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COMPASS Group,
October 2003.
Translated
by Christine Wang
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Rounds/
Four Tet/ Silent Agreement
Four Tet comes from London, and he is also the bass
player in Frige. His music has been described by critics
as "Folktronica"--a form of trance music containing
a comfortable and contented folk spirit. It possesses
the characteristics of modern trance music, but unlike
other trance music, expresses a fresh countryside feeling.
You will not feel any roaring shock when listening to
Four Tet's music in Taipei's hot summer time. Instead,
you'll feel as if you're in the refreshing countryside.
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Fly
to the sun, fly to you/The Clones, Chaotic Island, Nerve/TRA
This is the first various punk artists album in Taiwan.
The various artists include seven bands such as Oi,
Silly What?, Nerve, Clones, Chaotic Island, Fire Extinguisher,
and Nu Metal from Kaohsiung. The style of the album
is youthful and full of sunshine. Some friends even
picked up their high school uniforms when taking pictures
for the cover and inside pages of the album. You will
feel as if you come back to the old high school days
when you look at the pictures on cover and inside.
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Mihumisang/David
Garling and Wuru Bunun Tribe/September Culture Internationa
The world famous cellist and composer David Garling
has found spiritual beauty in traditional Bunun tribal
music. By bringing together modern Western composition
techniques and Taiwanese aboriginal musicians, David
has contributed to Taiwan's music scene. The musicians
on this album wholeheartedly hope that beautiful traditional
music can be known around the world rather than disappear.
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The
desire to live--The Chairman's fourth album--Kuan Yu's
latest album--Solo Flight/The Chairman/Rock Music
This album presents the most complete vocal performances
of the Chairman's late lead singer Kuan Yu. This is
also the Chairman's fourth album containing more humanistic
concepts. This album is the fulfillment of a 31-year-old
youth's ultimate dream. It expresses profound love and
memory between men on the rugged and lonely road to
rock'n roll. Definitely a voice worth recording and
cherishing for the history of Taiwanese rock'n roll.
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