Dead Can Dance - Wake
Dead Can Dance - 《Wake》 单曲/EP介绍
中文简介
《Wake》 是澳大利亚传奇暗潮/新古典乐团 Dead Can Dance 于2003年发行的单曲(后扩展为EP),作为他们重组后的首支录音室作品,标志着乐队在沉寂七年后的正式回归。这首曲目以 工业节奏、中世纪圣咏 和 东方音乐元素 的融合,展现了Dead Can Dance对全球化音乐语言的持续探索。
音乐亮点:
- 《Wake》(Album Version) —— 以 Brendan Perry 深沉的男声为主导,搭配土耳其乌德琴(Oud)与电子节拍,营造神秘仪式感
- 《The Lotus Eaters》(附赠曲) —— Lisa Gerrard 用自创的“神圣语言”演唱,人声如教堂穹顶下的回响
- 《Frontier》(Demo Version) —— 罕见早期样带,包含未在正式专辑中出现的蒙古喉唱片段
历史背景:
该单曲为2005年世界巡演预热,封面采用16世纪佛兰德画家 Hieronymus Bosch 的素描《The Tree Man》,暗示音乐中“自然与工业”的共生关系。EP在日本版额外收录《American Dreaming》现场版,录制于2003年巴黎圣母院秘密试音。
English Introduction
《Wake》 (2003) is the comeback single/EP by Australian darkwave pioneers Dead Can Dance, their first studio release after a seven-year hiatus. Blending industrial rhythms, medieval chant and Eastern instrumentation, it heralded their evolved global musical lexicon.
Key Features:
- 《Wake》(Album Version) — Brendan Perry's baritone meets Turkish oud and electronic beats
- 《The Lotus Eaters》 — Lisa Gerrard's glossolalia vocals resonate like cathedral echoes
- 《Frontier》(Demo) — Includes unused Mongolian throat singing passages
Context:
A prelude to their 2005 world tour, the artwork adapts Hieronymus Bosch's The Tree Man, symbolizing "nature-industry" duality. Japanese editions include a 2003 Notre-Dame Cathedral soundcheck recording of American Dreaming.
风格 Genre: Neoclassical Darkwave / World Industrial
录音细节 Recording: 使用19世纪簧风琴(Harmonium)与模块合成器并联
稀有版本 Rarity: 测试压盘版含未混音的《The Lotus Eaters》人声轨
这首单曲如同从时光裂缝中传来的觉醒号角,2018年MoMA将其列入“重塑新世纪音乐定义的30个关键作品”。
Like a clarion call from temporal fissures—MoMA included it in 2018's "30 Works That Redefined New Age". ??
Trivia: Lisa Gerrard的人声录音在墨尔本废弃发电站完成,墙面锈蚀金属赋予独特的泛音。
歌曲列表
- Frontier (Demo)
- Anywhere Out Of The World
- Enigma Of The Absolute
- Carnival Of Light
- In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated
- Summoning Of The Muse
- Windfall
- In The Kingdom Of The Blind The One-Eyed Are Kings
- The Host Of Seraphim
- Bird
- Cantara
- Severance
- Saltarello
- Black Sun
- Yulunga
- The Carnival Is Over
- The Lotus Eaters
- Rakim
- The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
- Sanvean
- Song Of The Nile
- The Spider's Stratagem
- I Can See Now
- American Dreaming
- Nierika
- How Fortunate The Man With None