Cloud Splitter: Modern Minimalism

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简介

劈云斩雾（Cloud Splitter）是一个器乐项目，由三个朋友在犹他州的山脉中创作和表演。 去年 10 月，查尔斯·范·柯克（Charles Van Kirk）、克里斯蒂安·李（Christian Li）和迈克·博诺（Mike Bono）前往犹他州，在盐湖城外的雪峰围绕下写作和录音。 结果是一个完整的专辑，从中衍生了三个采样包。 每首音乐都源于作曲家过去对某座山脉的特定记忆。 瑞士瓦尔斯、巴西里约热内卢、犹他州蒂姆帕诺戈山和纽约北部都唤起了音乐。 范柯克、李和博诺在制作专辑期间在犹他州采集了户外现场录音，并将其中一些声音融入音乐中。

音乐的制作风格是声学吉他、钢琴和打击乐器与模拟合成器和鼓机的郁郁葱葱的混合体。 这些作品是专门为采样包而创作的，包括催眠的简约风格和缓慢发展的和谐。 他们的灵感来自巴赫到津巴布韦姆比拉音乐再到电台司令。 采样包循环适用于电影配乐和专辑的背景。

专辑使用 Coles 4038 带状麦克风和 Neumann 电容麦克风录制到 A 级麦克风前置放大器和 Universal Audio 转换器。 现场录音使用 Neumann KM184s 录制到 Sound Devices 录音机。

所有歌曲均由范柯克、李和博诺作曲 制作和混音：查尔斯·范·柯克 母带制作：凯文·里夫斯（仅限专辑，不包括采样包） 钢琴和合成器：克里斯蒂安·李 吉他：迈克·博诺 鼓、打击乐和人声：查尔斯·范·柯克 额外弦乐：克里斯托弗·马里恩 额外人声：朱莉娅·伊斯特林和蒂姆·福斯特

原文

Cloud Splitter is an instrumental project composed and performed by three friends in the mountains of Utah. Last October, Charles Van Kirk, Christian Li and Mike Bono traveled to the Utah to write and record while surrounded by the snowy peaks outside of Salt Lake City. The result is a full length album from which three sample packs have been derived. Each piece of music is inspired by a specific memory of a mountain from the composer’s past. Vals, Switzerland, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mount Timpanogos, Utah and Upstate New York are all evoked in the music. Van Kirk, Li and Bono captured outdoor field recordings in Utah during the making of the album and integrated some of those sounds into the music.

The production style of the music is a lush hybrid of acoustic guitars, piano and percussion with analog synthesizers and drum machines. The compositions were made specifically with the idea of sample packs in mind, including hypnotic minimalist grooves and slowly evolving harmony. Their inspirations range from Bach to Zimbabwean mbira music to Radiohead. The sample pack loops are ripe for placement in the context of film scores and albums.

The album was recorded with Coles 4038 ribbon microphones and Neumann condensers into Class A mic preamps and Universal Audio converters. The field recordings were made with Neumann KM184s into a Sound Devices recorder.

All songs composed by Van Kirk, Li and Bono

Produced and Mixed by Charles Van Kirk

Mastered by Kevin Reeves (just the album, not sample packs)

Piano and Synths by Christian Li

Guitars by Mike Bono

Drums, Percussion and Vocals by Charles Van Kirk

Additional Strings by Christopher Marion

Additional Vocals by Julia Easterlin and Tim Foust