有感 leeSA Wiv Hcube

有感 leeSA Wiv Hcube
leeSA
Label: Mirrorball Music
2011.07
★★★★★★★☆☆☆

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之前在免費報紙上連載碟評，後來完結了報紙連載後就懶得寫，這次介紹的專輯買了很久也寫了碟評，不過都是懶得發佈。

我對韓國樂壇並不熟悉，只知韓國的少男少女組合橫行亞洲樂壇，早十年八年前也有買 BoA 的唱片 (後期 BoA 去了日本發展已慢慢失去興趣)。而今次介紹的 leeSA 找到的資料不太多（最主要是不懂韓文）。leeSA 2011年出道，以結他作為主要樂器，配合其他電子樂器演唱，以 folkpop 的樂風透過 YouTube 發表其音樂作品，從而在網絡上走紅。

"유감" 以都會節拍之曲加上爵士音韻作開場的；"오늘도 어제처럼" 簡單的結他勾弦，重複又重複的、輕輕地唱和，慢慢地陶醉。從來都是簡單就是美，這是一首簡單迷人優美的ballad。

甚麼是韓式編曲我不懂，但"작은 바램"的編曲和轉折位就是很"韓式"，沒有褒與眨。"The Boy Meets The Girl" 的電子舞曲算是小試牛刀。

幾首翻唱 Coldplay 的 "Viva La Vida"，ke$ha 的 "Tik Tok" 和 Massive Attack 的 "Teardrop"，leeSA都會運用一些音樂軟件，利用 ipad 等小硬件作拍子機和混音，其中 "Tik Tok" 的確技驚四座，優美的嗓子個認為這版本比完唱好太多。其後的 "유감" Acoustic Mix 又是令人驚喜。

韓國樂壇都著重包裝和過於商業化，自私的我但願 LeeSA 保持著獨立音樂人，不要受商業包裝的影響，樸實的享受音樂。

LeeSA 擁有美好的聲線，基本上自彈自唱都具感染力，翻唱歌重新編曲也是其拿手好戲，希望下張專輯可以多些原創作品。

LeeSA- "有感 LeeSA Wiv Hcube"

01. 유감
02. 오늘도 어제처럼 ★
03. 작은 바램
04. The Boy Meets The Girl ★
05. Viva La Vida
06. Tik Tok ★
07. Teardrop
08. 오늘도 어제처럼 (inst.)
09. 유감 (Acoustic Mix) ★


leeSA- "TikTok (Cover) with H^3 / Yana
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leeSA wiv Hcube- "유감 (有感)" Acoustic Mix


leeSA & Creampuff- "Just the two of us" (Cover)

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[Uncut] 75 Best Albums of the Year 2012

[Uncut] 75 Best Albums of the Year 2012

01. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
02. Bob Dylan – Tempest
03. Jack White – Blunderbuss
04. Dr. John – Locked Down
05. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
06. Bill Fay – Life is People
07. Ty Segall & White Fence – Hair
08. Grizzly Bear – Shields
09. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
10. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball

11. Tame Impala – Lonerism
12. Go-Kart Mozart – On The Hot Dog Stands
13. Dexys – One Day I’m Going To Soar
14. Paul Buchanan – Mid Air
15. Field Music – Plumb
16. The Ty Segall Band – Slaughterhouse
17. Grimes – Visions
18. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
19. Neneh Cherry and The Thing – The Cherry Thing
20. The xx – Coexist

21. Beachwood Sparks – The Tarnished Gold
22. Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
23. Julia Holter – Ekstasis
24. Allah-Las – Allah-Las
25. Patti Smith – Banga
26. Graham Coxon – A&E
27. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
28. Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks
29. The Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Big Moon Ritual
30. Ry Cooder – Election Special

31. Hot Chip – In Our Heads
32. Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
33. Micachu & The Shapes – Never
34. Bobby Womack – The Braves Man In Universe
35. Six Organs of Admittance – Ascent
36. Sun Kil Moon – Among The Leaves
37. Patterson Hood – Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
38. Lightships – Electric Cables
39. Dirty Three – Toward The Low Sun
40. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar

41. Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
42. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
43. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Americana
44. Sun Araw & M Geddes Gengras Meet The Congos – Icon Give Thank
45. Japandroids – Celebration Rock
46. Cat Power – Sun
47. Anais Mitchell – Young Man In America
48. Howlin Rain – The Russian Wilds
49. Damon Albarn – Dr Dee
50. Laetitia Sadier – Silencio

51. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
52. Cate Le Bon – Cyrk
53. PiL – This is PiL
54. Yeti Lane – The Echo Show
55. The 2 Bears – Be Strong
56. Pond – Beard, Wives, Denim
57. David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant
58. Donald Fagen – Sunken Condos
59. Father John Misty – Fear Fun
60. The Liminanas – Crystal Anis

61. Thee Oh Sees – Putrifiers II
62. Ian Hunter & The Rant Band – When I’m President
63. Calexico – Algiers
64. Orbital – Wonky
65. Nite Jewel – One Second Of Love
66. Goat – World Music
67. Cornershop – Urban Turban: The Singhles Club
68. Woods – Bend Beyond
69. Ty Segall – Twins
70. Simone Felice – Simone Felice

71. Lee Ranaldo – Between The Times And The Tides
72. Rufus Wainwright – Out of The Game
73. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Meat + Bone
74. Bat For Lashes – The Haunted Man
75. Carter Tutti Void – Transverse

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[Spin]：The 50 Best Albums of 2012

[Spin]：The 50 Best Albums of 2012

01 Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE
02 Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
03 Japandroids – Celebration Rock
04 DJ Rashad – TEKLIFE Vol. 1 – Welcome to the Chi
05 Miguel – Kaleidoscope Dream
06 Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
07 Swans – The Seer
08 Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
09 Ty Segall – Twins
10 Santigold – Master of My Make-Believe

11 Future – Pluto
12 Death Grips – NO LOVE DEEP WEB
13 Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory
14 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
15 Baroness – Yellow & Green
16 Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
17 Grizzly Bear – Shields
18 King Tuff – King Tuff
19 Traxman – Da Mind of Traxman
20 Pallbearer – Sorrow and Extinction

21 Daphni – Jiaolong
22 Torche – Harmonicraft
23 Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
24 Cat Power – Sun
25 Action Bronson – Blue Chips
26 Tame Impala – Lonerism
27 Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror
28 Jessie Ware – Devotion
29 Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet on Sky
30 Frankie Rose – Interstellar

31 The xx – Coexist
32 Goat – World Music
33 Thee Oh Sees – Putrifiers II
34 Mala – In Cuba
35 Jack White – Blunderbuss
36 Beak> – >>
37 R. Kelly – Write Me Back
38 Taylor Swift – Red
39 Roc Marciano – Reloaded
40 Animal Collective – Centipede Hz

41 Purity Ring – Shrines
42 Lindstrøm – Six Cups of Rebel
43 Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur
44 Deftones – Koi No Yokan
45 Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
46 Spoek Mathambo – Father Creeper
47 Metric – Synthetica
48 Best Coast – The Only Place
49 Heems – Nehru Jackets
50 fun. – Some Nights

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[Mojo] TOP 50 Of 2012

[Mojo] TOP 50 Of 2012

01. Jack White – Blunderbuss
02. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
03. Bill Fay – Life Is People
04. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
05. Dexys – One Day I’m Going To Soar
06. The Black Keys – El Camino
07. Django Django – Django Django
08. Dr. John – Locked Down
09. Julia Holter – Ekstasis
10. Bob Dylan – Tempest

11. Scott Walker – Bisch Bosch
12. Tame Impala – Lonerism
13. The xx – Coexist
14. Hot Chip – In Our Heads
15. Cat Power – Sun
16. Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
17. Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
18. Orbital – Wonky
19. Advance Base – A Shut-In’s Prayer
20. Lee Fields & the Expressions – Faithful Man

