當海潮湧向礁岩
浪沫撫過了礫石灘
我們潛入太平洋
仰望海面穿透而下的光

這是一張關於海洋的專輯，延伸自2013年的《邊境消逝》，描繪的是台灣的東海岸，以及包圍著東部小島的太平洋。我們以音樂模擬海的各種樣態，包括了難以捉摸的海流、高高撐起的長浪、礁岩旁的碎浪、來回撫觸岸灘的浪沫……

為了這次的創作，我們來回數次東海岸，從花東交界的壯闊礁岩、阿朗壹古道、綠島的燕魚群、蘭嶼一望無際的清澈海底，找到了觸發靈感的泉源。這些以海為題的音樂起於花蓮的石梯坪，〈當海潮湧向礁岩〉用鋼琴的五拍節奏形容滾動的渦流，並由弦樂各自代表海流、潮汐、海流、海浪以及礁岩上濺起的浪花。〈浪沫撫過礫石灘〉的場景則來到阿朗壹古道，從圓滾滾的南田石反省台灣海岸的現狀。

首曲〈日出〉由A調出發，敘述在蘭嶼看日出的歡樂過程。也許因為A調的音樂經常是色彩斑斕的，也因為A這個音是弦樂調音的基準，我們直覺地將之比擬為海平面，象徵以海定位所有感知的島民生活。〈潛入太平洋〉用橫越四個八度的Ａ音，從海面向下勾勒出海中深邃的空間，當海流從上下左右流竄而過，我們仍佇立於同一個深度。〈在無垠世界的海邊相聚〉也以A為主音，刻劃的是夜晚的海灘，曲名源於泰戈爾的〈海邊〉（On the Seashore）。

為了更了解海洋，我們開始學習潛水。永遠忘不了在蘭嶼的第一次，我們從海面下沉，清澈得能看見五十公尺遠。抬頭仰望，水面像是一片搖晃的鏡子，陽光穿透而下，宛如閃耀的簾幕。幾位潛伴懸在前方，被光包圍著；身旁的小魚貼著我們，在我們吐出的泡泡中一同前行。這個瞬間孕育了終曲〈仰望海平面〉。在我們以音樂分享這趟東海岸之旅後，也企圖透過此曲回歸到人的情感面。

生活於海島的我們，從小到大總有數不清的故事是在海的陪伴中發生的。我們必定在海邊度過許多快樂的時光，也一定曾經獨自悲傷地看海，與大海有關的記憶是五彩繽紛也深沉靜謐的。於是這張專輯便長成了現在這副模樣，有陽光、有晚風，有青春熱鬧，也有探入內心的自省──大海映照出的就是這些說不完的故事。
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就如陸蟬般拉長身影，隱身於深藍一片，感受海的孕育、脈動、蛻變。經歷了美好、耳濡了衝擊。Cicada的內太空，帶來海面下的感動。
──拓荒者潛水教練／Ken

我喜歡這樣想，廣大的流行樂世界還有很多空間，還少了很多創造，而踩著新古典／獨立／跨界前進的他們，正捏著一個新角色要加入。
──StreetVoice音樂頻道總監／小樹

我總覺得，最好的音樂應該要是一扇任意之門。謝謝Cicada，帶我回到／去到家一般的遠方。
──作家／林達陽

有一些音樂，就是必須費神聆聽，沒得商量閃躲或只當背景。Cicada在旋律中披荊斬棘，挑戰悅耳之外的故事深度，器樂伸展自由如舞，值得聽者花不只一張專輯的時間探索。
──作家／陳玠安

心思滾在灘上，音符浮出海面，聲音漸層融入水裡，我們的視野得以攀上旋律飛向海天盡頭。
──海洋文學作家／廖鴻基

虽说Kashiwa Daisuke音乐的部分元素必然是受到了Katsuhiko Maeda的影响，有目共睹的是这位年轻的日本电子音乐艺术家正在创造一种属于他都独特风格的音乐。即使撇开这张专辑所蕴含的意义，Daisuke的最新专辑Program Music I已经是一次让人印象深刻的音乐尝试，凭此足以使他跻身于世界顶尖厂牌的顶尖数字作曲家之一。这张一小时长的专辑只有两首歌，音乐却出奇的丰富，某些时候，让人怀疑是一支管弦乐队在演奏而不是只有一个人和一台电脑而已。标准的电子元素确实在Program Music I的纷繁复杂的多层次音乐元素中占有一席之地，不过Daisuke更重视的却是音乐整体。强烈推荐这张专辑。
专辑融合了电子后摇，分别选用宫泽贤治的"银河铁道之夜"（小说）与太宰治的"奔跑吧，梅洛斯"（小说）作为两首曲子的主题，旋律抒情而充满器乐编排厚度地呈现出他脑海中的影像。

