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記 Wolfenstein 謝仲其失聲祭演出
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- 其人
Wolfenstein 謝仲其，簡稱沃夫 wolf ，頓挫藝術家。是所有我認得的人當中，對聽音樂這回事鑽的最深且最遠的一個。你永遠不知道他腦袋裡有多少 TB 超高速隨機存取音樂資料庫。在前些時候 Autechre 12 小時打碟馬拉松時，你從他 twitter 上即時盲聽辨識功力，就能窺見他對於音樂幾近宗教式的瘋狂愛好，以及對於各樂種各樂人的熟稔程度有多麼嚇人。他雖自謙為頓挫，且的確被拒於學院體制之外，但你從他眼神裡看不到那些負面情緒，他總是呵呵笑著，跟你說最近有沒有聽到那個誰誰誰的作品…。
- 不簡單的大氣度作品
怎樣聽？好的聲音藝術作品必定是多層次的，能經得起有經驗聽眾的深層賞玩。除了表面印象的吸引人與否之外，聲音物件本身是否有新意而特出，與原始聲音素材的指向聯結性多寡，時間軸上小層次動態變化，到大層次上的氣氛承接，轉折跌宕，在在都是可以深入分析評斷之處。
要知道，這並不容易。得要認出聲音素材內的特色，創造出重複元素與即興元素，在變化與不變的求取平衡，甚至在細聽這不變之中還有更小的變化。做出急燥極爆的電子噪音，簡單；但要能抓住聽眾的聽覺認知，讓人能跟得上，又不失於單調，難。而 Wolf 作品的特別之處，在於他大幅調變過後的電子聲響裡，總還帶著些許 cantabile；或者，他單只用錄下的難得口語情狀，以語句間的重複 tonality 及詞語意義織成 pattern。在黑暗聆聽的當時，你心裡總會被刻畫出ㄧ道又一道美麗難解曲線。
- 老練的銜接手法
而功力這回事，二十到三十分鐘是一個檻。怎麼說？作曲者要能夠維持著，牽引著聽者的注意力。一般程度的作品，技巧耍耍完，最多二三十分鐘你就開始倦了厭了；但 Wolf 他不慌，不急著把聽覺亮點拋給觀眾，而是細心經營其氣氛，何時該出現些小閃光，何時該推移情緒，何時鬆開，留下氣眼給聽眾喘息，這都是學問。過了這檻，始入大師之境。他這功力全來自大量聆聽各類聲音中相似與相斥性質，多軌相疊後該留什麼該接什麼，方能巧妙結合，出人意表。
優雅，Elegant，我想這是最貼近的描述了。
- 演出後座談
演出之後，有個小小的座談會。我問道，現場控制的程度有多少？他答，這作品都是依循古典電子原音音樂的方式，也就是：預先作曲，現場 diffuse 播放並作些許 EQ 控制。
令人意想不到的是，他說因為當初錄音技術很差，所以原始聲音之中有很多摩擦聲音，風聲等等噪音。他的想法是，如果去擁抱這些原本在音景錄音標準中不及格之處，把這些聲音當做使力點，原本的限制，也就轉為可以發揮的自由。
另外，我也問到在片段銜接之處有沒有什麼特別的心得？他說，其實是聽了各個片段之後，去感覺怎樣接合會比較好，如果沒辦法，就去補出適合承接段落的素材出來。他說，用現在的說法就是看當時的 fu 了。另外，因為素材是先前已經錄製好，反覆聆聽且熟悉的，將整個作品結合起來僅僅花了四天，當然，是不眠不休的。
最後，也要感謝舉辦失聲祭的朋友們。能夠在這春分微暖時刻，與三五同好一起聆聽這樣的作品，實在是很幸福的事情。
沒趕上這盛會？這裡可以下載！
3/19 Wolfenstein 2010年現場個人演出
睽違已久的個人現場演出。這次會以去年與夕月合作的劇場作品《２４Ｈ：黑面琵鷺的腳踏車》作為藍本，發展出純粹聲響內容的全新創作。
如無意外也是今年唯一一次演出。
Wolfenstein – ddddootttt reviewed by Touching Extremes
My very first time with Wolfenstein (Xie Zhongqi), a Taipei-based artist that “has been experimenting with as many techniques of sound making as possible”. Electronic signals, a semi-subsonic murmur, a sturdy post-minimalist pulse but no harmony, everything cold as the lights in a morgue. Bouncing high frequencies join in, the rhythmic tapestry beginning to show a deeper intricacy: more than the timbre of the sources, the real interest resides in trying to follow each line’s structural density, while the dissonant factor swells little by little. The music walks with heavy feet, the basic pattern becoming increasingly aggressive as the minutes flow and those bubbly emissions pierce the cranium from every available angle, just like the evil species of Gremlins popping out everywhere. At one point, the irregular drumming of those constructions remains naked, only scarred by additional electronics; still no trace of assistance under the shape of a chord, or even a regular note. That’s all for the better: this is the territory which fans of industrial battlefields – and Z’EV in particular – will find pretty hospitable. Merciless until the end, this composition should be played loud for most impressive results. Prayers and contemplations don’t belong here, this is sheer sonic danger. In its genre, utterly brilliant.
Reviewed by Massimo Ricci
www.touchingextremes.org
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Jiang Liwei – EXPERIENCES reviewed by Touching Extremes
The piece begins with enigmatic interferences suffused by modified ambiences, like the sound of dozens of typewriters sped up first, then gradually set together in a relentless rhythm that makes them appear as a frightening machine ready to mangle the hands of those who try to operate it. Echoing disturbances and computerized transformations succeed in constantly changing dynamic units, but the progression sounds consistent and coherent. At the halfway point, an ominous unfathomable thrum becomes the exclusive focus, only to instantly be silenced and pushed off spotlight in favour of a hasty cut-up of female voices morphing into total incomprehensibility, the whole generating hallucinogenic effects as the millions of fragments become a single flood of electroacoustic data, preferably warped and in rapid revolution. The conclusive section starts with something apparently deriving from nature – maybe water, maybe wood, who knows – shifting the balance of the composition back to tiny ticks and overwhelming buzz, until the abrupt end. Fresh stuff, worthy of your attention.
Reviewed by Massimo Ricci
www.touchingextremes.org
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DISC ONE (500 copies):
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