21. Mount Eerie – Clear Moon
22. Aimee Mann – Charmer
23. TOY – TOY
24. Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
25. Spoek Mathambo – Father Creeper
26. The Nightingales – No Love Lost
27. ZZ Top – La Futura
28. Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
29. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
30. Field Music – Plumb

31. Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Crown And Treaty
32. Damon Albarrn – Dr. Dee
33. Jessie Ware – Devotion
34. Grimes – Visions
35. Sharon Van Etten – Tramp
36. Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
37. Public Image Ltd – This Is PiL
38. Dan Michaelson – Sudden Fiction
39. Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
40. Beach House – Bloom

41. Cate Le Bon – CYRK
42. Ty Segall – Twins
43. Grizzly Bear – Shields
44. Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
45. Actress – R.I.P.
46. Paul Buchanan – Mid Air
47. The Beach Boys – That’s Why God Made The Radio
48. Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks
49. Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
50. Oren Ambarchi – Audience Of One

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[NME]：TOP 50 Albums Of 2012

[NME]：TOP 50 Albums Of 2012

01. Tame Impala - Lonerism
02. Grimes - Visions
03. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
04. Crystal Castles - III
05. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
06. The Maccabees - Given To The Wild
07. Pond - Beard Wives Denim
08. The Cribs -In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull
09. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
10. Jack White - Blunderbuss

11. Django Django - Django Django
12. David Byrne & St Vincent - Love This Giant
13. DIIV - Oshin
14. The XX - Coexist
15. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
16. Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber
17. Grizzly Bear - Shields
18. Tribes - Baby
19. Toy - Toy
20. Howler - America Give Up

21. Cat Power - Sun
22. Beach House - Bloom
23. Richard Hawley - Standing At The Sky's Edge
24. Merchandise - Children Of Desire
25. Ariel Pink - Mature Themes
26. Spector - Enjoy It While It Lasts
27. Jessie Ware - Devotion
28. Spiritualized - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
29. Mac DeMarco - 2
30. Breton - Other People's Problems

31. Kanye West - Cruel Summer
32. Graham Coxon - A+E
33. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
34. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
35. Metz - Metz
36. The Vaccines - Come Of Age
37. Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood Of Colour
38. TEED - Trouble
39. Liars - WIXIW
40. Polica - Give You The Ghost

41. Ty Segall - Twins
42. Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks
43. Ratking - Wiki93
44. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, MAAd City
45. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
46. Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The Universe
47. John Talabot - Fin The
48. 2 Bears - Be Strong
49. Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
50. Purity Ring - Shrines

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[Q]：The 50 Best Albums of 2012

[Q]：The 50 Best Albums of 2012

01 The 2 Bears – Be Strong
02 Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
03 Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
04 Paul Banks - Banks
05 Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
06 Beach House - Bloom
07 Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
08 David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
09 Cat Power - Sun
10 Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas

11 Daphni - Jiaolong
12 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
13 Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
14 Django Django - Django Django
15 Bob Dylan - Tempest
16 EL-P - Cancer4Cure
17 Field Music - Plumb
18 Go-Kart Mozart - On The Hot Dog Streets
19 Grimes - Visions
20 Grizzly Bear - Shields

21 Ren Harvieu - Through The Night
22 Richard Hawley - Standing At The Sky's Edge
23 Here We Go Magic - A Different Ship
24 Hot Chip - In Our Heads
25 Elton John Vs. Pnau - Good Morning To The Night
26 Josephine - Portrait
27 The Killers - Battle Born
28 Kindness - World, You Need A Change of Mind
29 Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral
30 The Maccabees - Given to the Wild

31 Mala in Cuba - Mala in Cuba
32 Mumford & Sons - Babel
33 Muse - The 2nd Law
34 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
35 Orbital - Wonky
36 Peaking Lights - Lucifer
37 Plan B - Ill Manors
38 Emeli Sande - Our Version of Events
39 Saint Etienne - Words And Music By Saint Etienne
40 School Of Seven Bells - Ghostory

