X-press 2 @ Absolute House, Shanghai

一聽說X-press 2即將演出在上海演出6 Decks便迫不及待地到處打聽演出地點，
後來在網路上查到了這家Absolute House的相關資訊。才知道這家club專門請歐美的house DJ，偶爾也會有breaks DJ來客串一下。曾經到這家club演出的有Steve Lawler，Dylan Rhymes，Bugz In The Attic以及上週末才來的ATB等演出單位。Absolute House在上海市徐匯區附近一個相當具有設計感的區塊裡頭，對人生地不熟的我來說可以說是相當偏僻阿......

白痴地從徐家匯散步了好久終於看到AH的大看板


AH週邊的建築物，裡頭是人文空間咖啡館/展覽場，旁邊好像是design house/藝廊


AH入口



今天預售票RMB80，門口買RMB100。付完錢拿到門票發現門票做得與機票相仿，拿這張機票給保安看，他會給你一條綠色手環。票口小姐看我是第一次來的樣子還親切地帶我進去，告訴我寄物櫃在那( 一次RMB5 )，順便叫我加入會員。填填資料就可以多一張飲料卷，相當有誠意。重點是過程中公關都靠得離我很近，有點令人臉紅心跳......( 其實是賺錢好技倆 )

整間club設計得就是大倉庫，超高的挑高空間搭上球形投影螢幕感覺還可以


不過音樂調性一整個怪，首先是先從相當商業的Hip Hop突然一轉變成Broken Beat，讓我有種在倫敦的錯覺，然後再冷不防的開始放起House來，真是令人有點不太習慣的轉折。到十二點X-press 2終於上場。




整個set剛開始的時候有種來勢洶洶的感覺，畢竟三個人一起搞可不是鬧著玩的。X-press 2令人驚喜地用minimal做開頭，想必這會是個很棒的set......可惜事與願違，AH的音響似乎讓Ashley Beedle為首的三個老外很不習慣( 我也很不習慣 )，一直抓不到拍子。能讓這種縱橫沙場實數年的老將如此錯愕，這音響真是好樣的阿!

後來三點X-press 2就快閃了，我也是。

Precision Cuts @ Babyface, Shanghai

號稱是上海本地人最喜歡去的舞廳。票價RMB80不含任何飲料，掏錢另外買了一杯長島冰茶和海尼根啤酒，各RMB45( 謎之音：好貴阿 囧 )。

和上次到club bonbon的經驗一樣，門口買完票旁邊就是寄放東西的櫃台，無論寄多少東西都不用收費( 話說我寄了四袋東西和兩件衣服，還是得到不少異樣的眼光 )，進去之後發現才11點兩個廳以及為數不少的包廂早就人滿為患。到了之後先買個飲料，跟吧台點個飲料我還以為他聽不懂我說的話，講了第二次之後他才比了比我身旁的外場服務生。原來這裡買飲料要找服務生，向服務生說明要點啥之後，瞧見服務生拿出一張小單子開始填，拿給你簽完名之後再把單子交給吧台開始調飲料。有點像花錢買糧票......

今晚的主秀是Precision Cuts，不過時間還沒到舞池裡就已經熱的緊。飲料喝完( 跟club bonbon一樣，舞池裡不准喝酒 )趕緊到舞池裡湊熱鬧啦。不進去還好，一進去馬上覺得，這音響真牛B! 高音準，中音甜，低音又快又狠! 恕我井底之蛙，還是第一次在club裡同時能把kick drum和bass的tone聽得很清楚。visual方面則是用Motion Dive外加controller搭配LED顯示器，和音樂搭配的相當合宜，仔細一看原來是這裡的DJ有一兩個也身兼VJ，難怪歌的曲式都掌握得很好。



Precision Cuts成員之一的Jem Haynes今晚放的比較hybrid一點，不過大多以簡單有力的breaks和house為主，沒有太多國歌。眼看set似乎快要結束，心裡預期會放的那首歌依舊不見蹤影，只好厚著臉皮跟Jem點了Papua New Guinea，儘管Precision Cuts remix只是個不過不失的版本，搭上好的音響還是令人感動落淚......

一直到四點舞池還是很多人，來自世界各地的大家似乎都玩得很開心。我也玩得很開心，只是離開後走在上海凌晨的街道上，有點悵然若失......

中國人能，為甚麼台灣人不能?

相關連結：Precision Cuts Babyface

D Ramirez @ Club BonBon , Shanghai

再冷的天還是要去Party，
上海零下的天氣沒有阻擋我一遊的決心。

說到上海晚上的好去處大概很多人都會說要去衡山路，茂名路等很多酒吧的地方。但是今天我的目標是國際知名派對組織Godskitchen的中國分店--Club BonBon。晚上八九點時就先打D到人民廣場，在附近晃晃之後就亂摸一陣走到有上海忠孝東，安和路混合體之稱的淮海東路，然後傻傻的從淮海東路一百多號逛到一千三百多號.......路上經過也是上海小有名氣的dance club，Club DKD。


















就在我開始覺得怎麼越走越荒涼，是不是我記錯地址的時候，終於在某個大路口的對面看到招牌。


















其實同一棟大樓的樓上還有另外一家舞廳，叫Club MT (Multi-Track)。


















Club bonbon正門


















進門之後開始買票。男生一百二，女生八十喝到飽。門口同時也提供寄放包包外套的服務，雖然寄放東西的人相當的多，但因為有三個服務人員在處理，等候的時間不會很久。等候的同時東張西望，A了點紀念品準備帶回家......


















