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A Sharing At The Night Time

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現在是除夕的凌晨，有感而發來講些什麼。
去年的某一天，我買了這張專輯。
是我自國中時期到現在，買的第一個(唯一?)本土藝人的專輯。


2001年張震嶽以DJ身份出的Orange(LP)。
那一年在電視上看到主打曲的音樂錄影帶後，就已經中它的招。
但是基於個人因素才會拖到五年後才買下來。
第一主打曲叫作"冬天下午的太陽"。
是一首節奏輕快伴隨慵懶樂音的弛放舞曲。
嚴格說來和現在定義的弛放應該差很多，因為裡面還有刮唱片的元素，現在的弛放應該沒有人想要在裡面聽到刮唱片的聲音吧?另外在舞曲的歸類中應該是Breaks。
一開始是一段小喇叭的取樣，開始了在冬天暖暖陽光下懶懶的下午。
隨後的輕快碎拍，於是這個懶洋洋的下午變得不一樣。
它的音樂錄影帶可厲害了，色彩鮮明，意圖不明，最後還有張震嶽本人拿著一顆橘子現身。
男女主角在影片中不停的吃橘子，吃相很難看。

五年後，再次聽"冬天下午的太陽"，發現那段當初覺得了不起的喇叭取樣原來那麼粗糙。
仔細聽一整首，還是聽得到一些舞曲剛浮現臺面時的生疏感。
"冬天下午的太陽"感覺上似乎是用電腦作出來的曲子，刮唱片的部份是另外找DJ負責(專輯中有記載)。而且也沒有記載那段喇叭是取樣自哪裡，很可惜。(可能也不是真的取樣?)

總之，Orange仍是一個值得一聽的專輯，是保守流行樂界的一個大膽嘗試。
(雖然是張震嶽搶搭Limp Bizkit的旋風發行的Trouble專輯的成功，而Trouble裡就已經用了電子樂的成份，所以賣得好就趁機推，於是就造就了Orange。很明顯的，幾年後這些東西就沒那麼熱了。)

這其實又是一次為了每個月都得有一篇文章為目的的張貼，純粹個人觀點，請勿當真。

It is nearly 5 am of The Chinese New Year's Eve and I am here sharing something.
I bought this album last year which is the first (maybe the only) album by local musician that I ever bought since I was junior high.
Orange LP by DJ Orange (a.k.a. A- yue), published in 2001.
I was captivated when I saw the promotion music video that year, but due to personal reason I bought it 5 years later.
The first single is " Winter Afternoon Sunshine" - a chillout lilt with a lazy tune.It may not the same that the chill-out today, cuz it contains scratch and there may no one what to hear a chill-out with scratch, dose it? And the genre is Breaks.
It Starting with a loop of trumpet sample, brings you a sleepy winter afternoon with warm sunshine. Then the breaks makes the afternoon different.
The music video is brilliant. Colorful and contains elements that intention unclear. DJ Orange himself had shown up in the last scene. And characters eating oranges looks badly.

5 years later, listening to " Winter Afternoon Sunshine" again.
The trumpet sample that I thought was great turned out poorly. Can hear rawness of the early generation techno music through the entire track. It sounds like the track was made with computer and the scratch was done by other DJ( detail mentioned in the album).It's also a pity that not mention where was the trumpet sample from.( Maybe it's not really a sample.)

Anyway, Orange remains a worthy listened album. It's a breakthrough for a conservative pop music industry.( Although Orange was able be published due to the success of A- Yue's(a.k.a. DJ Orange) album " Troble" which catched the fad of Limp Bizkit and it also contained elements of techno. Obviously it was not that hot few years later.)

This is just another monthly post, everything contains are personal observation.
Do Not Take It Seriously.