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 Locd03r - Alok - All the Colors of the Dark / Electrosuite (limited 50 cdr)

This is the first 3"CDR singles series produced by Lona Records. As an attempt to explore the aesthetic boundaries of Hong Kong experimental sound, each 3" CDR or 3" DVDR will feature musical/multi-media works by individual artists. Each volume will be released in a limited numbered edition of 50.-

這是Lona Records推出的第一個3"CDR系列,旨在探索香港實驗性聲音的藝術疆域。每一張3"CDR3"DVDR 皆印有編號,限量50張發售。

TRACKLISTING :
01. All the colors of the dark 16:15 (featuring piano by Wilson Tsang)
02. Electrosuite 01:16

Review:
All the colors of the dark - "The ultimate tribute to avant-garde/electro-acoustic/free-jazz in the last century."
向上世紀avant-garde / electro-acoustic / free-jazz 音樂的終極致敬。

Alok為其Lona Records策動這個限額發行3” CDR系列,目的是以此主打偏鋒實驗音樂創作之平台。他以其作品All The Colors Of The Dark / Electrosuite作為打頭陣的開卷作,固然「以身作則」——所以前者已是一首足足長達十六分鐘的Epic曲目。

不再是近年Alok所熱衷的Shoegazer曲風,All The Colors Of The Dark的創作大前提,是他試圖重拾他在Slow Tech Riddim時期那種不受常規羈絆、處於不斷蛻變中的音樂鋪排。多年前已得悉Alok對一眾現代派鋼琴音樂為情有獨鍾,在All The Colors Of The Dark裡其音樂好友Wilson Tsang主理的鋼琴演奏亦佔有相當重要的角色。

樂曲開首時從他那仿如早年Electro-Acoustic樂派的倒播與Tape Loop效果到Wilson一手耐人尋味的Contemporary派鋼琴,都來得滿是二十世紀Avant-Garde音樂之基因。直至三分多鐘後,隨著假以亂真Free-Jazz式鼓擊Driven切入(Alok說單是此曲的Drum Programming已足足砌了兩個月),在輾轉反側的電聲氛圍下,Wilson亦繼而施展出他的Free-Form爵士鋼琴風範。一首十六分鐘的曲目,那好比要一口氣對Avant-Garde、Electro-Acoustic、Avant-Jazz等等二十世紀前衛音樂派系進行Homage。

而Electrosuite更開宗明義是他的Electro-Acoustic式作品,接近Musique Concrete那種電音實驗。 ---袁智聰 (MCB Online)

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