When I was fifteen, sixteen

當我15、16歲的時候

when I started really to play the guitar

我開始認真的練習吉他

I definitely wanted to become a musician

因為我想要成為一位音樂家

It was almost impossible because the dream was so big

但這個夢想太大了,幾乎不可能實現

I didn't see any chance

我看不到任何機會

Because I was living in a little town

因為我住在一個小小的村鎮

I was studying

而且仍在學習

And when I finally broke away from school

等到我終於脫離學校

And became a musician, I thought

並且成為一位音樂家,我想:

"well now I may have a bit of a chance”

「恩,或許現在我有一點點的機會

Because all I ever really wanted to do is music

因為我最想做的事情就是玩音樂

but not only play music, but compose music

而且不只是玩音樂,我還想要創造音樂

 

At that time, in Germany, in 1969-70

在1969到1970的德國

they already had discotheques

他們已經有迪斯克舞會的文化

So I would take my car and go to a discotheque

所以我會開著我的車前往這些舞會

and sing maybe 30 minutes

然後在那邊花大概30分鐘

I think I had about 7-8 songs

我覺得自己已經有7、8首歌的點子

I would partially sleep in the car

有時我會睡在自己的車裡

Because i didn't want to drive home

因為我不想開車回家

and that help me for about almost 2 years to survive

那花了我將近兩年掙扎的活下來

In the beginning, I wanted to do a album

一剛開始,我想要做一張專輯。

with the sound of the 50s, the sound of the 60s, of the 70s

裡面包含了50年代、60年代、70年代

and then have a sound of the future

最後是未來的聲音

And I said: "Wait a second?

然後我對自己說:「等等

I know the synthesizer

我懂得如何使用合成器

Why don't I use the synthesizer

為什麼我不試試看合成器

which is the sound of the future

它聽起來蠻像未來的聲音

"And I didn't have any idea of what to do

「但我完全不知道如何下手

but I knew I needed a click

我只知道我需要一個靈感

So we put a click on the 24 track

所以我們把這個靈光一閃

which was then synched to the moog modular

同步進Moog模組合成器的24首曲子中

I knew that it could be a sound of the future

我知道這可以成為未來的聲音

but I didn't realize how much impact it would be

不過我沒想像到它會帶來這麼大的衝擊

 

My name is Giovanni Giorgio

我叫喬歐瓦尼・喬治歐

But everybody calls me Giorgio

但大家都叫我喬治歐

 

Once you free your mind

about a concept of harmony and music being correct

一旦你解放對於和聲與音樂的視野

you can do whatever you want

你就可以做到任何自己想做的事

So nobody told me what to do

因為沒有人告訴我該怎麼做

and there was no preconception of what to do

然後我也不會帶著成見去預想該怎麼做

 

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你也聽到未來之聲了嗎?

 

在電音、舞曲氾濫的21世紀,近幾年開始吹起一股復古的風潮,這其中的眾多推手之一,就是法國的電子音樂團體「Daft Punk」。90’成軍的他們,原本是Post-House(後浩室)的大將,但在揉合了Funk、Disco、Eletrica、House之後,逐漸在2000年後大放異彩,並且與眾多一線樂手合作,例如出自2013年專輯《Random Access Memories》的〈Get Lucky〉,就是與當紅節奏藍調歌手Pharrell William的合作金曲。

 

在《Random Access Memories》可以聽到許多回歸70’、80’年代的復古元素,不管是Disco或House,都在兩位DJ的巧手之下,藉由新世代的合成器、Beats,再賦予新風貌,也成功打入了流行音樂的市場。

 

有趣的是,Daft Punk給眾人最有印象的,除了他們的音樂,就是他們在表演時一定會戴著的全罩式頭盔。與其他「Masked」團體不同的地方在於,Guy-Manuel de Homem-ChristoThomas Bangalter這兩位靈魂人物並不是想要藉由奇裝異服來吸引注意力、炒作新聞,戴面具(Masked)的初衷是為了讓聽者能專注在他們的音樂上,而不是「靠著一張臉」來迎合眾人的喜好。我想,這也是一種回歸音樂本質的訴求吧。

 
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