41 Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
42 Tame Impala - Lonerism
43 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Trouble
44 The Vaccines - Come Of Age
45 Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
46 The Walkmen - Heaven
47 Jessie Ware - Devotion
48 Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks
49 Jack White - Blunderbuss
50 Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The Universe

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迷思第二法則 Muse

The 2nd Law
Muse
Label: Warner Bros
2012.10
★★★★★★★★★☆

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在剛過去的 2012 倫敦奧運會，Muse 的新曲 "Survival" 作為官方奧運主題曲，教筆者興奮莫名。也為三年來的第六張全新專輯《The 2nd Law》揭開序幕。

Muse (Matt Bellamy、Chris Wolstenholme 與 Dominic Howard)英國三子樂團是筆者最愛樂隊之一，對於早被列為 "天團" 的 Muse，對上幾張專輯《Showbiz》、《Origin Of Symmetry》、《Absolution》、《Black Holes And Revelations》和《The Resistance》絕對稱得上優秀和極致，有些甚至用完美來形容也不為過。新專輯會帶來甚麼樣的變化和產生甚麼化學作用是筆者最想知道的。

《The 2nd Law》新專輯的名字，乃取材自 Second Law of Thermodynamics「熱力學第二定律」。資料稱第二定律的主要精神是在闡釋：「在所有變換過程當中都是要付出代價的，如果你扔下某個事物不管，經過一段時間，它會腐壞、銹化、破碎、損耗、甚至是消逝。」就是在現今社會能源危機、經濟蕭條、政治動盪的主題下創作這專輯。

開場曲 "Supremacy" 由四下結他弦音刮動聲作引子，電結他的張力與管弦樂的交融下產生了扣人心弦的戲劇性搖滾，寫與女友吵架的首發單曲 "Madness" 被 Coldplay 主音 Chris Martin 公開讚揚為「MUSE歷年最佳作品」；"Panic Station" 的妖冶假音和編曲充斥著八十年代的搖滾風骨。

Muse 的音樂之所以如似動人，是他們能將古典音樂和現代搖滾樂完美結合。"Prelude" 以蕭邦的「離別曲」作開場，銜接著倫敦奧運會主題曲 "Survival"，優美的弦奏與電結他的逐漸狂飆，莊嚴又宏偉。

之後是 Matt 寫給他初生兒子的電音曲風 "Follow Me"，"Animals" 感覺有著早期 Radiohead 的曲式，優美而浪漫，卻融入取樣自華爾街證券現場交易聲，在諷刺人們貪婪如野獸？

當然 Muse 招牌式温婉慰藉的 Ballad 仍然存在，"Explorers" 就是這類曲式，"Save Me" 和 "Liquid State" 可算是專輯中其一亮點，兩首都是低音結他手 Chris 參與創作及主唱，前者有美麗夢幻的唱詠，後者轉為較激進的搖滾作品。

"The 2nd Law: Unsustainable" 和 "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" 作為壓軸的二部曲，集管弦樂、鋼琴、電音與搖滾製造出波瀾壯闊的空間感，形同一套曲折離奇的科幻片。

還記得2010年到亞洲國際博覽館觀賞 [Muse the Resistance Tour Hong Kong 2010]，至今仍印象深刻。期望有機會再次欣賞到Muse音樂的震撼現場演出。而這次整張專輯內容包羅萬有，雖則概念性和整體未及得上《The Resistance》，但音樂上依然保持著優秀水準，深層而細緻。

Muse- "The 2nd Law" ★

01. Supremacy
02. Madness

03. Panic Station
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4. Prelude
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5. Survival
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6. Follow Me
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7. Animals
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8. Explorers
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9. Big Freeze
10. Save Me
11. Liquid State
12. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable
13. The 2nd Law: Isolated System


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