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Parallel Weaving 聲​比​成​音

by Sheng Jie 盛潔 & Shen Jing 沈靜

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jiristepan
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jiristepan Long-distance improvisations can turn out all sorts of things, but here there is a harmony in dissonance. A noisy landscape where it's not easy to discern the original forms of cello and percussion, but if you let yourself embrace it, the wave of sound will hold you up.
Der Ohlsen
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Der Ohlsen "It's hard to give a satisfactory description of what I'm hearing here. Simply slapping the label of experimental free jazz on it would be lazy and doesn't feel right anyway. This is more of an exploration of sonic possibilities on both the cello and all rhythmic instruments, and the challenge of fusing these ideas together in the most interesting and lively way possible."

my full review: derohlsen.blogspot.com/2022/03/wv-sorcerer-wunderwerk-mit-mong-tong.html
Michael Flaherty
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Michael Flaherty Sheng Jie would easily make my list of the five most interesting people in music today. I was not familiar with Shen Jing before now, but she makes the perfect partner for this project. Although recorded in different countries, they sound as if they are in the same room, responding to the moment. The sounds range from very aggressive and dense to very open and spacious, and are always beautiful. Favorite track: SJSJ IV 肆.
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SJSJ I 壹 02:07
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SJSJ II 貳 15:17
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SJSJ III 叁 05:53
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SJSJ IV 肆 17:48
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SJSJ V 伍 05:22

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▼WV061: Sheng Jie 盛潔 & Shen Jing 沈靜 - Parallel Weaving 聲比成音

狂風暴雨,神獸互搏,溫柔的交織
An enchanting "in distance" collaboration between cello noise and percussions, weaving the sound of a harsh and dreamy landscape.

「這張專輯密集地撰寫著高功率的官能性噪音音樂,在藝術家和混音師的努力下抵達『好聽的噪音』的那個境界。」
"This album is a dense collection of high-powered, functional noise music, the artists and the sound engineer have reached that 'euphonious noise' level. "
- 空之穴 holeinthesky

This is a recording between two friends in Beijing and London during the pandemic, a wonderful long-distance collaboration. After releasing her critically acclaimed debut solo album '卵生 Oviparity' (The Wire's Top 50 of 2020), Sheng Jie 盛潔(a.k.a gogoj) continues to explore her own unconventional path in tandem experimentation with electric cellos and effects, while Shen Jing 沈靜 (a.k.a Shenggy, former drummer of the legendary Beijing punk band 'Hanging on the Box'), who has been in the music scene since the 90s, she started to develop her solo project in the field of industrial music, ambient and analogue synthesizers since 2003, for this record she returns to her role as a drummer, adding also gamelan and various percussion instruments from different parts of the world. A free, chaotic yet tender piece of work is what they deliver.

這是一份疫情期間的創作,分別身處北京和倫敦的兩位好友,心有靈犀完成了這份精彩的遠程合作。在出版了首張個人實體專輯《卵生》並且大獲好評(2020年英國《The Wire》雜誌年底50佳)後,盛潔(a.k.a gogoj)繼續在電子大提琴和效果器的各種串聯調試中探索著自己的非常規演奏道路,而作為90年代就已進入音樂領域的沈靜(a.k.a Shenggy,傳奇朋克樂隊“掛在盒子上”前鼓手),自2003開始就在工業音樂、氛圍、模擬合成器的領域不斷孕育自己的個人計劃,這次她又重拾鼓手的身份,使用鼓、甘美蘭、和其他多種世界不同地區的民間打擊樂器,和盛潔碰撞出了這張自由、狂躁卻又溫柔的作品。




Words from the musicians:



In the past two years of the outbreak I accidentally started some online cooperation models. In the winter of 2020, the idea of ​​cello and drum cooperation emerged. So I thought of my old friend Shen Jing in London. We haven’t seen each other for a long time. Before the epidemic, one day I told her that I wanted to collaborate on an album. I only used two kinds of orchestration: E-cello + drum. I did this because I wanted to know what kind of effect the cello frequency and drum can produce. The way of cooperation is I will Send her the cello part I recorded in Beijing and she can add drums on it. We are both improvised. It just doesn't happen in the same time and space, but music can transcend everything. We have reached a lot of consensus. For example, music is the expression of everyone’s inner order, and the inner order of the two of us can be parallel. Because we all have the characteristics of division, I also hope that we can express more freely together. After a happy voice chat, the creation of this album began. The cooperation process of several months was completed in excitement and anticipation. In the end, this album was fortunate to be released on WV Sorcerer, thanks to the support of the producer Ruò Tán, the Belgian god-level down-mix master Thomas Stadnicki and the sound engineer Frank Byng. I’d like to thank them for all of their great work on this album.

在疫情爆發的這兩年里,我意外開啟了一些線上的合作模式。2020年末的冬天萌生了一個大提琴與鼓合作的念頭,於是就想到了遠在倫敦的老友沈靜,我們好久沒見面了,疫情之前,她幾乎每年都會找機會回一趟北京看望她的家人和朋友,而突如其來的新冠為時間畫上了一道分界線。有一天我和她說了想一起合作一張專輯的想法,只用兩種配器,電子大提琴+鼓,因為我很想知道大提琴的頻率跟鼓能產生什麽樣的效果,合作方式是我會發給她我在北京錄好的大提琴部分,她可以在上面加入鼓,我們倆都是即興的,只是沒有在同一個時空里發生,但音樂可以超越一切。我們達成了許多共識,比如;音樂是每個人的內在秩序表達,而我們倆人的內在秩序可以呈平行式並行,因為我們都有分裂的特質,我也希望我們可以在一起表達得更自由,一通開心的語音聊天之後,這張專輯的創作就此開始了。幾個月的合作過程,是在興奮與期待中完成的。最終這張專輯有幸在WV Sorcerer發行,感謝主理人若潭的支持,以及比利時神級後期縮混/母帶師Thomas Stadnicki 為這張專輯所做的一切工作和努力。

- Sheng Jie 盛潔 a.k.a gogoj



On this record I play drum and percussion, it has two parts: dynamic and static. The cello with gogoj is all improvised. I wanted to inject various levels of sound and inspiration into these two different feelings.

