Poke the map to listen to the complete series of Deng Dian's "Contrived"
In 2018, Deng Dian participated in the talent show "Children of Tomorrow Season 2", and finally won the 4th place in the national finals and officially debuted. In September this year, he released his debut album "Contrivance", which is very rich and diverse in musical attributes, but compared with the diversity of each song and style, the diversity of this album has always been based on the characteristics of Deng Dian, which has a jazz old soul and a British small psychedelic personal characteristics.
It is precisely because of Deng Dian's personal characteristics that it has always become the fulcrum of musical performance, and it also makes the diversified styles not give people a mixed feeling. Listening to the whole album, this diversity has become the activation of Deng Dian's possibilities, they are like a halo, shrouded around Deng Dian, so that your familiar Deng Dian, more different, so that a new Deng Dian, still your familiar appearance.
The biggest difference in the sound of the whole album is that it is a record that has been completely separated from the traditional Chinese album production model. It has no traditional ballet songs, no elements of déjà vu, and the whole album is full of spirit, agility, even love songs, singing freely and vividly. From another point of view, it is also the lack of a sense of boundaries in production that makes the album's music no longer deliberate and contrived. And when the structure and framework are no longer contrived, the singer can naturally enjoy it.
But Deng Dian's album also has a bottom line in the matter of "contrivance", that is, the inheritance and balance of music. The best embodiment of inheritance is the two works of "Unique" and "Enigma". Although they are all works of R&B style, in fact, "Unique" is more inclined to the kind of Contemporary R&B of the late 1990s, while "Enigma", composed and produced by Song Nianyu, is more integrated with the PB-R&B approach of that year, combining the timbre and rhythm of EDM, and the practice of ambient music. Of these two styles, the former requires the tension of the singer's vocal line to form the dominant control of the vocals. The latter, through the coordination with the arrangement, the fusion with the atmosphere, through the use of harmony, emotion and breathing, sing a richer situation.
And Deng Dian has no sense of violation of these two cross-generational styles, although the temperament of the two songs actually spans at least twenty years. Therefore, deng dian's heart lives with an old soul, which is correct. Similarly, Deng Dian has the possibility of the future of music, which is also true.
Although it is a very obvious new generation album, and even full of a lot of electronic elements, many of the works of "Contrived", such as "Cry" and "Aurora", have retained the orchestra's composition.
Like "Cry", it sounds like alternating R&B, and the rhythm has a Trapp color, but this song is done by the band, which also makes the work have a good balance between virtual and real.
The tamping drum beat of Aurora gives the work a more solid power, and this arrangement setting undoubtedly synchronizes the theme of the work, that is, the clean, direct light and power than the stereo electronic tone.
Although "Don't Stop" is a retro dance music, under the design of producer Lee Chun-kuen, the guitar of early Beyond member Liu Zhiyuan was added, and the balance between retro and blood, rhythm and wildness was achieved to the greatest extent.
The interpretation of this song "Don't Want to Wake Up" is also a new breakthrough for Deng Dian, using a large number of false sounds to form Hook paragraphs, which also makes the work have a comfortable and comfortable warmth. Compared with the previous openness in singing, this song is more often used to reflect the dreamy sense of "not wanting to wake up" with the reception of emotions and timbre, which not only realizes the synchronization of technology and content, but also for a singer who has always sung with strength, it is also a breakthrough in another interpretation latitude.
"Negative Film" and "Tragic And Extremely Happy" are the two most artistic works on the album, but the artistic direction of the two works is completely different.
Musician Chen Shimu's work "Negative Film" has a flowing and elegant melody, and NIA Yang Xinyu's arrangement combination of electronic timbre and acoustic instruments is like the interlacing of positive image and negative film, two shades, two mirrors, interlaced and complementary. In addition, NIA Yang Xinyu's composition of fragmented sound effects and orchestrated by the orchestra in "Cry" also left a deep impression.
The other song, "Sorrowful Bliss", is in the form of cello, acoustic guitar and harmony, which more sets off the texture in Deng Dian's vocal line. And the sense of sobing in Deng Dian's voice line, hoarse and grainy, and even more with the sad temperament of the cello, interprets a "sad" word in "Sorrowful Bliss" to a poignant and broken intestine.
And "Freud" may be called the most modern art work, Zhang Chi's moderate rhythm, special human voice effects, futuristic synth tone, and the occasional harp-like timbre in the middle, coupled with Deng Dian's casual improvisation, it really weaves a magical dream with music.
This kind of songwriting and vocal interpretation has become one, and indeed has completely separated from the traditional Chinese ballet, it can not be copied and disseminated by karaoke, all its characteristics must be given life by the singer, the singer does not appear in this song, the song will have no life.
Although this album also has predecessors such as Li Zhenquan and excellent musicians of the Mesozoic generation such as Xiaoyu, more are younger musicians, and even post-95 musicians, dominating the overall music trend of the album. When you hear about the internationalization of music in the album, in fact, it is not these musicians who learn from internationalization, but they who grew up in the era of internationalization, and the most natural creation and expression is internationalization itself.
In particular, many of the album's works also have a situation, that is, there are often more than three musicians in a work at the same time, this kind of collectivization, especially from the beginning, has been highly integrated with the overall design of music, which is also a major feature of current international pop music. This approach can make the overall sense of music stronger, rather than just the traditional model of words + songs.
On the other hand, "Contrived" is also an album of mutual achievements between singers and teams. The deep integration of the production team with the singer in music also makes the vocals of Deng Dian in the album no longer lonely, but contrasts with the music, making the album three-dimensional and full. Even the fans who face Deng Dian still want to say that this kind of album deserves a big thumbs up to the entire behind-the-scenes team.
Therefore, from a musical point of view, Deng Dian's "Contrivance" is a truly current pop music album, and because of its pioneering nature in structure and production, this contemporary attribute can also be extended to the next few years. Deng Dian, who has strength, is lucky, he has experienced history, witnessed history, and is also creating history.
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