专辑名字《龙车站》的来由完全是巧合的意外,一次我和Ex-Punishment(原The yours)的主唱Jack微信聊到我们的新专辑,他前后问了我两个问题,一个是专辑的名字,当时我还没有什么想法,另一个是关于我在蒙古捡到的一只小狗(小龙)。捡她的那个地方是乌兰巴托的长途客车站,叫做Dragon Bus Terminal,结果Jack误以为Dragon Bus Terminal就是专辑的名字,我们都觉得这是个很好的主意,于是《龙车站》这个专辑名字就这么定下来了。
We got the name “Dragon Bus Terminal” from a chatting with Ex-Punishment’s Jack. He asked me about our new album title and before I answered that question he threw out another question about my puppy. I had no idea about the album title at that time, so I just replied his last question about my puppy, “Dragon Bus Terminal”, I sent the message, that’s the bus terminal where I got my dog in Ulan Bator. Jack thought it’s the album title and it’s cool to him. Then I realized maybe I can actually use “Dragon Bus Terminal” for our band’s new album. It’s a good name, why not?
专辑封面
几年前在Carsick Cars巡演到香港的时候,The Yours的Jack和Tim带我和何凡在南丫岛游玩,碰见了一个卖蜡染的老太太,当时我特别喜欢这幅蜡染作品就买了回家。后来在构思专辑封面设计的时候,我们曾经尝试过别的想法,始终觉得不尽人意,直到忽然有一天我看到了一那幅挂在墙上的蜡染,上面就是一条龙啊,便觉得非它莫属。后来我们联系了作者所在的蜡染艺术馆,拿到授权,这样专辑的封面就定了下来。
Cover
When I toured in Hong Kong with Carsick Cars (I used to play drum for Carsick Cars), Jack and Tim (both from Hong Kong band Ex-Punishment) brought me and He Fan (former Carsick Cars’ bass player) to Lama Island. We happened to meet a grandma there, selling batiks. There was one piece attracted my attention immediately. I bought it without hesitation. One day, when I was looking for idea about the album cover at home, after many dissatisfactory tries, this batik hung on the wall jumped in my sight. Yes, the pattern on it just looks like dragon, fits the name “Dragon Bus Terminal” well. So I decided to use this image as the cover art. After getting the authorization from a batik gallery in Guizhou. This piece of batik became Gate to Otherside’s album cover.
乐队及专辑
2014年10月,鼓手姜梦洋生日当天,孙鹤庭和姜梦洋第一次以吉他手和鼓手的身份在排练室演奏;
2014年12月,贝斯手绿绿加入,Gate to Otherside乐队正式成立;
2015年初,开始创作专辑歌曲,2015年底开始首张专辑的录音,共完成12首歌曲,
《龙车站》专辑收录其中9首。
Band and album
October 2014, Guitarist Sun Heting had first play with drummer Jiang Mengyang on Jiang’s birthday in rehearse room.
December 2014, bassist Alex joined, Gate to Otherside was founded.
December 2015, band recorded 12 tracks they wrote earlier that year, and selected 9 out of 12 for debut album “Dragon Bus Terminal”.