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本来是汤上一个德粉从德语翻译成英语的,这是最新的采访。马吱吱回答了新专辑录制以来的所有疑问【_(:з)∠)_楼主的疑问】并且,按照楼主主观看法:他对于第二定律期间的一切都是不满意的(无论对于巡演还是专辑)
最印象深刻的还是那句:I realised that I'm actually still the same person I used to be at the beginning of our career——although a lot has happened since then,especially in my private life.QAQ心疼他…
anyway,楼主第一次翻译采访以前都是小同人水准,如有不通顺看不懂的敬请见谅,原文在底下。
总之,新专辑就安心而且耐心的等待五月28号吧
2015年03月05日 16点03分
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The Calm Before the Storm
I translated this Muse interview from German into English. It’s not perfect but I did my best. Enjoy!
Matt, how far into the recording process areyou with the new album?
We’re almost finished. We only have to mix some songs and then we’ve done it. Finally, then it was a long and tough process which already started in 2013 during our last World tour and lasted the whole last year. Because we tried to go a middle way. On the one hand to record all ideas we had during soundchecks and in hotel rooms immediately and to write new songs as spontaneously as possible. On the other hand not to rush anything but to do our thing without a hurry – no matter how long it takes in the end. So it’s a mix between fast and very meticulous working because it’s true that songs which are written on tour do sound a bit that way. In this respect it’s good to have a bit of a distance and to slow down the whole process.
And: What do the songs sound like?
Totally different from the two last albums. ’The 2nd Law’ was very electronic while ’The Resistance’ had a lot of progressive and classical music. The new material has a plain and simple rock sound with guitar, drum and bass. Simply because we didn’t want to copy ourselves and do the same thing twice. That would be boring. And for me it’s also a bit like calming down or like a morning after. To wake up after this dream which the last albums were and to ask yourself: ?What the hell happened here? - That was absolutely mental!“ And: ?How did it come to this?“ Which enhanced the wish to go back to our roots, to our musical background. In reverse it also means to separate ourselves conciously from the additional things with which we experimented in 2009-2012 – the electronics, the orchestras and all those things. We said goodbye to them this time.
Does that also imply the idea of concept albums which influenced this phase?
You mean superordinate themes which are like a golden thread throughout all the songs? Well, that’s one of those things. Simply because for me it’s a part of it. I love to write songs which are connected and interwoven, which tell a story and complete eachother. I think that I will continue, although a bit diminished, with that approach.
Because once again I do have a handful of themes I’m dealing with extensively.
2015年03月05日 16点03分
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The deep ecology. An ecological and environmental philosophy characterised by a life in harmony with nature. But also the so-called ’Empathy Gap’. It’s about this weird human inability to fulfill things which we decided to do. I think it’s really interesting. Those are all things I deal with in private and which I think are really exciting. Exactly like the theory that we’re slowly but steadily heading towards a third World War because the old East-West conflict is intensifying but also because the radicalisation of the islam is growing in a way that it has to end in a bang someday. And I’m incredibly afraid of this moment because it will have devastating consequences – for all humanity. But that’s only the content which doesn’t have anything to do with the music. There it’s about something simple, raw and rocking.
Is it true that you’ve written a sequel to Citizen Erased?
(laughs) I did indeed. But I don’t know yet if it will appear on the album or not. Because it actually was only a test. I wanted to see if I’d be able to once again write a song in the style of our second album ’Origin of Symmetry’ or if it would be near impossible because I’m somewhere else. It was about stripping off the recent past and to go back to something which was long ago. I was quite unsure about it and with this song I wanted to find out. And it worked out. I realised that I’m actually still the same person I used to be at the beginning of our career – although a lot has happened since then, especially in my private life. With this conclusion I approached the other songs. With the motto: It works so I can continue with it. With the ’back-to-basics’-approach I explained earlier.
That’s why you chose Robert ’Mutt’ Lange as a producer, one of the most successful producers in rock?
Yes, and it was a long-cherished dream. Because we have always been big fans of his work. He is a visionary, a man who uses the newest technology to create traditional, timelessly good music. And this for the biggest and most important names in the industry. I mean he is responsible for ’Back in Black’ by AC/DC – one of the best rock albums of all time and the soundtrack of my teenage years. So far we didn’t really dare to approach him because he’s from an other corner in rock. We’re more based in the alternative part and he definitely in the mainstream part.
What does Mutt think of your statement that ’guitar solos are uncool’?
