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黑​馬​河​的​兒​子 The Son of Black Horse River

by 王嘯 Wang Xiao

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DJ SpaceTerrapin There is an urgency and a longing in this record, a mood that is breathtaking. The music and the voice might catch you instantly, or after a while. But catch you they will. Favorite track: A2 大雁 Wild Geese.
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Jordan Vauvert Quand je suis allé du côté de chez WV Sorcerer, je suis venu pour Latrines, Zuriaake ou Be Persecuted. Vous ajoutez des albums, puis vient le moment où acheter la discographie du label devient plus rentable. Le reste, "on verra plus tard".

Je finis par tomber sur cet album et, quand je vois que ça parle de troubadour, mon sang ne fait qu'un tour. Je me laisse emporter par la voix rocailleuse contant ces légendes.

Je suis venu pour du black metal, je suis resté pour de la musique folklorique. Favorite track: B3 狼來了 Here Come the Wolves.
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大雁 駱駝草和黑沙的國度 在神的荒原 我曾為一杯酒而迷路 哎嘿 哎嘿 嘿喲 那大雁飛過的故鄉 是母親生我的地方 手掌和馬蹄踏紅的夕陽 在神的帳房 我只為一句話而醒來 哎嘿 哎嘿 嘿喲 那大雁飛過的地方 是父親死去的地方 Wild Geese While seeking a cup of nectar I’ve become lost On the earth of dark sand and camel grass On the waste land of all the gods and divinities Above the vast land where my mother gave birth to me The wild geese voyaged across the darkened sky I woke up in the sacred tabernacle Only for words I’ve heard I saw the horses galloping across the setting sun Through my hands’ vessels and vines Above the vast land where my father died The wild geese voyaged across the darkened sky
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黑馬河的兒子 黑馬河的女人 為了她的情人 把孩子留在黑馬河 黑馬河的狼啊 不忍心聽見 孩子的哭聲在黑馬河 黑馬河的孩子 偷偷在黑暗中 學會寫詩唱歌 黑馬河啊! 靜靜的夜 那女人聽見孩子在歌唱 The Son of Black Horse River For her fancy man She abandoned her child In the Black Horse River But the mother wolf couldn’t bear to hear The sobs beneath the freezing water In secret the child learned To compose poetry and give praise in song So shall he praise the Black Horse River! In the still of the night She overhears the child singing his song
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狼來了 山上的樹砍光 狼也不知道搬到哪裏去 我是那個喊狼來的孩子 如今仍在東遊西蕩 村裏的地蓋樓 姑娘也不知道嫁到哪裏去 我是那個愛她的人 如今仍在東走西唱 狼來了,你是不是記得我 狼來了,我比你還寂寞 狼來了,你是不是忘記我 狼來了,我比你更饑餓 Here Come the Wolves The wooded mountain is cut into a wasteland And the wolves become homeless I was the boy who said the wolves were coming But I am now still roaming around The hamlet is replaced by a concrete jungle And the maiden doesn’t know whom to marry I was the boy who loved her But I am now still singing my song “Here come the wolves” Do you still remember me? “Here come the wolves” I am feeling lonelier than thee “Here come the wolves” Am I the forgotten one? “Here come the wolves” Do you ever know, I am getting more hungry and thirsty
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東方的夢魘 那東方遙遠生長的東方 請不要為我痛苦的歌唱悲傷 我從我的背後走向我的前方 遙遠的前方 請你再一次把我從魘夢中喚醒 獨白: 地肥水美的黑馬河喲! 你的兒子再也沒有頑皮的自由 美麗貧窮的母親哦! 請在我臨死之前改嫁吧! The Eastern Nightmare The vast eastern land The immortal divine country May you never weep for my songs of pain As I walk from the ancient times to the distant future May you ever wake me up Save me again from this horrible dream Monologue: The River of Black Horse My gorgeous homeland of fertility! Your son will never again be free! The woman who gave me birth My beautiful mother suffering poverty! May you marry another man For your dying child to see!
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影子 第一次上山 是獵人帶我去 我在口渴時 他讓我吃下野果 於是我變了 變得很聰明 第一次進城 是女人帶我去 在我饑餓時 她讓我吞下欲望 於是我變了 變得很有錢 在我絕望時 遇見了一個武士 他給我一把劍 又送我兩個字 從此我開始變得冷酷無情 變得無情無義 這時我老了 什麽都看不見 於是我想回家 是影子背我回去 從此我開始重新摸索一切 重新開始一切 獨白: 要是有點光就好了! Vague Shadow The first time I climbed the mountain I was with a huntsman When I felt thirsty I ate the wild fruit he gave me And so I changed I earned a brilliant mind and a sage's wisdom The first time I went to town I was with a woman When I felt hungry I ate the lust she gave me And so I changed I earned treasures and riches When I was drowned in despair a knight came across me He gave me a sword and a couple of words Made me into a ruthless beast But then I was aged and blind And my root was calling me. During the return journey It was the vague shadow that carried me So I restarted my exploration Turning over a new leaf Monologue: But will there be some light?
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王嘯 Wang Xiao - 黑馬河的兒子 The Son of Black Horse River

Ballads of a troubadour from Gobi Desert in Central Asia.

