The Triangle | 三角行 by Zhaoze

Zhaoze - The Triangle


What Defines "The Triangle"? Post-Rock × Guqin × Strings
This live album captures Zhaoze's groundbreaking 2024 concert in Shenzhen – their first full collaboration with a string quartet. Paired with an immersive documentary film, it forms a complete artistic chronicle of this experimental chapter.

[Concert Introduction]
Zhaoze | The Triangle Strings Concert
Shenzhen 2024


On December 7, 2024, at Shenzhen HOULIVE – a venue filled with a thousand souls – Zhaoze concluded their most pivotal performance of the year. Completing this two-hour concert may seem a modest step, but for a band engaged in the 26-year odyssey of "Fishing for the Stars," it signifies a monumental leap forward.

Rewind eighteen years: After establishing their signature post-rock sound, Zhaoze began integrating Chinese guqin zither – electrifying its ancient tones while channeling traditional ink painting aesthetics through distortion pedals.

Now in 2024, as bandleader Hoyliang declared, "We've finally fused our music with its perfect counterpart – strings quartet." This fulfills Zhaoze's enduring vision: to anchor their compositions with the foundational power of string arrangements. The dream has taken physical form, yet this is merely the opening chord. The band now unfolds this sonic tapestry city by city.

This concert isn't just genre-blending (post-rock/folk/classical) – it's genre-transcending. Zhaoze has evolved into a musical chimera that defies categorization, creating a sound universe entirely their own.

[Tracklist]

Alongside last year's single To Tomorrow, the concert features Standing in the Wind and Birds Are Not True from their recent album No Answer Blowin' in the Wind, plus Who Lost Dreams from the vinyl-reissued album Yond. The centerpiece is undoubtedly the 60-minute instrumental epic 1911, while the encore delivered a rare treat – a resurrected live rendition of Fear, seldom performed in recent years.

沼澤｜三角行

何謂「三角行」：後搖x古琴x弦樂

這張現場錄音專輯，是沼澤去年一場首次攜手弦樂四重奏演繹的室內音樂會的全程錄音。加上同名的視頻紀錄片，構成一個完整記錄。

【演出介紹】
沼澤「三角行」弦樂會 深圳2024

2024年12月7日，在深圳HOULIVE，一個千人場館裡，沼澤樂隊這一年最重要的一場演出，終於落幕。

完成一場近兩小時的音樂會，這只是一小步，但對於沼澤二十六年的「打撈星星」漫長之旅，卻已是邁出了又一大步。

時間逆溯回十八年前，在刻苦經營建構了個性鮮明的沼式後搖曲風之後，沼澤開始嘗試進一步融合了古琴。一方面，將中國山水畫般的寫意潑墨於其聲牆中，而另一方面，將古琴前所未有地徹底電聲化，也給這種千年古韻，添上了奇崛和多變的後現代之翼。

而，2024年的今天，就像海亮所言，與沼澤「相性吻合」的弦樂，得以熔鑄於其中。
一直以來，沼澤樂隊有一份長久的憧憬：將古典樂之基石「弦樂」，亦納入其編曲架構的圖景。
如今，首戰告捷，夢想落到了實地。

而這只是第一步。
是時候了，他們將一步一步展開這幅絢麗的畫卷。

非搖滾，非後搖，非民樂，如今，亦非古典，沼澤完成了再一次演變，進化成徹底的「四不像」。
應該說，他們就是自己，有著一個貌似黑金隊名的、但舉世無雙、別無分店的「沼澤」。

曲目單，除了沼澤去年發佈的新單《致明天》，亦有最近專輯《沒有答案風中飄》中的《颯》、《眾鳥非真》，以及剛發行首版黑膠的專輯《遠》中的一首《失夢客》。
最重要的重頭戲，肯定是一小時器樂長篇《1911》，當仁不讓。
而返場的一首《驚惶》，已甚少於近年現場演唱，經典再現，十足驚喜。

Zhaoze 沼澤樂隊 |
Electric Guqin, unprecedentedly; Splash-ink Rock, the one and only.
前無古人電古琴 獨步天下潑墨搖

related to: Post-rock, Progressive-rock, Instrumental, Experimental and Chinese Classical and more.

Hoy Liang: Guqin, Xiao, Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals
Little Dream: Guitar, Mini Keyboard
Roy: Bass, Harmonica
Sea Sean: Drums, Mallet Keyboard
海亮：古琴 簫 吉他 鍵盤 人聲
細輝：吉他 小鍵盤
阿來：貝司 口琴
海遜：鼓 槌擊鍵盤

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