Recently, Guofeng musician Dong Zhen released a new new Guofeng concept album "Listening to the Mountains and Listening to the Sea". It is reported that the album was launched for two weeks, and the praise continued, in addition to the music fan Amway, there are also professional music critics in the industry who have posted blog blessings. Dong Zhen, who is called "the original heart of the national style" by music fans, has been making new works in recent years, in addition to singing original songs for popular film and television dramas, insisting on creating and accumulating works is also an inseparable part of Dong Zhen's life. While retaining his own core, the bold attempts of different musical elements in the new album and the active exploration of more possibilities in the field of singing have won Dong Zhen's affirmation and strong recommendation in the industry.
"Listening to the Mountains and Listening to the Sea" is the first solo album released by musician Dong Zhen after signing a contract with the National Wind Label Sheng Tang Dynasty, and the concept of the album is taken from China's ancient book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". When the first chapter of the album " Listening to the Mountains and Listening to the Sea " was launched in mid-April, it attracted the attention of countless fans, among which the world music style song "The Ballad of Red Land" with a huge narrative structure won a new fan for Dong Zhen. The album "Listening to the Mountains and Listening to the Sea" contains a total of ten songs, including Dong Zhen's xianxia style songs "Night Tour Spring" and "Doting Love", which dong zhen used to be good at, and "There is a sun and moon" that integrates the electronic elements of new age, compared with the previous published works, the whole album presents a completely different Dong Zhen. As music critic Aidiren said, "Dong Zhen in this album is definitely not like the Chinese style singers that many people remember, only a retro patterned singing voice." In this album, Dong Zhen's singing voice is not only not formally stiff, but also always full of aura."
Lu Shiwei, a well-known music critic, also posted a blog, saying that he heard Dong Zhen's grand pattern of national style music in the new album "Listening to the Mountains and Listening to the Sea". The well-known radio DJ Chen Lingwei gave a detailed comment after listening to "Listening to the Mountains and Listening to the Sea" - "The reason why it is said to be 'new national style' lies in the large-scale and ambitious craftsmanship and ambition that can be heard in the production, electronic, ambient, Chinese folk songs, ethnic minority singing voices, the imagery is grand, drawing imagery from ancient poetry, submerging and moving, while looking at the present, resonating, and is also a rare exquisite large-scale production in this field, which is worthy of praise."
It is understood that the preparation period of Dong Zhen's new album "Listening to the Mountains and Listening to the Sea" has been as long as one year, and Dong Zhen and his team have devoted a lot of effort to it. The new album has received praise from the industry in a short period of time since it was launched, which is undoubtedly an affirmation for Dong Zhen and the team, and it has strengthened the creative direction of musicians.
Dong Zhen, who has been called "the original heart of the national wind" by fans with countless classic works, won the "National Wind Music Festival" in 2019. Young people's favorite Chinese wind music founder award", after the release of the new album, it was praised by many platforms as "The Forerunner of National Wind Music" to affirm its senior position in the National Wind Music Circle. Not only from the past reputation, now Dong Zhen with the new new national style album "Listening to the Mountains and Listening to the Sea" set off again, loyal to the true self, the courage to step out of the comfort zone, and actively explore the infinite possibilities of their own creation, which confirms the professionalism of a musician, and also makes people look forward to more possibilities that Dong Zhen will bring in the future.