pintomusica-WINTER & WINTER (德國)

DO YOU STILL / ernst reijseger

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:31:16 +0800

來自荷蘭的Ernst Reijseger，是一位非常特別的大提琴演奏家，永遠在前衛與古典、即興與作曲之間找到絕佳平衡點，利用大提琴探索音樂的無限可能，不管是歐陸即興、古典室內樂、西非音樂、探戈或中亞音樂皆得心應手，對他而言，音樂就是音樂，沒有界限。

最新專輯《Do you still》，是他與Larissa Groeneveld、Frank van de Laar組成的三重奏，兩位大提琴手加上一位鋼琴手的奇異組合，裡面盛載著飽滿卻多樣的情感，有好奇、有內省也有自嘲。裡面收錄了十三首Reijseger自己創作的曲子，包括他為荷索另一部電影《Rescue Dawn》所寫的兩首配樂，還特別收錄由Martin Koeman（荷蘭1960-70s著名足球員，即朗奴高文的父親）所寫的兩首曲子，我終於明白Reijseger為什麼會把自己在這張專輯中的角色，比喻為足球場上的“自由人”(libero)了。

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獲獎無數的德國新音樂品牌：Winter & Winter GmbH

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:20:38 +0800

縱使音樂光碟銷售大幅下降已經路人皆知，但仍然有音樂品牌不打算提供網路下載，光碟出版走精緻貴價路線，品味獨特的音樂內容、另類破格的出版企劃，加上別出心裁的包裝設計，整體呈現背後統一的藝術理念，我想說的是德國音樂廠牌Winter & Winter，曾在澳門演出的Uri Caine大部分專輯即授權由他們出版。

如果對當代爵士樂有點了解的話，對Stefan Franz Winter的名字應該不會太陌生，早在成立W&W之前，他於1985年創立的爵士樂廠牌Jazz Music Today(JMT)，即為當時美國爵士樂圈帶來一股清新空氣，成績輝煌，卻因為種種原因被迫在1995年結束，本身是德國人的他，決定回到家鄉，與親兄弟攜手創立Winter & Winter，呈現更破格大膽的新派爵士樂，同時回歸歐陸當代音樂品味的獨特方向，並累積為數可觀的精彩錄音與影像內容。

W&W旗下目前分為五條出版線，「Music Edition」出版大量新派爵士、當代室內樂、民族或難以歸類的音樂，旗下音樂人有Uri Caine、Dave Douglas、Paul Motian、Mauricio Kagel與Ernest Reijseger等等；「Film Edition」都是一些另類影像作品，包括個人認為當代最重要音樂電影之一《Step Across The Border》即由他們出版DVD；「JMT Edition」則重新發行十年來JMT時期的一些優秀作品，「Audio Film」的概念很有趣，他們企劃了一系列不同情境下的“聲音電影”，從紐約爵士黃金時代的Tin Pan Alley、東方快車旅程到上海灘聲音風景等．．．；最後「Literatur Edition」則是一些德語有聲文學作品，包括著名電影導演荷索也參與其中。

W&W的網站：http://www.winterandwinter.com/

延伸閱讀﹕後歐陸爵士掌門人: Stefan F. Winter 專訪

PARANG – CARIBEAN CHRISTMAS WITH THE LARA BROTHERS

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:52:40 +0800

Musicians

Willie Lara [lead vocals, chorus, cuatro] / Tito Lara [lead vocals, chorus, cuatro] / Carlos Lara [maracas, chorus]/ Liebert Carimbocas [flute]/Andrew La Fortune [lead guitar] / Lennox Yearwood [rhythm guitar]
Kenneth Johnson [cuatro] / Lambert Hospedales [scratcher] / John Therould [maracas] / Errilol Hannibal [toc-toc, scratcher] / Cecil Francois [toc-toc, chorus] / Linus Revello [box bass]

Trinidad celebrates Christmas with Parang: A fascinating "Lime" (party) with traditional songs, rhythms and dances. "The Lara Brothers" are the pure ambassadors of Trinidad's Christmas culture.

Over sixty years ago the brothers Tito and Willie and several of their friends founded the group "The Lara Brothers", named after the maiden name of their mother, Lena Lara. Tito and Willie learned traditional Parang folk songs and music from their father Ignacio, who was born in Venezuela.