Keith Kenniff mustn’t sleep at all, after releasing the incredible Goldmund album ‘Corduroy Road’ for Type early in 2005 he was already busy at work crafting his second record as Helios; all this while finishing a degree at the acclaimed Berklee College of Music in Boston! ‘Eingya’ is very different from his work as Goldmund, as it incorporates not only his piano playing, but his delicate touch on guitar, drums and his masterful electronic production. It is an album of wordless songs, eleven carefully measured movements, each holding inside it an entire movie’s worth of emotion. Beginning the album on a high with the pastural beauty of ‘Bless This Morning Year’ we witness a showcase already of what Kenniff does best; hearbreaking guitar and piano melodies punctuated by crumbling beats and backed by the most atmospheric synthesizer sounds this side of Eno’s ‘Apollo’. Moving on we are treated to the appetising ‘Halving the Compass’ which blends subtle field recording with the kind of piano melodies so beautiful they could be compared to Virginia Astley or Harold Budd. This is followed by the album’s clear highlight – ‘Dragonfly Across an Ancient Land’; an unsurpassable folk guitar piece with a decomposing percussive background and the sort of melodies that would turn evil tyrants into weeping babies. An album which could as easily appeal to fans of Nick Drake as fans of Boards of Canada or even early Air; this truly has something for everyone. To put it simply – it’s gorgeous.

In 1995, Mauro Pezzente moved into a loft with his then-girlfriend in the Mile End of Montreal. Pezzente used the flat as a performance venue, dubbing it the Gallery Quiva. Around 1996, fumes from the mechanic's garage below the loft forced them to vacate it. Shortly after their departure, Efrim Menuck moved into the space and established Hotel2Tango, serving both as a recording studio and practice space. There, in 1997, the original recording of F♯ A♯ ∞ took place. By this time, the band had reached an unwieldy 15 members. In preparation of the album, they trimmed their numbers to ten.
The culmination of material spanning back to 1993 resulted in two lengthy songs, each about 20 minutes in length. After the record's release, the band became interested in touring the United States. In order to make headway, they sent a copy of their album to the Chicago-based record label Kranky. Impressed by the recording, Kranky offered to re-release the album on compact disc. The band quickly returned to the studio and re-recorded the album, which was released in June 1998. Changes to the album included the addition, subtraction and reorganization of material, resulting in three tracks and slightly over an hour of music.
All of the tracks feature a number of field recordings and sampled sounds, once referred to by David Keenan of The Wire as "eschatological tape loops." Therefore, the overall theme of the album is often pinned as apocalyptic. Indeed, English director Danny Boyle was heavily inspired by the album during the making of 28 Days Later. During an interview with The Guardian, he explained, "I always try to have a soundtrack in my mind [when creating a film]. Like when we did Trainspotting, it was Underworld. For me, the soundtrack to 28 Days Later was Godspeed. The whole film was cut to Godspeed in my head."
Co-founder and bassist Mauro Pezzente performing with Godspeed You! Black Emperor in London, England in November 2000.
The opening track, "The Dead Flag Blues", begins with an ominous introduction which originates from an unfinished screenplay by guitarist Efrim Menuck. Backed by a string melody, the speaker describes a derelict city, where the government is corrupt and the inhabitants are drunks. The introduction is followed by the sounds of a train and high-volume suspended noise. This eventually develops into a Western-themed melody, and is capped off by an upbeat section which includes glockenspiel, violin, and slide guitar.
The second track, "East Hastings", is named after East Hastings Street in Vancouver's blighted Downtown Eastside. It begins with bagpipes reprising the theme of "The Dead Flag Blues" and backing the shouts of a street preacher. The sermon slowly quiets, and is replaced with the movement "The Sad Mafioso...", an edited version of which appeared in the film 28 Days Later. The movement also contains a brief portion where the band quietly sings in a rare occurrence of vocals.[α] The track concludes with a series of electronic noises and buzzing until throbbing bass takes over.
The final track, "Providence", is considerably longer than the first two, coming in around 30 minutes in length. James Oldham of NME described it as "part The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and part Spiritualized drone freakout."The introduction features a vox pop interviewee who references "A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams Jr.[β] The speaker is quickly replaced with a cello piece accompanied by glockenspiel, violin, and horn. Percussion is added to the melody which peaks, and is continued by a distorted singing woman performing Hazel Dickens' Gathering Storm. A quasi-military tune follows and is eventually taken over by the sung phrase "Where are you going? Where are you going?" The voice is sampled from the song "By My Side," from the 1970 musical Godspell. A collage of sounds and drones then round off the track. After a period of silence, a brief coda named for the American musician John Lee Hooker is performed.

