Blue Scar
"Blue Scar" is a Single of two songs I composed and mixed in an attempt to capture the possible consequences of water-related environmental crises. With the two songs, I aspire to inspire my audience to emphasize with the music content and have the basic-level emotional understanding toward the severity of the problems.
Lyrics Cards designed to be used as book marks
Gentle, ethereal, and sad. "Withering Land", as how it's titled, talks about rising sea level. While it serves as a reflection on this pressing issue, it also carries a sense of nostalgia, as I contemplate the future loss of beloved coastal areas that hold special meaning to me. The song possesses a captivating quality that lends itself to being looped, allowing listeners to fully immerse themselves in its evocative content.
With an accent on the more eerie side of my music, "Thirst in the Waves" addresses the issue of water scarcity by illustrating a world dominated by arid deserts and an acidic ocean. Contrasting with "Withering Land," this piece delves into a more experimental and cinematic style, evoking the ambiance of film scores. To enhance its theme, I generated a string of sounds by MaxMsp, utilizing data on global fresh water consumption. The bubbling sound effect mimics the sensation of breathing underwater and serves as a forewarning of impending suffocation. Furthermore, the volume of the bubbling sound increases in correlation with the rise in the source data.
With an accent on the more eerie side of my music, "Thirst in the Waves" addresses the issue of water scarcity by illustrating a world dominated by arid deserts and an acidic ocean. Contrasting with "Withering Land," this piece delves into a more experimental and cinematic style, evoking the ambiance of film scores. To enhance its theme, I generated a string of sounds by MaxMsp, utilizing data on global fresh water consumption. The bubbling sound effect mimics the sensation of breathing underwater and serves as a forewarning of impending suffocation. Furthermore, the volume of the bubbling sound increases in correlation with the rise in the source data.
Withering Land
“我 从没有 料到 月亮 与硬币 之间
I never thought, between the moon and the sixpence
竟 然是我们 的故乡先 死去
It is our hometown that first died
我 从没有 料到 黎明 与夕阳 之间
I never thought, between dawn and dusk
竟然 是海 水更快的 升起
It is our ocean that first ascend
那 不断下落的 天幕 下
Under the ever-falling sky
只有潮水抚摸 陆地
Only the tide, grazing the land
八千 年 的记 忆 揉进了 长 河
Eight-thousand-year past is kneaded into a river
那 不断变迁 的 天 幕 下
That ever-changing (under the sky)
那永 恒的灿 烂只 闪烁 一眼
That eternal glittering, one blinking eye
那 康复的 希望 是 一种 特权
The salvaged hope, is an entitlement
它 存在于 我们 夸夸其谈的 唇 间
Only existing on the chattering lips
那 破灭的 承诺是 是一种 冷漠
The broken promise, is an indifference
十年之后 之后 只有水声拍打土 地
Decades later, only waves hitting the land
那 不断下落的 天幕 下
Under the ever-falling sky
只有潮水抚摸 陆地
Only the tide, grazing the land
八千 年 的记 忆 揉进了 长 河
Eight-thousand-year past is kneaded into a river
那 不断变迁 的 天 幕 下
That ever-changing (under the sky)
那永 恒的灿 烂只 闪烁 一眼
That eternal glittering, one blinking eye”
Thirst In the Waves
“我们的生命流逝 却不再感受
Our fleeting life,
Feeling no longer.
选择了屏蔽感 （双目轻盈） 嘴唇不再饥渴
Masking shield was chosen
(Gracefully airy eyes)
Lips that thirst no more
只想饮血
Only craving blood
看月相 有一丝猖狂 它再也没有回来
Moongazing, it’s blatantly immodest
It never came back
它再也没有回来
向天际涌去 沙如水覆盖了泉眼
It never came back
Flocked to the horizon
Sand as water, shrouded the mouth of spring”
@MorningClose