試聽:http://www.flau.jp/releases/36.html
title: Butterfly Case
artist: Cuushe
cat#: FLAU36
日本大阪女唱作人cuushe 從幾年前首張專輯《Red Rocket Telepathy》呈現的文藝氣息,大量環境錄音與現成聲響反映細緻敏感的內心世界,到這回旅居柏林後,音樂風格明顯產生巨大分野,其夢幻歌聲依舊,但音樂卻演變成誘人的電音節拍、那些微妙的類成磁帶、扭曲合成器聲響、鼓機與吉他迴路,讓這次cuushe 的每首歌曲都很容易讓人進入那優美流暢節奏當中,這跟擔任製作人、flau廠牌負責人aus的運籌帷幄固然重要,但跟她離開日本在柏林吸收異文化,特別是當地獨特的電音氛圍絕對脫不了關係,這張《Butterfly Case》絕對可以拿來跟Lali Puna、Donna Regina、Pluramon或Guitar等德國優質獨立電音樂隊最好作品相提並論。
“Butterfly Case” is Cuushe’s brand new breath-taking 2nd full length album, coming four years after her beautiful debut “Red Rocket Telepathy” and the subsequent “Girl You Know That I Am Here But The Dream” EP.
While Cuushe’s debut album put more focus on field recordings and found sounds, in “Butterfly Case”, you can see her moving graciously from her dreams into reality, expressing herself with delicate analog tape, distorted synths, drum machines, looped guitars and her signature feathery vocals. This wonderful album is co-produced by flau label mastermind aus, with Geskia at the mastering helm. These astonishing new songs allow us see a new vision, an imagination from Cuushe that we’ve never seen before.
The balearic guitar-house track “I Love You”, which is one of the most popular tracks from the album, has already been receiving raving reviews from the press both in Japan and overseas, while the ambient-ish R&B take in “Hanabi” is a wonderful reminiscent of Cocteau Twins & early 4AD meet soul music. Cuushe’s uniquely beautiful voice, and the delicately beat-driven music that was masterfully produced in “Butterfly Case”, has undoubtedly unfolded a new exciting dimension in dream pop music. by Tim McGregor & Wei Yuen, mu-nest. |