“His voice is original, it’s a blend of a shaman and the characteristics of the nomadic people. His way to play dombra is unusual, not with the finger but a plectrum, that makes the music fiercer and more rhythmic. Wang Xiao spent many years in Lhasa, he also put the rhythm of the monks chanting into his music, all these make his works dialoguing with the sun and the earth, it contains the essence from the land and the passing time.”

「那是個嗓音和為人都硬朗通透的黝黑漢子。他的演唱是融合了薩滿巫師和遊牧民族特點,自己獨創的一種唱法,他的冬不拉演奏一反常規的輪指與轉腕,而是用撥片,使其殺傷力、節奏感更強。其中融合的喇嘛誦經的節奏、多年的拉薩生活使王嘯的作品與土地和陽光通融起來,它包含了太多的歲月和土地的積澱。」 。

- Zhang Zhi 張智(旅行者樂隊)

“I came up with the nickname ‘Folk shaman’. I met Wang Xiao back in 2002-2003, when he was still a rock-n-roll young guy in Shenzhen, but his mental state was like channeling with a shaman or a minstrel. It may have something to do with his life experience, mysterious and unique.”

「『民謠巫師』這個綽號是我起的,我是2002—2003年間認識王嘯的,當時在深圳,他還是標準的搖滾青年形象,但他的精神狀態就像薩滿巫師和遊吟者通靈一般,這或許和他的生活經歷有關系,有一種神秘、獨特的氣質。」

- Wu Junde 吳俊德(旅行者樂隊,前舌頭樂隊)


Wang Xiao was born in Karamay, Xinjiang in 1966. His parents are oil exploration workers. From childhood, he followed his parents to live and grow up in the wilderness of Gobi Desert. In 1989 he quitted his oil field job and started traveling as a troubadour. He has lived in Tibet for 10 years and now resides in Yunnan. As Wang Xiao said: “In my memory, there is no ‘home’ concept, just keep moving from place to place”. The album is clearly not “indie city folk”, nor is it “world music”. However, after years of immersion in the vein of Central Asian culture, the influence of traditional music from various Central Asian regions is obvious. The whole album is dark and deep, like the rocks in the desert. The occasional overtone singing plays well with the dombra tone, the musician is seeking the divine nature of the universe. “Folk singers in the past were poets and sorcerers themselves. They could only sing after divination and sacrifice, or by helping people to predict diseases, fortunes, planting and family affairs. Folk singers should be the ones who atone for the lives.”

The symbolic and poetic lyrics are also an important part for the album. With Lu (Heartless/Vergissmeinnicht/Mandarava), Edward Sanderson and Josh Feola's help, we included the full Chinese lyrics with English translation, it will help the listener to have a better understanding of Wang Xiao’s music.

The album was recorded in the winter of 2007 in Beijing. “At that time, it was just me, Wu Junde and Wu Tun to do this recording. They bought me some wine, we drank them and recorded the album (dombra and vocal) for only two hours, then I went back to Tibet right after.” Wu Junde and Obul added tanbur, mouth harp, more vocals and percussions afterward. “We didn’t feel it’s a very good album at first. The tempo is not always right because we didn’t use a metronome, but as you listened to it for a long time, it was great. It's a record that can't be repeated, because it's made at one go, and it's very straight.”

Previously self-published as CDr in 2010, now we reissue this album as a Ten Year Anniversary Edition, with new graphic design and a bonus track “Refugee of Faith on the Ancient River Bank” recorded in 2016. All tracks are carefully remastered by our friend Cyril Meysson.

(Update 2023: double LP version out in July.)

“Black Horse River, for me, is my real motherland.” – Wang Xiao


王嘯,1966年生於新疆克拉瑪依,父母為石油斟探工作者,自幼跟隨父母在荒原、戈壁、沙漠生活,成長度日。曾當過石油工人,1989年離職,自此吟游四方,曾在西藏居住十年,現居雲南。如王嘯所說:「在我的記憶中,沒有什麽『家』的概念,只是不停的搬動,變換著不同的地方。」這張專輯顯然不是「城市民謠」,也並不是所謂的「世界音樂」或「民族音樂」。但是多年浸淫在中亞文化的血液之中,中亞各民族傳統音樂的影子顯而易見,我更想稱之為一張音樂人自己的Ballad作品。整張專輯黑暗、沉重,像沙漠中的巨石拍打着大地,若隱若現的泛音唱法配合着冬不拉的刷彈,音樂人依存在天地萬物的神性之間。「過去的民謠歌手本身就是詩人、巫師。他們要為人們的病痛、禍福、栽種、家族的事、以前的恩怨等進行占卦、祭祀、問天後才可以歌唱,民謠歌手應該是生命的贖罪者。」如詩歌一般凝練、寫實卻又充滿象徵性的歌詞也是這張專輯重要的一部分,在魯創(Heartless/Vergissmeinnicht/Mandarava)、Edward Sanderson和Josh Feola的細心幫助下,我們在這次再版中收錄了完整的中文歌詞和英文翻譯,讓聽者更能體會音樂所傳達的含義。

