Locd42r - Alok - Placid Places (limited 150 cdr)

自2005年起，Alok暫放下了昔日以結他為主導的shoegazing 與 post rock 音樂，轉而專注嘗試用一部舊notebook、circuit bend generator / processors及各種guitar effect pedals，創作出他在超過十年的音樂旅程中最簡約、極微的樂章。這三年來他參與過大大小小及不同形式的音樂會，漸漸地建立起獨特的聲音。Placid Places是他這三年來的首張專輯，其中"Purlieu: Dawn"是2007年1月於深圳Mooka Space表演的現場錄音作品，"Pool Weakness"是2007年10月於香港Kapok演出的現場錄音作品——這首曲目採用了聲樂組合RLIOMA（Richard Curtis, Josh Levi, Magdalen Wong）的聲音元素，以層層巨大音牆及微小的高頻音效建構無限想像。結合了mircosound、avant garde、clicks & glitch、droning、abstract soundscape等各類型的元素，Placid Places是對靜默空間的挑釁與禮讚。

Alok, the founder of Lona Records, is a composer and sound artist from Hong Kong, China. In 2005, he shelved his love of shoegazing and post rock music to start experimenting with his old notebook computer, circuit noise generators/processors and various guitar effect pedals. This sonic excursion of his has never stopped since. Three years of experimentation and live performances have not only fuelled and consolidated his minimalist expedition in music, but have also established his unique sound. More introspective and esoteric than ever, Alok confidently returns with his fourth album Placid Places. "Purlieu: Dawn" is the live recording from a show at Mooka Space (Shenzhen) in January 2007. "Pool Weakness", another live recording, features sound fragments from an a cappella group RLIOMA (Richard Curtis, Josh Levi, Magdalen Wong). Embodying a seamless mix of mircosound, avant garde, clicks & glitch, droning and abstract soundscape, Placid Places is a provocative tribute to silence and space.

BIO
Alok, a self-taught guitarist and bassist, formed a band in 1998. They had published 2 albums and contributed in numerous compilation releases. Since 2001, Alok appeared as a solo artist. He published the first 3" mini album <OK Karaoke> with The Pancakes in 2001. In 2002, he set up his own record label Lona Records, and started working as a producer. From the end of 2002 to 2007, he released 4 albums and a few 3" cd singles: <Wahoo!>, <31 Minutes to Midnight>, <29 Minutes from the End>, <Mass For Repose Of The Soul Of The Dead>, <All the Colors of the Dark>, <Stalemate>, < Amidst The Boredom, They Gather Forces>, <C> and the upcoming 2008 new album <Placid Places>.

Selected performances:
Hong Kong international film festival closing party (2002) 、 Rockit festival (2004) 、 Mondialito Live in Hong Kong (2005) 、AGF Live in Hong Kong (2005) 、 Take off Your Headphone & Turn to 10 (2007), We Play Neo Sound(2007), Get It Louder (2007), Ritual For The Ghost (2007), Emmanuel Mieville Live in Hong Kong (2007) and HK Live (2007), G-Imagineering Along Desire Line (2008) ...


「以內省之精神狀態，探索終極寧靜之美；怎料在過程中，卻看透百花齊放的聲響世界！由氛圍踏向反饋，從反饋過渡琴音，自琴音演化點擊，每顆聲音的構成，都是創作思路的印記，也是心路歷程的明證。在追尋絕對沉默的旅途中，漫不經意地提升了對潛藏聲音的敏銳觸覺。」Review by nihilist

TRACKLISTING:
01. Pool 。Weakness (20:58)
02. Pocket 。Temptation (9:39)
03. Plateau 。Winter (5:55)
04. Plain 。Night (8:36)
05. Purlieu 。Dawn (17:48)

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