GNO Top 10 series - Wolfenstein

by lawrence

Wolfenstein (XIE Zhongqi) is a sound artist based in Taipei. He is a member of Taipei Sound Unit - a local branch of China Sound Unit - and has been experimenting with as many techniques of sound making as possible.

Wolfenstein’s Chinese language blog is here and his entry at Chinese New Ear is here.

WOLFENSTEIN’S TOP TEN ALBUMS

# LIM Giong 林強 - Entertainment World 娛樂世界 (1994)

The only work of Taiwan pop music that is up to the international standard.

# Massive Attack - Protection (1994)

# Underworld - Everything Everything (2000)

Top-notch electronica performing group.

# Goldie - Timeless (1995)

The first time I heard “flying” beats. Too bad that drum’n'bass went into a beat cul-de-sac later, and Goldie stopped being able to produce anything exciting.

# Ryuichi Sakamoto - Neo Geo (1987)

The only piano piece from Prof. Sakamoto that’s worth listening to (forget about the live version).

# Carl Stone - Shing Kee (1986)

Was completely dumbfounded when I first listened to this. Grandiosity within such simple rules and form.

# Farmers Manual - FSCK (1997)

All the Mego CDs are fading in my mind, with this only exception.

# Yoshimatsu Takashi - Piano Concerto “Memo Flora” (1997)

# Dajuin Yao - ForeTaste Radio (2000 - 2003)

Dajuin is Dajuin, others are others.

# Autechre - Untilted (2005)

Everybody thinks I’m an Autechre geek so I have to pick one of theirs.

(GNO Top 10 series invites Chinese sound artists/experimental musicians to list music/albums that are either their personal favorites or have crucial influence on them as artists. By doing this, we try to present the Chinese aural art scene in the context of the global music ecology.)




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