張洪泰 Dirty Beaches

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──浪花在一個既如畫又骯髒的海岸上飛濺；一輛古董雪佛蘭的引擎靜靜地以慢動作風馳電掣地飄過你的耳邊。稀薄，但又集中、不斷地向前推進：Dirty Beaches是為汽車旅程而設的音樂；它能陪伴你疲憊的摩托車在霓虹公路上奔馳，一路走進迷糊的隧道裡。 Dirty Beaches是張洪泰的化身──他是一單人樂隊、聲音工匠、一位跨***的遊民。出生在台灣的他曾經居住過檀香山、多倫多、蒙特利爾，還有溫哥華。 跟大衛林奇派音樂家Angelo Badalamenti或簡約合成器破壞份子*******一樣，Dirty Beaches的音樂不只是一種單純的簡化，而是一種精華的提煉。循環鼓聲和翩翩的情歌哼調讓人著迷，而彌漫在音樂裡的那些懷著盼望的旋律背後，也隱藏著某種神秘的、同時又浪漫又冰冷的幽默感覺。 Dirty Beaches is the sound of waves against a picturesque and putrid shore, the silent rumble of a Chevy as it speeds by in slow motion. Sparse but condensed, relentlessly edging forward: this is music for locomotive travel, for racing your weary motorcycle through neon archways and into dusky tunnels. The man behind Dirty Beaches is Alex Zhang Hungtai; solo performer, sound-smith, and trans-Pacific *****. Born in ******, Hungtai has made Hawaii, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver his homes. Like Lynchian composer Angelo Badalamenti or minimalist synth provocateurs *******, Dirty Beaches’ compositions are not so much stripped down as refined to their essence. Drum loops entrance, Hungtai’s croon enchants, and the yearning melodies draped overtop belie as much a sense of haunting mystery as they do romanticism and wry humour.