During Christmas time, from November through January 6th, "The Lara Brothers" celebrate the Parang tradition and move from house-to-house in the rural community – often joined by friends and neighbors to play, sing, dance, eat and drink. The lead singers Tito and Willie Lara tell stories in adulterated Spanish about the annunciation, nativity of Jesus Christ, Maria, the morning star, flight into Egypt and events of their daily life. Parang is associated with Christmas festivities. The host family greets the parranderos with drinks and food [pastelles, arepas, wild meat, roast pork, sorrel, rum and ginger beer]. And "The Lara Brothers" dedicate songs to the host and everybody plays and eats and drinks and dances until the next morning. All enjoy a great Christmas "Lime".

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The Lara Brothers

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THE CLASSICAL VARIATIONS / uri caine

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:44:17 +0800

Musicians

Uri Caine [piano]/ Barbara Walker, Mark Ledford, David Moss, Josefine Lindstrand [vocals] / Kettwiger Bach Ensemble [choir], Wolfgang Kläsener [conductor] / Shulamith Wechter Caine, Julie Patton [poet] / David Gilmore, Nguyên Lê [guitar] / Ralph Alessi [trumpet] / Greg Osby [alto saxophone] / Dave Binney [soprano saxophone]
Josh Roseman [trombone] / James Genus [bass] / Ralph Peterson, Jim Black [drums] / Don Byron, Chris Speed [clarinet] / Bob Stewart [tuba] / Mark Feldman, Joyce Hammann [violin] / Erik Friedlander [cello] /Drew Gress, Michael Formanek, John Hebert [bass] / Dominic Cortese [accordion] / Michael Freimuth [lute] / Cordula Breuer [soprano recorder] / DJ Logic, DJ Olive / Concerto Köln / Quartetto Italiano di Viole da Gamba

In October 2007 Uri Caine receives the "Echo Klassik", the most significant award in the German music world. At the nationwide ZDF television gala show "Echo der Stars" hosted by the actress Maria Furtwängler – granddaughter of the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler – Uri Caine and his Ensemble perform the Turkish Rondo after Mozart. In other years artists like Sir Simon Rattle, Rolando Villazón, Cecilia Bartoli, Montserrat Caballé, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Vesselina Kasarova, José Carreras, Isaac Stern, Giora Feidman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Anna Netrebko, Daniel Barenboim and Nigel Kennedy have been award winners.

In the last decade no other artist has influenced the development of the classical music and the jazz scene in such an important way as Uri Caine. His adaptions and re-compositions of classical works found enthusiastic acceptance worldwide. Uri Caine is celebrated for these eclectic and inventive interpretations. In recognition of this Uri Caine receives the "Echo Klassik". Winter & Winter took this wonderful occasion to produce a special album with the title Uri Caine "The Classical Variations" featuring previously unreleased music after Bach, Mahler and Verdi and already renowned recordings after Beethoven, Schumann, Mahler and Wagner.

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O KE AUMOE - NIGHT OF THE HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR / george kuo

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:29:51 +0800

Musicians
George Kuo [slack key guitar, vocals]

George Kuo was born in 1955, but his beautiful slack key guitar style dates back a generation or two earlier. He is known as one of Hawaii's premiere Hawaiian slack key guitar artists playing the traditional "nahenahe" [sweet, soothing] style, bridging today's generation with the older generations: "I feel a lot of appreciation for the old style of slack key and the lifestyle of my grandparents, granduncles, grandaunts and all the older players. There is a special aloha for them that I try to convey in my style of slack key. [...] My feeling is in the older way of playing from the 1940s", George explains. "I like to play a nice relaxed, easy style. It is more delivering a message than playing runs. Not too much fancy stuff, keep it within the melody. Simplicity is really my style."

George Kuo learned to play slack key guitar from Antone Gabriel, whose style is influenced by the music of his granduncle Albert Kawelo, the teacher of the slack key legend Ray Kane who died on February 27, 2008. Ray Kane's style was distinctive and deceptively simple. He played in a number of ki ho'alu tunings always plucking or brushing the strings with only the thumb and index finger of his right hand. He also played hammer-ons and pull-offs in a unique way, his finger moving up and out, instead of down and in, after striking a string. Ray Kane emphasized that one must play and sing "from the heart". He never played flashy or fast. In Hawaiian, Ray Kane's sound is described as "nahenahe". George Kuo plays his slack key guitar and sings in the spirit of Ray Kane, but George Kuo pursues the old tradition with the knowledge that tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

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GREEN / hank roberts

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:39:07 +0800

Musicians
Hank Roberts [cello, vocals, guitar]
Marc Ducret [electric and acoustic guitar]
Jim Black [drums, electronics]