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Featuring Artists:　オオスミ from Shakkazombie(track1),原田郁子 from Clammbon(track10)

Matt Elliott is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter, originally from Bristol, England and now based in France, who plays dark folk music. He also produced and recorded electronic music under the name The Third Eye Foundation.

At the end of 2014, Chicago trio Russian Circles celebrated the10-year anniversary of their first show. A decade is a long time for any band to persevere, let alone a band that mines the relatively unmarketable niche of protracted instrumental dirges. But whereas many bands on the louder end of the rock-based instrumental world are content to work within the confines of the crescendos and washed-out timbres laid out by their predecessors, Russian Circles persistently expand their creative boundaries by working with a wider swath of sounds and structures. In many ways, their last album Memorial was a fitting cap to that first decade; it was an elegy to the past, a token of remembrance to the aural explorations of the band’s formative years. It encompassed the many facets of the band’s catalog: harrowing gloom, cinematic majesty, primitive bludgeonings, bittersweet dexterity, and morose minimalism.
With their sixth album Guidance, Russian Circles carry on in their quest to conjure multi-dimensional dramatic instrumental narratives and to scout out new textures from their respective instruments. Songs aren’t constructed out of highbrow concepts; they’re forged out of gut instinct and base emotional response. Nor was the band—as is often the case with artists later in their career—interested in testing their fans’ patience or securing a new broader audience with a radical reinvention. Instead, Russian Circles use Guidance to continue examining the polarity of quiet and loud, complexity and simplicity, ugliness and beauty. Every Russian Circles album has had its share of new sonic vistas, and Guidance finds the band still searching out new sounds while continuing to play to the collective strengths of guitarist Mike Sullivan, drummer Dave Turncrantz, and bassist Brian Cook. Starting with the meditative restraint of album opener “Asa”, Guidance sets off on a path of metallic savagery (“Vorel”, “Calla”), arpeggio tectonics (“Mota”), mercurial anthems (“Afrika”), somber segues (“Overboard”), and seismic Americana noir (“Lisboa”). With the help of engineer/co-producer Kurt Ballou and his God City Studio, Russian Circles were able to capture this broad tonal palette and wide array of emotional motifs into a cohesive journey through the tumultuous corners of human existence.
We often expect artists to fall into patterns and formulas, but for Russian Circles the creative method is still a mystery. Songs develop at their own pace. Inspiration comes from strange sources. If anything, the process of writing is every bit the enigma it was back when the band crafted their first song in 2004. Life itself is a struggle with the unknown and a search for meaning, and the creative process for Russian Circles has mirrored that pursuit. The radical dynamic shifts and straightforward production of Enter, the lockstep metallic attack and pensive comedowns of Station, the symphonic grandeur of Geneva, the grit and grime of Empros, and the oscillation between melancholy and wrath on Memorial were all incremental steps towards an ideal, and Guidance brings the band that much closer to that realization. In the interim between albums, a veteran handed off an envelope of war photos to the spouse of a band member. The photos depicted a man being led to his execution. There was no context for the traumatic scenes, no history, no background. Yet the dignity this anonymous figure exuded in his fatalistic march resonated with the band. Here was someone that knew his fate and marched boldly towards his destiny. The band used these photos for the Guidance album art, knowing that we all march towards our own conclusions, and we can only hope that we face our futures with the same honor and nobility. If the band’s fourth album Empros (Greek translation: Onward) was a statement of perseverance, Guidance became a statement of striding into the future undeterred by what lies ahead.
Guidance comes out August 5th on Sargent House. The album is available on vinyl and CD, as well in all standard digital formats.

