19 years of grouping, 3 years of lead singers... In the face of the outside world's disapproval and doubts, the Fei'er Orchestra is still insisting on making music and releasing albums. Two years after their last album, Doomsday Youth, The Completion Project, they released their 9th album, Heart of Diamonds.
On September 12, the Fei'er Orchestra (Chen Jianning, Ah Qin, Han Rui) came to Chengdu with this new album. In an interview with The Red Star News reporter, the Fei'er Orchestra hopes to do more musical works like this "Diamond Heart" and bring the public full of positive energy. "I've been in this industry for twenty or thirty years, and one moment pop hip hop, one moment pop rock, is never going to end. But keep doing your own thing, and one day, your time will come. Chen Jianning, a member of the orchestra and a senior musician, said frankly.
Precision production of new albums,
"Like polishing a diamond"
The new album was in preparation for two years, and the three members likened the process to "polishing a diamond", hence the title of the album Heart of Diamonds.
"[New album], these songs go through a series of elaborate handworks, like carving a work of art." So in the process of polishing the album, "difficulty" is commonplace. "In the past, the recording of songs was met in the music room, but because of the epidemic, we could only communicate with each other online, singing in the cloud and recording in the cloud. But a lot of the details of the song, really only face to face may be better handled. So after Ah Qin and I ended our quarantine, we finally merged with Han Rui in Beijing. Chen Jianning told Red Star News that at the end of last year, they spent half a month in the recording studio, "a bit like a retreat, every day in addition to eating and sleeping, it is in the recording studio." A lot of new ideas collided, and the album was finally polished. ”
For example, the title song of this album, "Splendid Dream", is that they met many Peking Opera lovers in Houhai, Beijing, and temporarily decided to integrate the traditional Chinese opera and the beauty of Chinese art into rock music.
"This is a new national trend, not only in music is Chinese style, we take Chinese elements as a symbol, but also from visuals, costume design, installation art, MV, have our own elements." "Splendid Dream" adds guzheng, pipa, erhu, zidi, and many electronic instruments and electric guitars, so that it is integrated with Chinese tunes to form a new culture. Chen Jianning said frankly. Chen Jianning and Ah Qin, who have created nearly a thousand songs, have cooperated with jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Zhang Huimei and other superstars, but they still hope to continue to explore different styles, so they have this "Splendid Dream".
Insist on doing your own thing,
Your time will come
In an interview with Red Star News reporters, Chen Jianning and Ah Qin have been praising lead singer Han Rui. You know, after the departure of Zhan Wenting, the former lead singer of the Fei'er Orchestra, the post-95 girl carried too much pressure. At first, the outside world was full of doubts and ridicule for the young Han Rui, believing that she failed to bring vitality to the band, but made the Fei'er Orchestra lose its most important soul. For a long time, the fans of the Fei'er Orchestra thought that the voice did not match the appearance in the memory, and many fans even asked them not to sing it again.
In this regard, Chen Jianning bluntly said that no matter what the sound is, he is very grateful, and the fans like the music, story and spirit of the Fei'er Orchestra. "Every singer has strengths and weaknesses, and then I feel the focus is on getting her to play her own bit. Just like when Han Rui first joined 3 years ago, we will find a lot of new elements in her, and this possibility (musically) is very diverse. Chen Jianning told Red Star News that the orchestra had received an invitation to compose a song in English. In this process, we found that Han Rui's English is very good, and his understanding is quite strong, which makes us have more possibilities in composing and singing. ”
Many music groups are difficult to go further away from the original lead singer, but the Fei'er Orchestra has been 19 years to this day, and the three members believe that the most critical reason is that they have common goals, common visions, and firmly believe that the music they make can give people strength, which is also the motivation for them to persevere. "The independent orchestras in the Chinese music circle, there are Mayday, Soda Green, and us. Do you want to cater to this market, or do you want to stick to your own route? "Chen Jianning hopes that every independent orchestra that is still insisting on it must be themselves." I've been in this business for twenty or thirty years myself, and one moment pop hip hop, one moment pop rock, is never over. But keep doing your own thing, and one day, your time will come. ”
Red Star News reporter Ren Hongwei intern Guo Congli According to the interviewee
Edited by Li Jie
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