(laughs) He actually did approach me about this – the very first time we met. He wanted to know if I’m serious about it and how it has come to this. I tried to explain to him that I simply don’t feel comfortable with it and that all the bands I grew up with – with AC/DC as an exception – felt the same way. He shook his head at this and challenged me to try it out several times during the recording. I didn’t want to at the beginning but eventually I gave it a go and it was actually fun. I fear that I’m cured once and for all.
2015年03月05日 16点03分
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翻得太棒了!
十分期待OOS续作一样的新专辑!
只要吉他贝司鼓 剩下的都烧光光~~~~~
2015年03月06日 02点03分
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喂。钢琴呢_(:з)∠)_开玩笑啦~我感觉巡演也会很不一样了呢
2015年03月06日 02点03分
回复 耶稣密码 :钢琴必须有忘了这个了哈哈
2015年03月06日 02点03分
level 7
头发也顺带染会红色吧
OoS 才是muse真正的风格开始
2015年03月06日 02点03分
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_(:з)∠)_饶了单亲爸爸吧Dom已经替他把头发染了(只不过是黑色)
2015年03月06日 02点03分
level 10
楼主辛苦!Citizen Erased续作啊啊啊啊我要炸了(((
2015年03月06日 14点03分
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哈哈,虽然他还不知道会不会在正式专辑里出现,但他确定是这个调调
2015年03月06日 15点03分
回复
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:啊啊啊啊想想都好激动!!!其实新砖啥样都会预定的
2015年03月06日 15点03分
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:尤其是那个封面设计师吓尿小盆友的节奏
2015年03月06日 16点03分
回复 耶稣密码 :还有吱吱说单曲对电台来说“too much”…我第一想法就是 哥仨永远来不了大陆了((
2015年03月06日 16点03分
level 11
回归“原来”的音乐风格听说了好久了,虽然我的感觉也不知道是喜是悲… 听the resistance和absolution入坑的,可是后来也的确听出来最后两张砖一些元素的加入反而失去了灵气,但还是蛮喜欢交响的。。。
感觉后几张砖过于旋律化(不是每一首),希望这张能够回归?也许是我的一厢情愿吧
2015年03月06日 17点03分
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去看另外一个楼主发的Instagram的solo合集。另外,三大件中所谓的灵气其实是"新浪潮风格"的锐气,由纯器乐构筑。总之,我开始也怕有心无力,但,听了最近他发的solo我感觉真的……超激动。毕竟,三部曲以古典音乐角度,和弦,配器都是一流的,说明他的创作力一直很旺盛。
2015年03月06日 17点03分
回复 耶稣密码 :嗯,也是,可能我总想的是让muse“回到以前”,但没有什么是不在进步创新的吧,那个贴我看了几个,也感觉“很不一样”。期望这次给一个惊喜!
2015年03月06日 17点03分
level 8
求问
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是哪个采访说absolution受rage against the machine影响啊…外行表示完全没听出来囧…
另外求教,90年代的新浪潮是…?表示只知道金属乐的新浪潮…这次浪潮大概有哪些特点呢…可否告诉我来源呢,我可以自己去查…估计一说要码不少字吧,不劳烦啦!
最后,我觉得他们早期重一点的歌还是偏朋克的感觉…比金属还是嘈杂许多似乎…
2015年03月07日 01点03分
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咳咳。不是Absolution的采访说受RATM影响,请去缪斯维基search一下Tom morello你就知道了。Matt在吉他和编曲上受到最大的影响就是Tom大神。另外,你缪三人喜欢的乐队是:Matt喜欢RATM,老师喜欢primus和RATM,叔是Helmet,另外他们最早在showiz时期就尝试过新金属风格的曲子。
2015年03月07日 01点03分
至于Matt受到的影响,是贝斯riff上的启发和效果器、滑棒以及摇杆的使用吧。我记得豆瓣有人讨论过。(Tom morello本人也弹过Muse的solo,并且,他很喜欢缪斯)
2015年03月07日 01点03分
最后我想说啊,他们哪里朋克了你缪又不是简单粗暴的类型。Oos刚出来的时候大家都说这新金属味儿太冲了(除了演唱一点都不新金属)
2015年03月07日 01点03分
朋克靠鼓和节奏吉他撑起来,缪斯连节奏吉他都没有(和RATM一样都是三把乐器)。而且朋克音乐是靠力量撑起来的,不需要很大的技巧,而Matt在滚圈吉他名气很大,他的solo才不是那种简单粗暴的类型。另外你问我他啥时候说的崇拜Tom morello,那是Oos时期的杂志专访,另外他前阵子又转发了RATM的东西
2015年03月07日 02点03分