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北大武山では霧に包まれた森を歩き、小川で休息し、日没には美しく広がる雲海に感嘆する。奇莱主山の南峰では、日差しに照らされた草原を通り抜け、街を見下ろす稜線に登る。木の根と石の継ぎ目を結ぶ緑の造形、真夜中の山肌に積もる真っ白な雪。野生の動物は用心深く、気まぐれで、混乱と落ち着きを繰り返します。
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前作リリースツアー後から新たに４人編成となり、ピアノとアコースティック・ギターのメランコリックに反復する旋律、深い叙情を讃える弦楽器は更に深みを増し、各パートの残響を生かした静謐なアンサンブルが精緻に編み込まれたニューアルバム。これまで以上に雄大なスケールと甘美なメロディーで満たされたこの登山記録には、新しい表現を獲得した10年目のグループが、まだまだその歩みを止めることなく、進化を続ける姿が克明に描かれています。
Hiking in the Mist is a hiking journal Cicada wrote with music for the mountains in Taiwan. Cicada walked through misty forest, rested by streams, admired clouds during sunset in North Dawu Mountain and encountered sunlit grassland at Qilai south peak. They hiked up to the ridge line overlooking the city, met wildlife in the cabin, experienced pouring rain and snows in cirque… Growing up in an island with more than 260 peaks over 3000 meters in height, it’s always been in our mind to be surrounded by nature and write about the mountains. At the 10th year of Cicada, we arise from the ocean and step into the forest. Everything we experienced in the wilderness led us to seek within.

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Formerly known as Giant, North Carolina's Braveyoung brings you lush, hypnotic musical soundscapes on their debut album "We Are Lonely Animals". Recommended for fans of Explosions In The Sky, Russian Circles, Pelican and Mogwai."

'Folding Leaves, the latest record from Message to Bears, takes the idea of something rustic and organic and tenderly crafts it into musical origami: something complex and detailed, yet gracefully simple.
Jerome Alexander, the multi-instrumentalist behind MTB, combines layers of rustic strings, crisp acoustic guitar and a warm, almost wordless vocal melody – a sound which builds throughout each song and across the whole album. The resolution of each crescendo – after the communal, folksy accumulation of voices, strings and other instruments – is either triumphant, or left to crumble away on a breeze of bird song and crackling ambience.
The effect is an album that is unfolding in two ways: both as an old letter or map, unfurling to display detail and emotion, or disappearing, as an origami swan pulled at two ends loses its creases, becoming as formless and unassuming as it began.'

Instrumental band from Los Angeles, California
Whale Fall: the interplay between Ali Vazin's ethereal guitar swells and Dave Pomeranz's raw six-string tones suggests the vast desert sky overhanging stark and rugged terrain, with J-Matt Greenberg's trumpet and keyboard flourishes providing the flora and fauna, all supported by the tectonic framework and desert highways of Erik Tokle's gliding bass and Aaron Farinelli's foundational percussion.
J-Matt Greenberg
David Pomeranz
Ali Vazin
Erik Tokle
Aaron Farinelli

The Seven Mile Journey (demo, 2001)
1. In an Eight Track Universe [Mp3]
2. The Mystery of Olden
3. Distant March
4. When Blizzards are Afraid
Total running time 44:11
Recorded in the winter of 2001 in Aalborg

