Zhou Fengling

Zhou Fengling

Zhou Fengling, the older generation of Chinese rock musician, began to learn guitar in 1989 and participated in the first band "face". In 1993, he set up the "five hearts" band as a guitarist and wrote the song "open the door", which was included in the "Rock Beijing 2" collection. During this period, the band has performed many times in various bars in Beijing, and has been highly praised both inside and outside the circle.

brief introduction

In his early years, Zhou Fengling was invited by musician Dou Wei to be his guitarist on tour. In 1994, he performed with the famous British band "Radiohead" in Hong Kong. At the end of the same year, he participated in the famous Hong Kong hongkan Gymnasium "Chinese rock and roll power" concert. In recent years, although the number of performances decreased, he was more involved in the song arrangement and production, during which he produced many popular works, such as Faye Wong's "anesthesia"; Luo Qi's "taste of insomnia", "under the sun" and Li Huizhen's "moving power".

Zhou Fengling has published many works in the form of "Mr. Zhou's band". The name of "Mr. Zhou's band" comes from the predecessor of the band, the main member, the lead singer and the guitarist. Both of them are surnamed Zhou. They used "red and stone" as the name of the band. They once included a single "noway" in "stage music special" produced by perceptual music, and included it in badhead in 2002 with a "standing in place" In early 2003, he signed a contract with badhead music company and recorded his first album, dancing in a dream. Zhou Fengling's new album Yabao Road has been released. The whole album is full of nostalgia for Beijing's life in the 1980s and life in Shenzhen. Listeners will easily be attracted by the nostalgia in the album, but "nostalgia" does not mean complacency and stagnation. Zhou Fengling's diversified music elements can still make many new generation of music fans be attracted by it for the first time I'm attracted to you, and I'm intoxicated.

In 2012, he signed up with modern sky.

Album introduction

Yabao Road

Date of issue: December 2012

Record description:

Aging in the past, a drop into the soul

Zhou Fengling and his Yabao Road

Mr. Zhou Fengling, one of the pioneers of rock music in the mainland, witnessed and participated in many important historical moments of the development of rock music in China. He began to learn guitar in 1989 and participated in the first band "face". In 1993, he formed the "five hearts" band and became a guitarist. In 1994, he was invited by musician Dou Wei to be his guitarist. In the same year, he was on the same stage with the famous British band Radiohead in Hong Kong At the end of the year, Dou Wei participated in the famous rock concert "94 Hong Kong honghom stadium, China rock power" concert. In 1997, Zhou Fengling composed music, Hong Kong CI God Lin Xi wrote Ci, and mainland gold medalist Zhang Yadong was responsible for the production. Anesthesia, created for Fei, with its laziness, aestheticism and unique temperament, has become a highly popular golden melody.

Later, he set up a band in the name of "Mr. Zhou", recruited a group of excellent domestic musicians, signed up with the domestic independent music company modern sky, and with the cooperation of modern sky, released two personal albums of "people dancing in dreams" and "Melody 967", which are good at melody and atmosphere.

If the first two albums are suitable for cooking tea at home, listening to the rain and having a dream at home, the Yabao Road released at the end of 2012 is like Mr. Zhou coming out of his dream, looking at the world around him again from his unique perspective, and cooking wine to talk about heroes in order to find a way to live in peace with him. The reality is chaotic. It's not easy to be sane in this era. The only way is to boil a pot of old wine and sit down to have a good chat with it. This wine is highly pure after time refining, and can explain Zhou Fengling's melancholy mood by tasting it. Drunk in reality, sober in dreams, and talking about drunk songs when waking up. After flying over reality and dreams, the wall between them is no longer a hindrance. He is like a two pole walker, bright in mind, coming and going freely. Therefore, in this album, we can not only hear his reflection, recollection, sharp irony of reality, but also full of regret for the desolate inner world, the loneliness of lack of faith, and the poetic feeling that is still like a dream.

The title song of the album "Yabao Road" refers to the famous gathering place of individual business in Beijing in the 1980s. For the young people at that time, Yabao Road was a place full of miracles and opportunities, where fresh trends and golden dreams mingled. The young people were full of expectations and visions for the future. They were eager to join in and join in the tide of the times. For Zhou Feng As far as Ling is concerned, the 1980s is a time when belief still exists. Chaotic values and empty spirit have not yet engulfed people. As a window, Yabao road shows the last miniature of that age of innocence to the modern concrete jungle. In the song "the artist for charity", Zhou Fengling mercilessly mocks today's society with a big roaring guitar distortion combined with metaphorical lyrics. Charity has become a derogatory term "ecological change, can't tell whether it is a mule or a horse, lifelike and natural, originally the artist for charity" to remind people of the loss of faith, and the era of national entertainment brings about collective non-profit The sorrow of consciousness. "Fred in China" is about a friend from Seattle, USA who likes China. From his life experience in China, it illustrates the current situation of urban society. Fred is very comfortable living in Shenzhen, without the mental pressure of living in the United States, especially after the financial crisis. But at the same time, what he understands is only a superficial phenomenon of Shenzhen, an immigrant city. There is a dangerous undercurrent hidden under the calm lake. If he doesn't pay attention, he will be lost in this modern life.

However, Zhou Fengling, who has always been good at beautiful melody, did not abandon his masterly skills while telling stories. In the low-key performance of the album, he can still hear their careful carving and polishing of melody timbre. In the song "floating clouds", Chiba, the oldest musical instrument in China, is used. Its desolate and vast timbre is very penetrating, while Chiba is the most powerful As a traditional Buddhist instrument, the sound of the collision with Western musical instruments is not abrupt. Instead, it interweaves with a quiet and philosophical charm. Zhou Fengling is still tired of singing and playing in the form of expression. His song is just like his person. Compared with outlining dazzling and magnificent scenes, he is more willing to get rid of the limitations of style and rigid formalism, and absorb and accept freely Pure life yearning and mood promotion.

Because of the excellent melody and beautiful artistic conception of the first two works, it can even be said that the taste of the band is not heavy. However, this Yabao Road retains the subtle way to deal with emotions, and also brings more expressive and deep thinking works with a vigilant attitude. The sensitive grasp of timbre, the presentation of rhythm and the manipulation of the overall atmosphere are all very popular. This album exudes nostalgia and philosophical thinking. It depicts the street map and life of the 1980s. It is sure to recall people's memory of the age of innocence and yearning for beautiful emotions. It can be said that this is a rare and sincere work in the Chinese music world in 2012. Zhou Fengling wrote the most appropriate music for this album with his music core of intoxication, openness and reflection Footnotes.

The latest album "Yabao Road" of Zhou Fengling in 2012

1. Yabao Road

2. Charity artists

3. Back and forth

4. Fred in China

5. Evil spirits

6. Binhai Avenue

7. The end of the law

8. Floating clouds

9. Metamorphosis

10. Yanhan mountain

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