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艺人
Waterbone
语种
其他
厂牌
Intentcity
发行时间
1998年08月03日
专辑类别
录音室专辑

专辑介绍

Don Jones 和 Jimmy Waldo 一起来到尼泊尔首都加德满都,来到神奇的喜马拉雅山。他们在那里度过了几个星期,用声音记录了当地的风土民情和人们的喜怒哀乐。这些素材很快就构成了他们组建的 Waterbone 水骨乐团 于1998年出版的第一张专辑《Tibet 西藏》。

专辑音乐与 Deep Forest 有些相似,但 Waterbone 水骨乐团 的音乐有更多的trip-hop成分:强劲的舞曲结合佛教徒的吟诵,尼泊尔和西藏孩子欢腾的合唱,以及当地的古老乐器演奏。

记得有人把此专辑与张大为的《eMAo 唉嘛噢》专辑做过比较。而对与 Deep Forest 的比较来说,也许CD的封面标签上的一句话更为贴切:“Deep Forest Went To Africa...Waterbone Goes To Tibet”。

This is an interesting mix of electronic dance music fused with various traditional song forms from Tibet (with a bit from Nepal and Thailand, as well). Waterbone is actually a pair of American artists, Kendall Jones and Jimmy Waldo, who simply composed bits and pieces of song motifs before traveling to the Himalayas to record the bulk of the album's material. A few of the pieces are pre-composed works for synthesizers, drum machines, and flutes, but the majority is a synthesis of synthesizer and drum loops with recordings of the native musicians. While the performers from the various schools, temples, and street corners are all enjoyable, the excitement here comes from the fusion between the old vocal and modern technological music forms. The vocalists range from young female singers of Bangkok to ancient monks of Katmandu. The seamless transitions from one to another and the delicate fusion with electronica make the album worth hearing. Mixing Asian vocals with electronica is hardly anything new (especially since the success of Enigma's "Return to Innocence"), with notable albums in the vein coming from any number of Asian dub groups, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and a lump of single singers enhancing their own abilities from throughout the continent. Any of these can compete with this Waterbone album, and, musically, many might outdo it, as Tibet stays relatively conventional in its ways as far as electronica goes. Give it a listen as a solid album, but look elsewhere for the groundbreaking sounds.


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