兩年前的《歲月鴻溝》，惘聞用宏大的氛圍之聲，描繪出在他們眼中，在這個時代我們都將必然捲入的巨大黑洞。出人意料的是，兩年後他們並沒有延續前作，執迷於綿長悲壯的敘事和彌漫的寬廣氛圍，而是突然轉過身，把注意力從時代景觀移回到了他們的生活場景中，帶來了一張由八首相對精短的作品構成的新專輯《看不見的城市》。
作為一支存在近20年的“老樂隊”，每張唱片的變化或者演化並不稀奇，而且這也一直在惘聞的身上發生，但這一次，我們聽到的，絕對是惘聞迄今為止最動聽、最溫暖的一張唱片，他們一頭紮進了旋律的懷抱，將他們對自己所生活的城市最直接的情感表露無疑。遠赴冰島錄音，也讓這張新唱片的聲音變得更加純淨悠遠。在《看不見的城市》裡，我們感到一陣陣的關切，也聽到了惘聞下意識的，在變成這個城市一絲有溫度的能量。
關於專輯創作和錄音的自述
“2016年初，當惘聞完成了《歲月鴻溝》最後一天的錄製，我們在大雪封門的錄音室裡重播錄音檔時，我想，下次一定要做一張暖色調的唱片。至於怎樣進入暖色，我們還完全不知道。
或許因為大連的春天總是來的很遲，那之後做出來的東西，我們都沒感覺到溫度變化。第一輪的巡演回來，才到了大連最舒適的季節。看來，我們就是始終被周圍環境影響的一幫人。
後續的創作逐漸進入軌道，在排練室錄完了一個粗糙的Demo後，我們就開始尋思著去哪裡錄製這張唱片。和惘聞每張專輯之後都會換一個新的排練室不太一樣（因為每次都是在不得已的情況下），每張新唱片，我們都希望在一個新的錄音環境下進行，覺得這樣或許會帶給我們一些不同的情緒和感受，另外，在一個新的錄音室裡，我們每個人總能學到一些新的技能。
一年前，我們的調音師小龍和經紀人孫怡去冰島旅行，拜訪了那個由游泳池改建的很出名的錄音棚Sundlaugin，之後樂隊就收到了他們發來的錄音棚環境和設備的照片資料。那時我們剛訂完了歐洲巡演，所以決定乾脆在巡演之前，去冰島錄製這張新唱片。
新唱片的製作人，是我們上一張專輯合作過的Wouter和Lode兄弟。通過《歲月鴻溝》在一起十多天的工作，現在我們對彼此的工作方式有了更多的理解，但更重要的是，我們非常信任對方。在抵達冰島之前，我們在郵件中聊了很多錄製這張唱片的想法，希望每個人能把對冰島以及這個錄音棚的主觀感受都帶入到錄音和棚裡的再創作之中。
得益於大家充分的準備和計畫，整個錄音非常順利。我們在錄音棚裡把那些在市面上很難找到的老樂器和設備，挨個試了一個遍。大家玩的興奮的同時，也學到了很多東西，所以即使每天都要工作12個小時以上，也不覺得疲憊。這樣的氣氛下，就算經過了冰島的冬日極夜，最終的錄音也如我們最初所願，是一張溫暖的作品集。”
關於唱片的名字
『過去兩年，我認識的不少年輕人，都離開了大連這座城市，去更有活力的地方生活和工作。而依然佇立的這座城市越來越沉默，也越來越模糊。有一天我突然想起了卡爾維諾的那本，我始終沒有讀完的書，翻開它的前幾章，我看到了自己曾經用鉛筆畫下的字句：「每個城市都從她面對的荒漠獲得自己的形狀；於是趕駱駝的人和水手所看到的，就是這樣處在沙的荒漠與水的荒漠之間的苔斯皮納。」於是就有了這張唱片的名字：《看不見的城市》。然而這本書我依然沒有讀完。』
-謝玉崗
2018年6月26日

这并不流行，也不太讨喜。
少了壮阔的银河、耀眼的星光，更没有追逐讨论星象的人群。如太空般孤寂的水底，这里才是真正孕育生命的场所。专注、专注、专注的潜下去，冒着所有危险与未知潜下去。不再向外祈求，而往内在探索，在意识极度集中且尚未昏厥之前：奇异断壁、滚烫的火山和脑里一切的幻想，这里才是孕育生命的地方，这里，才能产生每个生命不同的解答。
人类正在快步向前，不断的快速行走，如果你用这样的态度走到这里，但走不到更远的地方 时而想要寻觅到一处内心安静之地，独处或者静静思考，渴望一处无人之地，但时间和物理上的种种限制，我们总是被困于人群之中，被困于匆忙之态。
那就先憋住一口气，和我们一起尝试潜到最深的地方去；
那孤寂亦或是平静异常的水底；
然后平静无奇之处，也许充满充满惊险波澜；
这大象体操们想要构筑的“水底”世界；
参差多态，缤纷奇诡；
像异世界般充满奇异色彩、被巨大的生物与潮流环绕。
在不同的时刻；
可能疏离孤寂是你的平静；
可能华丽喧嚣是你的平静。
内在情绪依靠自我定义；
但到了水底，你可以任意酝酿自己。
愿我们的音乐，我们的现场；
借以你一处独自存在的“水底”世界。