大概十一點就進到場子裡了，裡面已經擠了滿滿的舞客。Club bonbon並不大，還被分成了兩個廳( 這也就是為啥CD有兩張的原因 )，並且還有為數不少的半封閉式包廂使得空間看起來更狹窄。但老外和上海正妹似乎一點也不在意這點，早就跳的不亦樂乎......第一個DJ一開始放的是中規中矩的Funky House，適時又不會太超過的炒熱場子的氣氛。到了一點由有點中年小發福的D Ramirez上場。


















一開始用去年很紅的Yeah Yeah的vocal sample搭上另外一首不知名的的歌惡搞開場，接下來不客氣緊湊地送上幾首tech funk，之後就是electro時間啦。只能說D Ramirez選的歌實在太合我胃口了，相似的曲風卻每首都附上不同的bass tone，間或穿插很catchy的vocal，已經好久沒有這種"X，我以前怎麼沒聽過"的感覺。不過雖然Club bonbon音響很棒，走到那都聽得清楚音樂，但是有一點很奇怪的地方就是不能把酒拿進舞池......還有個老外差點因為這樣跟保安吵了起來。此外正妹還蠻多，不過如果你不是老外大概只有自己跳的份囉。也有不少人會跳到低音喇叭的台子上跳 ( 沒錯，台子是低音喇叭喔，實在值得台灣學習....... )，其中不乏專業級的。

台上忘情的辣妹


















這次的經驗真是令人感受到上海夜生活的發達，每個星期都有國際級不論是實力派或是知名度高的DJ來訪，出來玩的也都很上道各取所需......

最後附上路上照來的Party訊息。


















3/3 PVD，3/9 Sharam ( Deep Dish ) in Shanghai !!!

相關連結
Club bonbon
Club DKD
Club G+

The Free Will 《縱慾》

上一場的Woody Allen招式用老，令人昏昏欲睡，周圍還有許多幽默感過人的觀影民眾不時在奇怪的地方狂笑( comment - J : I rather look like Woody Allen than have a sense of humor like Woody Allen. D : I like a Woody Allen film,without Woody Allen. )，整部片的成份分析如下 :

Scarlett Johansson的騷勁 : 88.92%
Hugh Jackman的帥氣 : 7.13%
看似慧詰卻搔不到癢處的對白 : 2.3%
Woody Allen的可愛眼睛 : 1.65%


綜合以上元素，這部金馬影展讓我最失望的片不費吹灰之力的把我打得抬不起頭來，心灰意冷走出新光影城，此刻的我一點也想不到接下來的德國電影The Free Will會是近年來看過最raw的電影......

影片以男主角Theo一種不尋常的憤怒之後強暴了一個單車女孩開頭，Theo被逮補並在監獄的九年時間裡接受了各種治療。獲得假釋之後Theo得以待在與其他假釋犯人集中管理的住所中展開他的新生活。劇情推展至此開始以極為高明的節奏側寫Theo身體裡難以壓抑的衝動，以由快至慢的速度鋪陳一次又一次的誘惑，一次又一次的壓抑( 這個段落順便誤導，嘲諷，質疑了所謂社會大眾對於性犯罪者的預設立場 )。尾隨一名女子潛入住家卻即時收手以及女主角Netti ( 有著一樣扭曲特徵的女孩，不知為何她的臉孔在第一時間讓我聯想到Picasso的畫作 ) 的出現讓人誤以為Theo可以擺脫這樣的痛苦輪迴。然而Theo卻在一個Netti參加聚餐的場景之後再度快速失控犯下罪行。

接下來步調被放慢，用沉重緩慢的氛圍來表達自我墮落和愛的追尋，堆疊引導出故事終了前女主角演得最好的一幕( 男主角則是從頭到尾都無可挑剔 )。

播畢觀眾閃得令人驚訝的快，Q&A問題問得令人驚訝的蠢，原本還沉浸在故事情節中的我頓時被拉回現實，在閃出大門的同時這部160分鐘的電影好像沒有讓我抱怨新光的座位太小很難坐......

帶著想要探討敘述某些景況的假象，赤裸情緒連番上陣建構描繪原生十字的形體。如果有機會再看一次，我想我會像面對著B級血腥恐怖片的小女生一樣吧，好奇地從指縫中窺視，卻又覺得不忍......