對Hank Roberts這位美國爵士大提琴手的最早印象，源於他與Bill Frisell、John Zorn、Mark Feldman、Joey Baron等，帶動八０年代新一波紐約下城音樂場域興起，許多他的作品收錄在爵士樂廠牌JMT中（即Jazz Music Today的縮寫，可視之為Winter & Winter的前身），旺盛的創作力更延伸出弦樂三重奏Arcado與樂團Miniature，在歐美日皆獲得樂評與樂迷的高度肯定。可是就在他的事業達到高峰時，卻為了家中小孩，決定放棄顛沛不定的音樂家生涯，離開紐約搬到伊薩卡(Ithaca)定居。直到2006年，隨著孩子長大，Roberts決定復出爵士樂圈，與法國吉他手Marc Ducret、美國鼓手Jim Black組成新班底巡迴歐洲，熱烈的反應也讓他重出江湖更添信心，而這張《Green》正是他們今年的最新成績單！

在Roberts的主導下，《Green》音樂呈現美國民謠、印第安舞曲、爵士和搖滾的有趣融合，三人在自由即興與作曲的平衡下營造出獨特的聲響世界，Roberts透過他的大提琴，撥、彈、輕叩或者拉弓，創造出複雜多層次的聲響，有時候還加上演唱，歌詞有來自美國印第安人的傳統民謠，也有反映當前森林危機的新創作等。Ducret黑色混沌的吉他聲響加上Black靈巧多變的鼓擊，讓音樂整體增加許多意想不到的層次與顏色，而最高潮的部分首推曲子“Lenape Suite, The Departing Hunter's Song/War Dance Song/ Jersey Devil” ，以印第安文化作為母題，電子聲響的加入與狂暴的器樂演奏，合演一場危機四伏，精彩萬分的音樂旅程，與接著充滿平靜美態的“Long Walk” 構成微妙對照。《Green》充分體現三位演奏家精湛的演奏功力、對音樂的深刻理解，還有彼此間密不可分的默契，讓樂迷隨著音樂的高低起伏與細微變化，共同透過耳朵感受Roberts帶給我們的不一樣綠色。

In 2006 cellist Hank Roberts, French guitarist Marc Ducret and American drummer Jim Black come together to make their first European tour. The audience is excited by their free improvisation and experimental music, and from this beginning, the new Hank Roberts Trio develops the programme »Green«. In 2007 the three musicians meet up for a week at an old warehouse just outside Munich that has been newly set up as a recording studio, to make their debut album for Winter & Winter. Alongside the excellent guitarist Marc Ducret and the sensitive drummer Jim Black, Roberts creates new sonic worlds, with stories to tell about American folk music and Indian dancing, as well as jazz and rock 'n' roll. Roberts, Ducret and Black play free improvisations, sound- and rhythm-compositions, and create a special sonic world of their own. There are new songs like "In the 60s", "Cola People" and "Trees", and "The Departing Song / War Dance / Jersey Devil" is newly adapted for this group. Robert sings during the fade-out of the recording of "Pictures", a homage to his mother. »Green« is a work created by three individual musicians who have a particular musical understanding and empathy with one another, and have realised this at the highest artistic level.

http://www.winterandwinter.com/index.php?id=1495

Hank Roberts Band Live

STEP ACROSS THE BORDER 邊境音暴 (DVD)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:20:15 +0800

N° 915 001-7
DVD-Video
2003

A ninety minute celluloid improvisation
35mm / 16:9 / black & white / mono / 90 min
Plus 12 previously unreleased bonus tracks
Produced by Cine Nomad, Germany, 1987-90
Written and directed by Nicolas Humbert & Werner Penzel
Music composed by Fred Frith

Musicians:
Fred Frith, Joey Baron, Cyro Battista, Iva Bittová, Tom Cora, Jean Derome, Pavel Fajt, Eitetsu Hayashi, Tim Hodgkinson, Arto Lindsay, René Lussier, Haco, Kevin Norton, Bob Ostertag, Zeena Parkins, Lawrence Wright, John Zorn and many others

Special Appearance:
Robert Frank, Julia Judge, Jonas Mekas, Ted Milton, John Spacely, Yasushi Utsunomiya, Tom Walker

影片以美籍立陶宛實驗電影大師Jonas Mekas引用的「蝴蝶效應」理論揭開序幕，他說：「假始有一隻蝴蝶在中國振動翅膀，它的振動，即使再細微，也將對世界所有其它地方產生影響…」。

