At the end of 2023, electronic singer-songwriter Shang Wenjie will sing again and release a new EP "Mind Uploading... 0.3: iQue. So far, Shang Wenjie has released three EPs in a row in a quarter, and the progress bar of the new New Year's Eve album "Mind Uploading Consciousness Uploading..." is far from complete.
From the AI female warrior in "0.1: Awakening" to the female scientist in "0.2: Rainbow Wilderness" who played with electronic music experiments, when the series concept EP came to the third album, the misty "Mind Uploading" consciousness uploading... 0.3: iQue" opens up people's boundless imagination of Trip-Hop. In the world of electronic music, Shang Wenjie started a "fugue" Mind Walk without warning.
Eight Years of Restart: An Electronic Music Feast from Self-Healing to Healing
In this EP in which Shang Wenjie participated in the songwriting throughout the songwriting, "Baby Baby" and "Banquet Feast" are Chinese songs that fans have not seen for a long time. Playing Trip-Hop and emphasizing the journey of self-healing and healing, "Mind Uploading... 0.3: iQue" is like an electronic music feast for the emo crowd.
In Shang Wenjie's view, people who are sad in their hearts will not become happier when they listen to happy songs. Only emo can truly cure emo. People need to complete the dialogue with themselves in an independent and complex self-universe. "Banquet" is like a constant journey through the small universe of consciousness, while dissociating oneself, it also completes a reconciliation with one's inner emotions. Learning to turn a blind eye and practice Xi no longer care is the lesson left to us by the feast of life.
This EP also includes a song "Hedgehog (Hedgehog)" that Shang Wenjie started writing eight years ago. Because he never could make the kind of music he wanted the most, he gave up the production several times, and the demo has been shelved by Shang Wenjie. Eight years later, Shang Wenjie finally collided with "Hedgehog" in the fresh creative environment of the band "150". Shang Wenjie presents a lot of graphic sense in "Hedgehog", and she thinks that this song is "the most like herself" and "the most suitable for herself" single.
"150" Band: Staying True to the Heart Starts with Electronic Music
In the process of making this EP, Shang Wenjie formed the band "150" with two musical soulmates. Based on the trio's shared love for authentic trip-hop and electronic music, the band "150" was born, an innovative collaboration between three established music producers. It is precisely because of the band "150" that "Hedgehog (Hedgehog)" has a chance to regain its musical life after 8 years of silence.
She has worked with keyboardist, arranger, and producer Caralinda Booth (who has worked with Deborah Harry, Thompson Twins, and Shakespears Sister) for many years, and Clare Kenny, the third member of the band (who has worked with Sinead O Conner, Brian Eno, Aztec). Camera and other artists) combined her smooth and individual bass performance with Trip-Hop's unique atmospheric timbre to create a highly graphic music scene.
After Caralinda returned to the UK in 2018, the three members of the band "150" have been communicating and collaborating online, which makes EP 03, which is co-produced by the trio, full of contemporary cyber flavor. Beneath Shang Wenjie's strong electronic music style, she and the members of the band "150" faithfully present the infinite tension of life itself through love and memory.
Musical Notes: A Story from Wayward to Resilient
is different from the past, after the new song was launched this time, Shang Wenjie rarely posted a music note. The article mentions the changes and persistence in the past ten years, and also talks about the song that has been hidden in the snow for 8 years, "It is not 8 years of stability and seclusion, but 8 years of continuous denial and rejection." ”
Shang Wenjie wrote in her notes, "People who are willful and mixed with perfectionism often do not let go of themselves. Now I am much more open-minded, still pursuing perfectionism, but replacing "willfulness" with "resilience", and becoming self-consistent together. The work from 8 years ago has finally been remastered and finally released. It's like a zip pack about my eight years. ”
"From willfulness to resilience", she calls "growth". And she also believes that she is not alone, and what was taken away by winter will be returned in spring.
This monologue-style musical note touched a lot of fans, and they left messages "I cried when I saw it" and "I was moved by sincerity". More people remembered the story of 8 years, and one fan left a message that wrote: "I didn't know you eight years ago, but I know you again eight years later." Hello, Shang Wenjie!" More music fans saw themselves in her and expressed their blessings for her persistence all the way: "I hope you write what you want to write and sing what you want to sing." ”
It is understood that Shang Wenjie, who participated in the songwriting in EP 03, tried to use music as a mirror, turning emotions and memories into the "image in the mirror" of the work, disintegrating sadness in a fragmented way, releasing the inner pressure of the audience with music, and protecting everyone's already fragile hearts. And she seems to have done it.
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