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Includes unlimited streaming of Trip Jigsaw 小曲儿辑
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Released on 2 September 2022, Trip Jigsaw is Yangfan's second solo album since What Happened after 1001 Nights? debuted in 2015, and her first collaboration with bié Records. Far more than being a sonic 'seasoning' accompanying theatres, films, and other visual mediums, this self-selected album of Yangfan's original and versatile soundtrack works from the past decade is a superb reflection of her subtle, meticulous compositional skills and her personal musical aesthetic.
Rather than relying on a pile-up of sound materials and elaborate techniques, Yangfan's restrained yet ingenious guitar playing, simple yet physically affected rhythms, and fluid control of vocal, noise, or electronic music elements demonstrate a deft mastery of her craft as a composer and performer.
The drum-machine-underpinning "Childhood", with guest guitarist Guo Zhen (Future Orients), is a synth-driven ballad that yearns for youthfulness with a faintly melancholy shadowing behind; throbbing pulses of the distorted effects in "Son of Sick" turn the sickly hiss and eerie guitar lines scorched black; Shi Lu's (Hedgehog) airy vocal is like a veil of mist, which lightly floats above the piano melody of "Honeybee" ......
The differentiation shown throughout the entire album points to the very precious ethos of Yangfan and her musical creation: behind the different forms of musical performance, different musical narratives, and different musical styles, Yangfan always pursues something closer to the essence of music - a simple, intimate yet impenetrable emotion that will lead every music fan to depicture a different Yangfan in his/her mind, and thus recall the moment when Yangfan's music touched him/her for the very first time.
早在千禧年来临前的两年,还在上中学的杨帆就組成了“挂在盒子上” , 创造了国内 “暴女运动” (riot grrrl)的先河,在日渐成熟的音乐生涯里,她转而探索迷幻音乐和车库摇滚,以 Ourself Beside Me 和 TOW 主唱的身份奠定了她在北京音乐场景里的 cult heroine 地位。
Written/Performed/Arranged/Recorded/Mixed by Yangfan
Guitar by Guo Zhen on Childhood
Tsuur and percussion by Xiaobu on Cage
Vocal by Liang Anzheng and Percussion by Shi Lu on Eggs
Percussion by Shi Lu on 1 Minute 11 Seconds
Vocal by Shi Lu on Bees
Mastered at Brandenburg Mastering
Cover photo by Wen Jun
Other photos by Song Xiaohui, Wen Jun, Liang Anzheng, Nicole Au Jian and Zhan Pan
Designed by Tom Ng
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