曾經以《遷徙–暫留》（Middle of the moment）一片和Fred Frith的音樂，在第四屆紀錄片雙年展中風靡無數觀眾的Nicolas Humbert與Werner Penzel，早在1990年的《邊境音暴》就選擇以兩年的時間跟隨英國即興吉他樂手、作曲家Fred Frith，橫跨日本、紐約、倫敦、萊比錫、蘇黎世等地去「尋找聲音」，一部優美的公路電影於是展開，美到讓觀眾永遠不想停止。Fred Frith的音樂向來以跨越類型、國界與無法歸類著稱，永不疲倦的好奇心讓他不斷地嘗試各種不同的音樂經驗。他的音樂直接了當地影響了本片導演對影像的處理。音樂、影像與創作思緒間此起彼落，展翅翱翔。從來沒有一部影片像《邊境音暴》能夠這樣自由，並且以愉悅的步伐暢談創作的苦澀，令人在美妙的樂音中神遊、感動、潸然落淚。

它不是一部傳記片，而是一部關於音樂、創作與人生觀的影片。三者緊密結合，無法分離，就像Fred Frith在一次影片放映結束後與觀眾對談時所說：「對即興創作來說，必需能夠將自己清空，不可以讓音樂去遷就既定的方向或結構。最重要的是要能夠接收到所有周遭發生的事物，並且接受它們。我每一次都是在面對不同音質、空間、觀眾的情況下表演」。

Nicolas Humbert與Werner Penzel的影片亦是如此，細心傾聽、觀察入微，卻又隨時準備再飛。影片因此有一個副標題《一段九十分鐘的賽璐珞即興演出》（A ninety minute celluloid improvisation）。結局時，地鐵上的老人是舉世聞名的攝影大師Robert Frank，當然，又是一個無疆界組織會員國的成員。影片中文簡介資料轉載自光點網站

REQUIEM FOR A DYING PLANET

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:53:33 +0800

"…and a soundtrack featuring a Senegalese singer, five Sardinian voices and a Dutch cellist – is mesmerizing and beyond categorization." – David Jenkins, Sunday Telegraph

"The sountrack is destined for greater things." – Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter

"A work of hypnotic beauty with an original soundtrack of bewitching music by Ernst Reijseger and with the enchanting voice notably of Mola Sylla from Senegal." – Fabien Lemercier, CineEuropa

與溫德斯和法斯賓達齊名，德國“新電影”著名導演荷索（Werner Herzog）對自己的電影配樂，向來十分重視，2004年荷索特別到慕尼黑約Stefan Winter（W&W音樂總監）協助他兩部紀錄片《The Wild Blue Yonder》與《The White Diamond》尋找配樂，當Winter放了一些荷蘭大提琴手Ernst Reijseger的音樂給他聽，荷索知道這正是他想要的聲音。這張《Requiem For a Dying Planet》是Ernst Reijseger 將他為荷索這兩部紀錄片所做的配樂加以混音而成的獨立專輯，名字取自《The Wild Blue Yonder》內第一節的名稱，這不是人們所預期關於地球的死亡之歌，而是獻給這個神聖而奇妙的星球與內裡美麗萬物的音樂專輯。更多介紹

The Wild Blue Yonder網站 Werner Herzog網站

HAWAI'I - UNDER THE RAINBOW

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:42:17 +0800

W&W廠牌負責人Stefan Winter與朋友Mariko Takahashi專程到達夏威夷O’ahu島停留七天，沒有日記沒有畫本沒有攝影或攝錄機，只帶著錄音設備與麥克風，希望挖掘這個太平洋島嶼純真的聲音風情，美妙的夏威夷歌謠、Slack key吉他、夏威夷吉他、尤克里里琴與當地的浪聲、風聲鳥聲交織在一起，散發著當地特別平和、慢活卻有機的生命力。

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THE ROSES

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:02:26 +0800

W&W 廠牌負責人 Stefan Winter 親到墨西哥，尋找當地傳奇女歌手 Concha Michel的生平資料與歌譜，這位當年與 Tina Modotti (1896-1942)、Diego Rivera 和 Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) 等建立深厚友誼的革命份子、女權歌手，音樂內容常離不開她的國家墨西哥、底層工人、農民與革命，但形式卻是單純而淨麗；與她的好友，著名墨西哥女攝影家 Tina Modotti 的的照片一樣，用藝術反映、描述與控訴墨西哥當時社會的不義與邪惡。Winter 邀請墨西哥著名音樂人 "El Negro" 、José Luis Santiago 與團體 Al Golpe del Guatimé，重新註釋 Concha Michel 多首歌曲，加上當地環境錄音溶入，“聲音電影”(Audio Film) 概念專輯的又一佳作。（專輯封面採用的正是Tina Modotti的著名攝影作品《Roses, Mexico》）更多介紹