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欲言又止 Lost for Words

Voision Xi

Label: Jz Music
Released: 2022
Duration: 2022-01-
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Tracks

01. 欲言又止 Lost for Words 02. 星期一的歌 Monday Spirit 03. 蝴蝶 Butterfly, A Hyaline Beauty 04. Wolverine (Silent Chaos) 05. 真空垃圾 Vacuum Improv 06. Magnetic Field 07. Turn on the Planet 08. 晶澈 Crystalline Improv 09. 七下烂调 Seventh 10. 催眠师 Hypnotist 11. 梯子 Ladders 12. Act Like Adults

Personnel

Voision Xi
vocals

Album Description

“My whole life I’ve had too many people describe me as calm and cool-headed. This kind of ‘compliment’ perhaps shines a light on some of the obstacles and conflict I experience when trying to express myself through music. Will this temperament of being lost for words come across as the ‘me’ in my music?” From this moment of self-doubt comes Voision Xi’s remarkable statement of self-expression, Lost for Words. The result is a diverse record that weaves together spoken word poetry, improvised jazz, and earworm funk, blending moments of vulnerability and uncertainty without coming across as timid as the title - or the spiritual starting point for the record - may suggest. The first full-length release under Voision’s own name, Lost for Words is rooted in the playful jazz that typified her 2018 EP of covers with the Little Happiness Group, Debut. Yet it also pulls together the musical explorations that she’s undertaken since, plucking elements from her work with Eating Music (and in particular her experimental electronic EP Four Loops in Her Way) and seeing her pull in favours and take inspiration from an eclectic cast of talented musicians, rappers and producers who she’s befriended along the way. “I feel so lucky to have been able to work with all the talents involved, but it’s also an affirmation to myself that I can be an ok album producer,” says Voision modestly. The album was originally put together as a series of ‘chapters’, in part because Voision says, “I am still slow in making things”. Her lingering self-doubt means she professes to “hate” this lack of speed, yet it pays dividends on many of the tracks here, which feel well-rounded and complete without being overly fussy. On others, the frustration also works to her benefit, triggering her to cut loose with improvisation. That could result in a piecemeal, fragmented record. But Lost for Words works as a cohesive whole. And despite the reticence suggested by the title, the message from this LP comes through loud and clear: Voision is a talented artist with bold ideas - and one who's really finding her voice. (by Jake Newby) 还没学会说话,好像就已经先学会了唱歌,而学习用音乐说话,我只能算刚刚开始。说些什么呢?从小到大被太多人形 容淡定和冷静,这种张口而来的“夸赞”似乎可以映射我有时候在音乐表达上的阻碍和冲突,这种欲言又止的气质会不会 也是音乐中的“我”?原创专辑的开启,是我对自己更真实的触摸,是2018年发布第一张爵士改编 EP 和之后的一次升 级,而正在阅读这些文字的你,从三个分开的章节到现在的完整篇,也是这些声音共同的书写者。 2018、2019年的时候因为一些机会曾多次去往台北。那里淡淡的空气、街道、朋友以及角角落落,都十分令人眷恋, 有让我“寄人篱下”的瑛兰、华劲和他们的一双腊肠狗狗,有同我一起写词并曾经是我年少时崇拜的押韵博士老莫以及最 好吃的小潘凤梨酥,还有明明刚在纽约西村俱乐部偶遇而又在其家乡一起玩耍的子瑜等等。许多新鲜事贯穿于每次往返 的前后发生,许多灵感萦绕在不同的纬度与温度之间,我把这些都留在<星期一的歌 Monday Spirit>, <蝴蝶 Butterfly, A Hyaline Beauty>, 这三首歌里,和2019年玉成戏院录音室的夏天。 <星期一的歌 Monday Spirit> 歌词中写到过一个词:灵感啼叫。这应该是创作者们都很期待的发生吧。非常庆幸我自己 也遇到过此般情况。两年多前,吉他大师 Gilad Hekselman 在上海演出,他的三重奏充满魅力和能量,音乐产生的磁力 把我吸了进去,一首 听完我脑海中便产生故事的开始——We stumble around in this infinite world……回家 路上我奋笔疾书一首诗 ,试图形容对“磁场”这个词的感知。还有另一个仙子 Becca Stevens,我曾跟 她上过一节宝贵的私课,那次经历根本不像是课堂,而是从词汇卡到小王子绘本的激发式聊天实验,我像个被启发的小 孩子一样写出了 ,它是我为数不多从刚下笔就感觉很确信的一首。这些音乐所传递的,都想要好 好珍藏在我的心球。跟我一起完成这两首歌编曲与演绎的好朋友肖骏说:“如果人生是无常的,希望我们的音乐也是无 常的。”<真空垃圾 Vacuum Improv> 是我们这次的共创 Bonus。 与之呼应的另一首半即兴曲目是 <晶澈 Crystalline Improv>,这首和我对话的是大淮(王晨淮),还有他特别好听的合 成器,很幸运能把这些充满灵力的声音记录下来。在这张专辑的多首曲目中,我也用上了我自己的“小武器”,虽做不了 真正的乐手,但也多了一份实在的参与感,就像自己动手装修着自己家的角角落落。 还没被大众发掘的宝藏制作人 Sdewdent 帮助我一起完成了专辑同名歌曲,他创作的独特敏感最终营造出我们想要的主 题氛围。专辑中还记录着他们贡献的声音:Eric Lau、Kaidi Tatham、Toby Mak、杨光、安雨、小黑(刘恒)、周润 青、Danny Zanker,这些令我敬佩的佼佼者们。 这几年,音乐人的身份让我认识了很多新伙伴,交流和学习着不同项目,而我也一直保留着以「Little Happiness Group」为名义的爵士演出,我想它会一直存在。三年前陪我记录 的张雄关、李世海、Joseph,继续在新专 辑中为我的写作加持,我爱不受限制的新奇声响,也爱单纯动人的原声音色,当被熟悉的 LHG 包裹,身上会立刻爆出 幸福的鸡皮疙瘩。这次潜力巨大的鼓手俞国俊也正式加入进来,跟我完成了风格迥异的几首歌。<七下烂调 Seventh> 是「爵士与诗歌」的试验,<梯子 Ladders> 是人声与管乐的“再续前缘”,而如果你听过我的 <4 Loops in Her Way> , 肯定就能立刻认出 <催眠师 Hypnotist> 。 在做这张专辑期间,我也进行了一些合作项目,有的是词曲,有的只是加一点 backing vocals,每一次小小的尝试能给 我带来对自己声音的加深记忆与多维理解。但着实痛恨自己做东西还是慢,不然也不至于要把一张专辑的发行战线拖成 如此这般绵长,在此感谢后期主力胡仕俊老师。如果说每首歌是一个故事,那要怎么把它们串联起来?这对我来说并不 容易,有人声的曲子比纯器乐可能会多一些想象的限制,但同时也有了引导的权力,我更享受在音乐里倾诉,哪怕只是 在对自己说。 <欲言又止 Lost for Words> 没有在说什么社会观点,它就是我的生活记录,是另一种时间的刻度,它刻画的是融汇着人 声美感与想象力的意境,一种背靠着爵士乐和各种不同音乐的广阔与自由的勇敢,不能说特别完美,但我真的非常爱 它,快要做完的时候已经有了不舍的感觉。感谢所有人的帮助,音乐上的和音乐之外的,再一次感谢你们聆听新的小 喜。等我们在专辑音乐会时相见,我一定也会欲言又止,让音乐说。 喜辰晨 Voision Xi 于 2022.1


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