奇迹寻踪

《奇迹寻踪》In Course Of The Miraculous 是惘闻乐队的首张电影原声加现场即兴实验专辑。《奇迹寻踪》是艺术家程然的壹部9小时电影，惘闻受邀完成了壹场长达1小时的水面声音实验现场并成为电影片尾曲而收录于专辑当中。除此之外原声专辑《奇迹寻踪》中还包含了惘闻为电影完成的氛围配乐作品。---“《奇迹寻踪》对惘闻来说是壹个非常有趣的尝试，也是惘闻正式发行的首张配乐作品，更为特别的是这里面也包括了我们根据影片做的壹次主题式的现场即兴演出录音”在着手开始这个盒子里面的音乐创作之前，我仅仅读了电影脚本。然而惘闻真正开始切入这部电影却是从2015年5月31日在阿荣影棚的那场即兴演出开始。演出前的壹周我和吉他手耿鑫壹起去了阿荣影棚看场地，那时的北京已经有30度了，我们刚结束巡演，头天晚上壹夜未眠，然后直接被车拉到了壹个不知道是哪里的地方，壹切感觉都太不真实了。不过幸运的是我们来看了场地，这才让我们重新更改了演出计划。因为面对壹个近千平米，挑高近20米的空旷厂房，以及地面上人工制造的“汪洋大海”，我们之前的演出设计瞬间变成了废纸。于是接下来壹周的准备时间，乐队开始以“海洋”为主题来构思这个特别的演出。我们壹起重新看了电影脚本，以及部分未剪辑的影片，最终我们决定构思四个场景然后以即兴的方式来演绎主题。 演出是5月31日下午2点钟开始，当我们7个人走到水面之上的舞台拿起各自乐器的那壹刻开始，我们每个人就像是大海里面的壹条条小船，迎著风和浪的方向吹响了号角。开始为这部影片写其他场景音乐的时候，大连回声图书馆的窗外雪花正在飘，冬天来了。于是所有的炙热和寒冷最终都被收进了了这个黑胶盒子。我们特别要感谢以下各位，是妳们让这壹切成为了现实：程然、孙怡、邓成龙、陈楠、河岸、小可、Robin Staps、王亚楠、廖智辉……--- 惘闻 2016年3月22日于旅顺 includes the soundtracks Wang Wen wrote for the film directed by Cheng Ran, plus one hour experimental live recordings for the film. ---“Course of the Miraculous” was an interesting experience for Wang Wen as it was the first time we recorded a movie soundtrack. Even more interesting is that we completely improvised the soundtrack to a musical theme based on the movie. Before we set about putting this project in motion (the result of which you are holding in your hand right now), we first had a quick read-through of the movie's screenplay. But our part in this story didn't fully begin until when we set foot on the stage at the ARong space on May, 2015. The week before the performance, Gen Xin (Wang Wen's guitarist) and I went to check out the space where we'd be playing. I remember it being 30 degrees in Beijing at the time and we just got back from a European tour and had no sleep from the night before. We took a van to the address we were given and when we got there we had no clue where the hell we were. Everything felt surreal. But things started to look up after we set eyes on the ARong space. The huge 1000 square meter stage surrounded by a 'vast ocean' (an in-door pond that the ARong space crew had created). After seeing this, we felt a huge wave of inspiration come over us and any ideas we previously had for this performance went right out the window. From then on the theme was the 'vast ocean'. We began reading the script over and over again and watched countless montages of the movie's edits. In the end, we decided to create 4 different scenarios and tie them together with an improvised music set. We performed on the 31st of May, 2015, at 2pm. From the moment the seven of us stepped on that stage with our instruments, standing over the water, we felt as though we were tiny boats on the vast blue sea, sounding our calls in the face of the relentless wind and waves. We embarked on this journey at our Library (Echo Books) in Dalian when it was deep into the cold winter. During that time, all of our warmth and creativity went into the vinyl your holding now. Huge thanks to everyone who help made this happen: ChengRan, SunYi, Deng Chenglong, Chen Nan, He'an, Xiao Ke, Robin, Wang Yanan and Liao Zhihui. --- Xieyugang, 22nd March 2016,Lv Shun