无眠 Uyⱪesez / Sleepless, by 马木尔 Mamer

无眠 Uyⱪesez / Sleepless

by 马木尔 Mamer

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	1.	无眠 Uyⱪesez / Sleepless 05:28
	2.	舞剑 Ⱪelex byi / Sword Dance 05:38
	3.	毒草 Wle xɵp / Noxious Weed 02:56
	4.	面熟 Jüz tanes / Familiar Face 03:06
	5.	吐尔逊·买提亚 Tursun Matia 02:55
	6.	后院 Awla / Backyard 02:24
	7.	一件 Yijian Stwdyasi 02:59
	8.	朋克秋裤 Punk Long Johns 02:17
	9.	不可空腹 Ax ⱪarenƣa bolmayde / No Empty Stomach 02:44
	10.	红嘴将军 Ⱪezel awez gênêral / Red-Mouthed General 02:11
	11.	敦煌 Dunhuang 02:52
	12.	东方来的人 Xeƣestan kêlgên adam / Man from the East 06:38
	13.	B12 04:20
	14.	响马 Bande 03:58

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Man from the East

This album was recorded at Liu Ying Studio in Shenzhen. An improvised session on acoustic guitar from start to finish, it nonetheless demonstrates a highly original, coherent artistic conception: a distinct “Oriental” aesthetic redefined by Mamer’s own creative vision.

In tracks like “Sleepless”, “Man from the East”, and “Backyard”, Mamer ingeniously deconstructs and deploys traditional Han Chinese music scales to serve his own purpose, adding artful ambivalence and rich subtleties to an unmistakable lingering ambience of ancient Chinese spirituality. Tracks like “Punk Long Johns” and “Bande”, on the other hand, are sonic and rhythmic experiments upon “Nearer East” musical traditions: techniques of strumming, typical to Central Asian plucked string instruments, are applied to an acoustic guitar with constantly changing tunings, sometimes by the help of drumsticks or a screwdriver. In the track “Tursun Matia”, Mamer plays his guitar as if it was possessed by the spirit of a Dolan Rawap—an emotional tribute to his lifelong friend Tursun Matia, the late master of Mekit Dolan Muqam.

Uyⱪesez (or Sleepless) sees Mamer reimagines the “Orient” from a unique position as an other of the othered. A man from the East with pale fire snatched from the sun, with strings that transcend the boundaries of time.

东方来的人

这张专辑是在深圳的刘英工作室录制而成，虽说是即兴演奏，却展示了一个高度原创、连贯的艺术概念：根据马木尔自己的创作愿景重新定义的独特“东方”美学。

其中《无眠》、《东方来的人》和《后院》几曲，是对汉族传统音阶的解构和再造，熔古铸今，似是而非，意境悠远，余味绵长。而从《朋克秋裤》和《响马》这两首乐曲的节奏及声响实验里，则能窥见丰富的中亚弹拨乐器扫弦技巧——它们被挪用在一把不断变换音高和调弦方式的木吉他上，偶尔加载鼓槌和螺丝刀，产生了强烈的物理及情绪上的震颤。特别值得一提的还有《吐尔逊·买提亚》，这是马木尔向他的忘年好友、已故的新疆麦盖提县刀郎木卡姆艺人吐尔逊·买提亚致敬之曲，激情之下饱含追思，木吉他犹如被刀郎热瓦普灵魂附体，大开大合，情绪层层递进，“喊”出一曲干燥而辉煌的不朽赞歌……

东方来的人，胸中一团暗火，拨弦弄琴，烧灼时间，曲尽亦无眠。

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released April 7, 2024

马木尔：作曲，原声吉他，人声
录制于刘英工作室，2023年6月15日
Mamer: Acoustic Guitar, Voice
All music by Mamer.
Recorded at Liu Ying Studio, June 15, 2023

制作人 Producer: 涂飞 Tu Fei
录音、混音及母带 Recording, Mixing & Mastering: 刘英 Liu Ying
书法作品 Calligraphy Artwork: 孙逊 Sun Xun
设计 Design & 统筹 Coordination: 尹思卜 Yin Sibo
中英翻译 Chinese-to-English Translation: 玛布 Mabu
鸣谢 Thanks: 唐加力克 Karatorhay, 张咏瑜 Zhang Yongyu，刘美妮 Liu Meini，刘松宇 Tim，八猫 Wu Di

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Published by Old Heaven Books & B10 Live, Shenzhen
2024

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