這張專輯錄製與2007年冬天的北京,「當時錄音就我和吳俊德、吳吞,他倆給我買了幾瓶酒,喝完就錄了,用了兩個小時,第二天我就回到了西藏。」,後來吳俊德和吾不力在後期又加入了彈撥爾、口弦、和聲和手鼓。「這張專輯猛一聽不是很好,有很多錯拍子,因為當時沒有采點,但聽的時間長了,就很棒,越聽越好。是一張不能重復的唱片,因為它一氣而成,氣口很正。」這張專輯在2010年由音樂人自己出版了CDr,到現在已經十年。這次的十週年再版,巫唱片設計了全新的Digipak CD,加入了磁帶版本,並多附一首2016年新作《先河邊的信仰難民》,也邀請了多次合作的法国母帶師Cyril Meysson重製了母帶,在保留原始錄音氣質的同時也提升了整體的聆聽感受。

(Update 2023:雙黑膠版本7月發行)

「『黑馬河』對我來說,就是我真正的祖國。」- 王嘯

(部分文字摘自《通俗歌曲》2011年3月號《黑馬河的兒子 - 王嘯專訪》,作者:陳郁)

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released August 4, 2023

詞/曲/唱:王嘯
(除《大雁》詞:撒韜、王嘯,《翻唱》原唱:李世榮,詞/曲:雷振邦,改編:王嘯)

冬不拉:王嘯
吉他:吳俊德(曲A1)
口弦:吳俊德(曲A4)
和聲:吳俊德(曲A3、B1、B3、C1、C2、C3)
彈撥爾:吳俊德(曲B1、C1)
鼓:吾不力(曲A1、A2、A3、B1、B3、C1、C2、C3)

錄音:吳唯一(中國北京,2007年冬),專輯2010年由音樂人獨立出版發行

附加曲目:
《塔里木河》2015年五月錄制於匈牙利布達佩斯國家音樂藝術節
吉他:Both Miklos
低音貝斯:Novak Csaba
欽巴龍揚琴:Lukacs Mikos
鼓:Des Andras
冬不拉、人聲:王嘯
開場人聲:央吉瑪
錄音:Barnabás Hidasi & Nicky Almasy

《先河邊的信仰難民》錄製於2016年
冬不拉、人聲:王嘯
馬頭琴:GaWa
鼓:陳志鵬

重制母帶:Cyril Meysson(法國聖艾蒂安)

歌詞英文翻譯:魯創(Heartless/Vergissmeinnicht/Mandarava)
校對:Edward Sanderson & Josh Feola

封面畫作:王元清,攝影:李銘,設計:若潭
特別感謝:吳吞、吳俊德

Music/Lyrics/Vocals: Wang Xiao
(Except "Wild Geese" Lyrics by Sa Dao & Wang Xiao, "Cover Song" Original singer Li Shirong, Music/Lyrics by Lei Zhenbang, rearranged by Wang Xiao)

Dombra: Wang Xiao
Guitar: Wu Junde (Track A1)
Mouth Harp: Wu Junde (Track A4)
Chorus: Wu Junde (Track A3, B1, B3, C1, C2, C3)
Tanbur: Wu Junde (Track B1, C1)
Percussions: Obul (Track A1, A2, A3, B1, B3, C1, C2, C3)

Recorded by Wu Weiyi in Beijing, China, winter 2007, previously self-released in 2010

Bonus tracks:

"Tarim River"

Recorded in May 2015, at National Music and Arts Festival in Budapest, Hungary
Guitar: Both Miklos
Double bass: Novak Csaba
Cimbalom: Lukacs Mikos
Percussions: Des Andras
Dombra & Vocals: Wang Xiao
Intro vocal: Yunggiema
Recorded by Barnabás Hidasi & Nicky Almasy

"Refugee of Faith on the Ancient River Bank"

Recorded in 2016
Dombra & Vocals: Wang Xiao
Morin khuur: GaWa
Percussions: Chen Zhipeng


Remastered by Cyril Meysson in Saint-Étienne, France

English lyrics translated by Lu (Heartless/Vergissmeinnicht/Mandarava)
Proofread by Edward Sanderson & Josh Feola

Cover art by Wang Yuanqing
Photography by Li Ming
Design & Layout by Ruò Tán
Special thanks to Wu Tun & Wu Junde



CD版發行日期:2020年5月20日,小滿(十週年紀念版)
CD version released on May 20, 2020 (Ten Year Anniversary Edition)

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