Locd12  - FM3 + 竇唯 - Hou Guan Yin 后觀音

FM3, one of China’s most progressive sound art groups, with their latest release, “Hou Guan Yin” marks the rise of a new Chinese sonic art form.

The “Buddha Machine” is their phenomenal release that breaks down the limits of music format. Teaming up with legendary Chinese rock singer/musician Dou Wei in their latest release “Hou Guan Yin”, once again they go beyond the boundary by creating a new sonic map of its own. With additional sound input from well-known Chinese experimental music icon, Yan Jun, the release is a project that brings together remarkable musical talents that shape the Chinese music scene.

Converging two lineages of Chinese underground music: the microsound/noise ambience of FM3 and the ever evolving rock experiment of Dou Wei, “Hou Guan Yin” is showcasing a new sonic activity that blends both the western and eastern mentality into a system of its own.

While the sonic appearance of FM3 + Dou Wei is apparently western in nature, the poetic thoughts and emotions that flow through their sounds show a deep appreciation of eastern thinking and sensibility. It is like a group of avant-garde musicians, meditating on the classic Chinese ink painting or an abstract expressionist painting, translating ancient eastern philosophy into landscapes and free-form brush strokes.

The most impressive part of “Hou Guan Yin” is the chemical interaction between FM3 and Dou Wei. FM3 with their microsound gestures trigger the ambient undercurrent of Dou Wei’s drumming and turn it into a new pulsating energy; Dou Wei at the same time reveals the hidden motions and shifting patterns in FM3’s ambience. The result is a unique poetic beauty that lies within the rhizomatic presentation and interaction of their sounds and instrumentations.

Produced by FM3.
Zhang Jian plays organ, piano and electronics. Dou Wei plays drums.
Christiaan Virant plays guitar and drones.
Recorded live in Beijing March 2004.
Mixed April 2006 at the Dutch Art Institute, Enschede.
Special thanks to Yan Jun for additional bleeps and blips.

製作：FM3
樂器：張薦 竇唯 老趙
聲音助興： 顏峻
錄製於北京後海無名
完成於荷蘭恩紳格得
感謝王磊授權使用他的作品採樣。

TRACKLISTING:
01. [Untitled]
02. Wu 烏
03. [Untitled]
04. [Untitled]
05. Wu 無
06. [Untitled]
07. [Untitled]
08. [Untitled]
09. Wu 吾
10. [Untitled]
11. Wu 悟

www.fm3.com.cn

Review:

FM3這個植根北京，由Christiaan Virant及張薦組成的二人聲響藝術樂團，繼Buddha Machine之後，再次帶來另一神來之筆：后觀音。

仍然是充滿著破格和超越意味的概念轉化。單是演奏陣容，已足以叫人眼前一亮。FM3加上竇唯，絕對是個充滿破格性的合作。還有身兼詩人、樂評人、實驗演奏家及地下音樂推手的顏峻作聲音助興。而負責出版后觀音這張專輯的，又是由Alok (Slow Tech Riddim) 所策劃的香港實驗廠牌Lona Records。這一切，都叫人對FM3+竇唯這張新專輯萬分期待。

與我們所見慣的近年那些已變成陳腔濫調及膚淺的所謂”Crossover”不同，后觀音是一次極深層的多向性融合。

音樂上，它不著痕跡地，化合著FM3的實驗性環境聲像及竇唯的搖滾樂根源，造出一個相互引發及補充的演奏狀態。FM3的聲像如流質物滲透著竇唯的敲擊，誘發出其潛聚待發的環境音樂及後搖滾似的特質。同時間，竇唯那恰到好處的節奏元素，又將FM3聲像中的抽像動態，含蓄地彰顯成形。

再深一層地聆聽，你又會發覺，FM3及竇唯彷彿是在以西方實驗音樂的演奏模式，去理解及感悟東方哲學思想的抽像概念。疏落的聲響，彷彿水墨畫技法般畫黑留白。重要的，不在於發聲的部份，而在於發聲與發聲之間，於空白位置所遺下的氛圍餘音所造就的冥想空間。憩靜而平和得近乎禪的意味。甚至乎是一種近乎無為的演奏狀態。同樣地畫黑留白，全張專輯十一首作品，只有第二、五、九及十一首分別命名「烏」、「無」、「吾」、「悟」，其餘曲目都只是留著空白。從「烏」(黑->色) 到「無」(白->空) 再到「吾」(自我) 及最後「悟」(頓悟) 的過程，透過的，是對於虛空的參悟冥想。這不是很富東方哲學色彩的佈局嗎？

重實驗感而又不乏可聽性，概念化之餘又不流於理論化。一切，都能從聲響的角度以聆聽的方式細意體會及感悟。一種完完全全道地中國的實驗音樂。  --- By Sin:Ned (Mcb-online)