SPITGAN MAGAZINE: SPITTING MAD FIRE
Oooh what a line up! DJ Chong Wizard’s latest offering is the first in a series of 6. 6 Power Stone pieces get it. The Power Stone EP goes hard. With artists from both sides of the Atlantic. Standout tracks include Power, Wakanda, and City of Sin. It’s comic inspired tracks bring cohesiveness to the entire piece, and its ill to see each artist’s take and inspiration. Check the artwork too by Rob Israel on some twisted ish. Jordan C, Ro Data I see ya!
STREAM AND PURCHASE THE PROJECT HERE :
https://chongwizard.bandcamp.com/album/the-power-stone-ep
訪問/ Interview : Jordan C.
攝影/ Photos : DirtyDiggs & Luck E Shot
翻譯/ Translation : Jose Chu
Planet Asia和他的團隊Gold Chain Military 現在正處於一個階段是,他們可以找任何一個他們喜歡的製作人去造一個節奏…甚至一整個專輯。我的意思是,Durag Dynasty有一個由The Alchemist製作的項目,並有傳言指早前Pete Rock製作了一個完整的Medallions專輯。重點是,他們的內部團隊Dirty Diggs已經逐漸能媲美90年代的偉人們。這兩個來自菲律賓的兄弟JR和Noy One,正如他們的名字一樣,不要怕讓他們手中的塵土飛揚。他們翻轉爵士樂和靈魂循環的方式並不是不能學習的。
在過去九年,DD已經從生產幾首歌予Gold Chain的項目轉變成可以在全整專輯中與不同的主持合作。他們與Agallah合作的專輯“Flight of the Cranes”是一部沉睡中的經典作品。最近SPITGAN有機會和這些兄弟姊妹們見面,了解一下這核心中的歷史。
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Planet Asia and his clique Gold Chain Military are on that level where they can reach out to any producer in the game for a beat…or a whole album, for that matter. I mean, come on, Durag Dynasty had a whole project produced by The Alchemist, and there has been rumors of a full Medallions album conducted by Pete Rock for a while now. But here’s the thing, their in-house production team, DirtyDiggs, have gradually become just as in-demand as any of the ‘90s greats. These two Filipino brothers, JR and Noy One, are not afraid to get their hands dusty, as their name suggests. And the way they flip jazz and soul loops is not something that can be taught.
Within the last 9 years, DD have transitioned from producing a couple songs on any given Gold Chain project, to partnering with a multitude of emcees for full albums. Their CD with Agallah, Flight of the Cranes, is a slept-on classic and last year’s Dirty Planet with Planet Asia was easily as ill as Anchovies, his acclaimed collabo with Apollo Brown. SPITGAN recently got a chance to chop it up with these sampling siblings and dig a little into their history behind the boards.
SPITGAN: What were yall doing before you got down with Planet Asia and GCM?
Noy One: We were making beats for about five years before we met them. We were releasing mostly instrumentals.
JR: Yeah, we did a couple songs with other people. We did a song with Percee P and we did a song with Roc C. Thta’s about it before we met Planet Asia and them.
SG: How did those collabs come about?
JR: I just hit ‘em up through Twitter…or whatever it was. Maybe 2010-ish.
NO: Might have been Myspace actually.
拍攝/Photos : Courtesy of Low Leaf
訪問/Interview : Jordan C.
翻譯/Translation : Essy Chiu
Los Angeles’ Low Leaf is the latest in a proud line of strong, spiritual women that strum the extended strings of the harp. And this is not a gimmick, LL might be slight of frame but she handles the large instrument like a seasoned session player. If you’re not familiar with her chilled out sounds and need a co-sign, she dropped a collabo single, A Light Within, with noted beatologist King Britt in 2014.
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近日樂壇出現了一個充滿靈性的女音樂人，來自美國洛杉磯的Low Leaf雖然還沒有太大的名氣，但她以彈得一手好的豎琴而引人注目。若果你對Low Leaf這個名字及她的Chill out音樂感到陌生，聽一聽她在2014年與以做節拍稱皇的King Britt合作的專輯《A Light Within》，你便知道我所言非虛。
這位才華洋溢、對多種樂器均揮灑自如的美籍菲律賓音樂人，感性而又充滿靈性，與Erykah badu有著很多共通之處。在以下的訪問中，她不但向我們分享了豎琴對她在音樂創作上的影響，更講述了她的音樂歷程及她的最新大碟背後的深厚意義。
SPITGAN：可否為我們讀者介紹一下你自己，你最為人所熟悉的是什麼？
Low Leaf：我覺得應該是彈奏豎琴…以電音混合豎琴制作音樂。我同時會彈鋼琴、結他、做節拍及唱歌。
SG : 可否講一下你的音樂背景？
LL : 我五歲開始彈鋼琴、接受古典音樂訓練。四年級學了一年豎琴，但當時教我豎琴的老師退休了，我亦沒有學下去。其餘的樂器都是自學的，像怎樣以結手作曲、怎樣以電腦錄歌、怎樣做節拍。直至2009年我才再開始彈豎琴，那時我覺得自己在豎琴方面什麼都不懂，於是我決定胡亂的做一些歌，我當時還對自己說，“我很爛，不如還是唱唱彈彈算了。”
SG : 是什麼讓你再重新拿起豎琴？
LL : 當我正在改變我的音樂風格的時候，有人向我推薦了Alice Coltrane的音樂。老實說當時我只想將豎琴混入我做的節拍當中，但後來，我覺得可能是因為自己成熟了，當我彈豎琴時，發現它原來是一種很特別的樂器，值得進一步去發掘，而不單單只是作為採樣的一部分。當我愛上Alice Coltrane及Dorothy Ashby的音樂的時候，我發現了豎琴的另一面，並被它深深的啟發著。我當時在想，我應該以自己的風格去開拓豎琴，在我的音樂進化的路程上，豎琴是非常自然進入其中的。