I picked up 10 of Mahler's symphony records in the winter of London's lockdown. gogoj 's cello performance is played like an irritated symphony orchestra conductor. Her wildness makes me play at ease. I must respect and follow the conductor's arrangement . During the drum recording, I first listened to Mahler's 6th and 9th symphonies; with a sense of emotion, I immediately followed gogoj's cello. It felt like a continuation of Mahler's story from the symphony. His Ninth Symphony is painful because it explores the theme of death. I felt extremely happy.

The percussion part of the record required more time because the sound engineer is also a drummer. We experimented and made many recordings to understand how to make these instruments sound different. For example, how to show African bells resembling the sound of a rainforest as opposed to the sound of bells on a horse’s neck. The part of the cello is like a beating pulse; and the strings have a strong sense of destiny in their emotional expression. gogoj’s style helps create a vivid sound. I chose Gamelan for one of the songs. I remember a friend from Indonesia said that Gamelan has a soul and that they often play beautiful sounds by themselves in an empty room late at night. I especially liked the story, so I imagined Gamelan's voice in that solitude, playing along with the pulse of gogoj.

The biggest inspiration for this record came from my acquaintance with gogoj in 2004. The first time I saw her I knew that we would work together in the future. These years of experience have allowed us to grow and improve one another and this record was always destined to happen. We are all very confident that we will make great work.

這張唱片鼓和打擊樂有動和靜兩個部分。因為和gogoj的大提琴全部是即興,所以我想在這兩個不同部份中注入完全不一樣的聽覺層次和靈感。

我在倫敦封城的冬天從新拾回馬勒的10部交響樂唱片。gogoj的大提琴像是一名暴躁的交響樂團指揮,生動的壓迫感叫我盡情放心的發揮,我必須聽從這個指揮的安排,在帶動下完成我可以做的一切。所以在錄制鼓的部分,我先聽馬勒的第六和第九交響曲,帶著一股情緒,馬上跟著gogoj的大提琴錄鼓,感覺是把馬勒在交響樂里故事去延續。他的第九交響樂是痛苦的,因為探討死亡。但我卻感受到了無比的快樂。

唱片里所有打擊樂的部分花的時間最多。因為錄音師也是一名鼓手,我們在錄音的時候反覆實驗錄制了很多次,如何叫這些樂器的聲音聽起來不一樣。比如,如何把這些非洲打擊樂展現的更加像是在熱帶雨林的森林里,而不是馬脖子上的鈴鐺。大提琴的部分像是脈搏的跳動,弦樂在情感表達上本身就有種濃濃的宿命感,而gogoj把它創造出更生動的聲音。我在其中一首曲中選擇了Gamelan。記得一個印度尼西亞的朋友說,Gamelan是有靈魂的,它們常常在深夜無人的房間中自己演奏出美麗的聲音。我特別喜歡這個故事,於是我想象著Gamelan在那個無人的時刻發出的聲音,跟著gogoj的脈搏跳動一起演奏。

這張唱片最大的靈感源於我和gogoj在2004年的相識,我第一次見到她就知道以後一定會一起做些什麽。這些年的經歷使我們彼此成長和進步,平行编织這張唱片是注定會出現的,我們都非常的自信會把它做好。

- Shen Jing 沈靜 a.k.a Shenggy



Sheng Jie 盛潔 (a.k.a gogoj), born in 1975, based in Beijing. Audio / visual artist, graduated from Ecole Supérieure Des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg in France, currently lives and works in Beijing. Works include video, film, sound, installation, and performance. She is one of China's foremost experimental musicians, active from the late '90s. Her first full-length album "Oviparity" was selected in Top 50 Releases of 2020 on The Wire Magazine.

“Sheng Jie's music moves elegantly from delicate plucked melodies to harsh, bowed walls of noise, elegiac drones, and densely looped and layered chords.” - Josh Feola, The Wire 435

"卵生 Oviparity" :
wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/album/oviparity



Shen Jing 沈靜 (a.k.a Shenggy) has been deeply immersed in Beijing’s music scene since 1998, participating in the vibrant explosion it has undergone in recent years. Until 2006, she was the drummer in Beijing punk legends Hang On The Box, but since 2003, her work has increasingly demonstrated her own unique form of cosmic industrial noise. She also formed White with Shou Wang with analog synths and percussions.

Since 2007, she has been moved to London, continues her music career as a producer and drummer. Her current project is Elephant House with electronic artist Christos Fanaras.

More music from Shen Jing:
elephanthouse.bandcamp.com/music
white-white.bandcamp.com
shanavlab.bandcamp.com/album/thursday-by-shenggy-a-week-of-music

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released February 4, 2022

Sheng Jie a.k.a gogoj 盛潔
Electric cello
Recorded in Beijing, 2021

Shen Jing a.k.a Shenggy 沈靜
Drums, Gamelan, Peking opera gong, Gankogui bells, Fruit nut maracas
Recorded by Frank Byng at Snorkels Studio, London, 2021

Mixed & mastered by Thomas Stadnicki in Brussels, 2021
Cover artwork & calligraphy by Sheng Jie 盛潔
Design & layout by Ruò Tán 若潭

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