乐仍然延续了简约的风格，Chapter 1 中半兽人的低语大幅度削减，跳跃复古的鼓点中层叠了一些轻快短小的旋律片断，给专辑增加了一丝明亮的气氛。同时增加了许多采样，更添身临其境之感。闭上眼睛，凝神静听，一幕幕画面在脑海中展开，象极了电影原声配乐。

曲目：

1. Shakapon 
2. Bug Selrath
3. Za shapaukatar shвpol
4. Taposhat za lum 
5. Alba fashat
6. Gothbork 
7. Burgat raz Azuli
8. Za hоnor 
9. Za Golug gыrzauron 
10. Za Yagul gыrzauron
11. Za Alokh gыrzauron
12. Rejthar
13. Zigani 
14. Interludium II 
15. Za garmadh-gukh
16. Za frumi 
17. Za kaushar

下载：Za Frumi Saga（两张一包）

专辑：Legends Act 1 - Legends
时间：2002年
简介：

在Legend 系列里人声完全退居到次要地位，音乐的魅力在这里尽情释放。我惊讶于他们旺盛的创造力，风格依然没有改变。仍然有复古的鼓点和民谣，仍然是淡淡冷静的讲述。音乐相当考究，你会发现在每一首歌里没有一处的旋律是相同的，但并不是华丽得让人喘不过气来的那种，萤火虫般的闪耀，点到即止，这也正是他们的特别之处。

1. Dwarven Wars
2. Azot oh Khans Keep
3. The Olog Forest
4. Tea
5. Above and Below
6. Midnight
7. The Inn
8. Za Shulg (Remix)
9. The Gathering of the Tribes
10. The Cleansing (Act 1)
11. The Cleansing (Act 2)

专辑：Legends Act 2 - Vampires
时间：2004年
简介：

这是最近的一张（官网放出消息说新专辑Saga系列第三张正在制作中），讲述了两个吸血鬼的故事。这张碟里融入了更多的古典、民谣等元素，不时采用了庄严宏大且缥缈的合唱来烘托空旷的气氛，编曲也更添细致，所以大气中有一点洛可可式的豪华。抒情，是肯定的，没有其他一些氛围作品中故意渲染的黑暗，只有安详的景致，在音乐里流淌。也许你会听着听着渐渐睡去，也许会在音乐的氤氲中不知不觉被拖进古老的幻象。

The legends of Jakesh:
1. Through Jakes Eyes
2. The curse
3. Halls of madness
4. Celestial bond
5. Morning dew
The legends of Rianji
6. The cult of Rianji
7. Shadow Twin
8. Blood Slaves
9. Crematoria
10. The Feast

下载：Za Frumi Legend（两张一包）

（橙の太阳风）