James Holden - At The Controls

上一次這種能量從脊椎直衝腦門裡還鑽來鑽去的感覺是啥時的事了?
如果你喜歡James Holden世紀初紅透半邊天，
還被Tiesto點名年度愛歌的名曲Nothing，
你不一定會喜歡這個。

但是點個名吧:
Plastikman,Death In Vegas,Aphex Twin,Trans AM,Ego Express,
Massive Attack vs Mad Professor,etc..
一張由dub,minimal,prog,electro甚至indie拼湊而成的音樂地圖讓你有迷失的好理由。

真是天才啊，
一手搞出最高品質芭樂歌曲，另一手用這樣diverse的dj set讓你羞愧於自己低下的品味......
看看他的網站，再看看他的訪問，
提到Geek-Toy-Love還真是令人會心一笑又差點流淚

score:+1 dbFS
digital Music with an analouge heart

Kirsty Hawshaw - Fine Day(James Holden remix)

tonight..
fine night tonight
fine night tonight

it's going to be a fine night tonight
it's going to be a fine night tonight

it's a fine day,
people open windows.
they leave the houses,
just for a short while.

it's a fine day,
people open windows.
they leave the houses,
just for a short while.

it's going to be a fine night tonight
it's going to be a fine day tomorrow
it's going to be a fine night tonight
it's going to be a fine day tomorrow

it's a fine day,
people open windows.
they leave the houses,
just for a short while.

they walk by the grass
they look at the sky
they walk by the grass
and they look at the grass
they look at the sky

it's going to be a fine night tonight
it's going to be a fine day tomorrow
it's going to be a fine night tonight
it's going to be a fine day tomorrow

look at the sky
look at the sky
look at the sky
it's going to be a fine night tonight
it's going to be a fine day tomorrow



僅以這首歌獻給我將在數天後步入禮堂的妹妹,
everlasting love and happiness

Malcolm Middleton - Solemn Thirsty

You go your way and I’ll go mine
I’ll try to meet you in a better life
We should meet up at the end of time
Get a beer and a cigarette for Auld Lang Syne

Was it just a dream? All those people
None of this is real
A kingdom for a fool animals on a wheel
I’m a king in my head a cripple in the world
How do I wrap this up and give it to that girl?
My gift to you, I’m gonna be a better person
I stare at you with a vague and immense longing
Try to save yourself while you’re still alive
Don’t deny yourself of your right to thrive
Solemn Thirsty, born on Thursday, got pished Saturday, fucked up Sunday
Took ill Wednesday, died on Thursday
There’s no better man than Solemn Thirsty

And I try to stay on, so I keep coming back

The Other Side

光明卻又拌雜著深不見底的絕望
遇見這樣極具象徵
足以反映一切及其外一切的事物
總是叫你了解到能有多美好的同時宣判這樣極端的不可能性

追吧
只是會發現
到頭來
一切都在彼端

When it's broken through
I will comfort you
When I wake my tongue is tied
Daylight brings the great divide
Weeping like the rain
Whispering your name
Long to be reunified
Believe the sun will rise
When I reach the line
I will see you on the other side


When it's broken through
I will comfort you
When I wake my tongue is tied
Daylight brings the great divide
Speeding City lights
Leavening weak tonight
Oh I miss your warmth inside
Stars come back to shine
Across the waterline
I can feel you on the other side

Weeping like the rain
Whispering your name
Long to be reunified
Believe the sun will rise
When I reach the line
I will see you on the other side

See you on the other side
When I closed my eyes

See you on the other side
When I closed my eyes

See you on the other side
When I closed my eyes

See you on the other side
When I closed my eyes
and I reached the lights

Muse - Unintended

You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You could be the one I'll always love
You could be the one who listens
To my deepest inquisitions
You could be the one I'll always love


I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken
Pieces of the life I had before


First there was the one who challenged
All my dreams and all my balance
She could never be as good as you
You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You should be the one I'll always love


I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken
Pieces of the life I had before


I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken
Pieces of the life I had before


Before you

Will You Smile Again(For Me)?

Will You Smile Again? by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Daed


















Close the door and drift away
Into a sea of uncertainty
Where all your hopes and dreams
Have faded out of reach.
Remember all the bad dreams
Are not far from reality
Would you write again for me?

(let me whisper something in your ear)

And you awake and there you are
Not far off from the line before
And just how long did it take for you to understand
Where your feelings stopped and writing began
Convince yourself to take control
Play to the hilt this unlikely role.

Remember all the bad dreams
Are not far from reality
Will you write again for me?
And who bade you stop this living art?
Have you forgotten just what you are?
If you don't want to then you could at least pretend
That the paper's your soul and your blood's in the pen
And maybe then you'd see the light
And read the truth that you had to write.

If heaven sent you downstream
Where banished eyes haven't been
Would you smile again for me?
You misread your fate line
Had long run out of time
Would you write again for me?

And you awake and there you are
Not far off from the line before
And just how long did it take for you to understand
Where your feelings stopped and writing began
Convince yourself to take control
Play to the hilt this unlikely role.

If heaven sent you downstream
Where banished eyes haven't been
Would you smile again for me?