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    <title>Various Artists  -空皿 Vessel of Emptiness</title>
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        Posted on April  4, 2026
        
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<p>北京廠牌 hiatus 间断平衡 發的環境音樂 / 實驗電音合輯。比較空、比較沒那麼多叮噹作響的時候是這張合輯最好聽的時候，像是 Zuho 的 “填充” 前面的鋼琴獨奏，以及最後一首 “Uninspired”。</p>
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<p>Fav tracks: 填充, forgotten (by my side), Uninspired</p>
<p>Score: 6.9/10</p>
<p>Release date: 2025-12-31</p>
<p>Labels: hiatus 间断平衡</p>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Elori Saxl, Henry Solomon - Seeing Is Forgetting</title>
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        Posted on April  4, 2026
        
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<p>極簡風的合成器 + 中音薩克斯風合奏專輯。可以聽得出來兩個人音樂取向上的差別：負責合成器的 Elori Saxl ，決定了歌曲的基調是平緩、非常有沈浸感的環境音樂，但 Henry Solomon （洛杉磯爵士大腕，好像吹過 Miley Cyrus）的演奏方式卻非常即興導向，信手拈來、旋律感十足的演奏，配上非常多的殘響。喜歡 cosmic jazz 或 Nala Sinephro 的人應該也會蠻喜歡這張的。</p>
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<p>Fav tracks: Reverence, Raindrop, A Thousand Steps, Heart, Seeing is Forgetting</p>
<p>Score: 8.4/10</p>
<p>Release date: 2026-02-06</p>
<p>Labels: True Panther Sounds</p>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Colleen - Libres Antes Del Final</title>
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        Posted on April  3, 2026
        
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<p>印象中 Colleen 的作品都是蠻輕飄飄，悅耳的合成器音樂。這張也是合成器，但整體聽起來更深沈、情緒張力更滿。據他所說，這張專輯是關於他重新下水的故事：小時候他喜歡玩水，但越老就越怕水，直到三十年之後在他第 250 場演出的時候是在一個水族館，他一邊彈一邊看旁邊一堆海豚跳來跳去，覺得好像是時候重新開始習慣與水相處了。</p>
<p>雖然整體的調性都類似：中低音的合成器小調循環樂句，80 BPM 左右的速度，疊了滿滿的 modulation 。這張我最喜歡的是最後兩首，在中間的時候都有非常突然的加速。</p>
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<p>Fav tracks: Antídoto, Aguas abiertas, Libres ante del final</p>
<p>Score: 8.5/10</p>
<p>Release date: 2026-03-20</p>
<p>Labels: Thrill Jockey</p>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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        Posted on April  1, 2026
        
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<p>同名專輯的 “Limit to Your Love” 真的是非常悅耳，但在那之後就似乎越來越流行，我也就沒有再關注了。<em>Trying Times</em> 是他自主發行的第一張專輯，聲音上還是混入 UK bass / dubstep 低頻的 art pop 與 R&amp;B，有很多歌甚至覺得更像是創作歌手做出來的。越到後面的電子質感越強烈，有人說這割裂感太強了，但我反而覺得後面的歌我比較喜歡。評論似乎很愛這張，說是回歸原點之作，不過我真的就是比較還好。太多假音空靈系旋律了，有點重複…</p>
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<p>Fav tracks: Make Something Up, Didn’t Come To Argue, Rest Of Your Life</p>
<p>Score: 6.9/10</p>
<p>Release date: 2026-03-13</p>
<p>Labels: Good Boy Records</p>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Rafael Anton Irisarri - Points Of Inaccessibility</title>
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        Posted on March 30, 2026
        
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<p>氣勢磅礴的史詩類 ambient。太史詩了⋯現在對這種比較無感一點。</p>
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<p>Fav tracks: Breaking the Unison</p>
<p>Score: 6.7/10</p>
<p>Release date: 2026-02-06</p>
<p>Labels: Black Knoll Editions</p>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Xylitol - Blumenfantasie</title>
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        Posted on March 30, 2026
        
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<p>感覺這應該之後會來台灣？輕柔而活靈活現的 jungle。根據他自己 Bandcamp 頁面的描述：</p>
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<p>With Blumenfantasie, Xylitol wanted “to make space and for the music to float and propel at once”, finding routes through the pointillistic figures, cascading synths and the meditative stillness of kosmische musik and bolder breakbeat programming.</p>
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<p>一方面覺得這有點像 AI 會寫的，一方面又覺得確實是很像音符在空間裡漂浮著，節奏確實地進行，但又不是拳拳到肉、讓人無處可逃的步步進逼，而是幾乎沒什麼重量，與漂浮著的合成器聲音貌似隨意實則不然地交疊在一起。最後兩首歌 “Halo” 與 “Falling” 是比較接近常見適合開趴的 Jubgle 的兩首歌，但放在整張專輯最後面其實也不大顯得奇怪。算是相當不錯的體驗。</p>
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<p>Fav tracks: Chromophoria, Blumenfantasie, Sudwestwind, Bowed Clusters, Falling</p>
<p>Score: 8.2/10</p>
<p>Release date: 2026-03-20</p>
<p>Labels: Planet Mu</p>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>KMRU - Kin</title>
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        Posted on March 28, 2026
        
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        <p><img src="https://i.discogs.com/3KvD9wr5wK9p0BA6WGV8FImdFKeXliEurejaGiOWyTo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM2NDgx/MzM2LTE3NzA5MDE4/MjEtODk0NC5qcGVn.jpeg" /></p>
<p>他開始紅的應該是 2020 的 <em>Peel</em>，之後在別的廠牌也發了非常多作品，而這張則是回到發行 <em>Peel</em> 的 Editions Mego。論完成度與沈浸感，這兩張專輯都蠻能作為類比的：時長極長的歌曲，重複的旋律與氛圍底下極為緩慢卻確實地推進的聲音。但比起夢境一般的合成器 drone pad， <em>Kin</em> 多了許多破音紋理，被 fuzz 層層包圍的、迴響著的合成器與環境錄音。這是一場夢，但夢裡的情緒被放大、色彩更加濃烈，使你醒來後不再記得夢的內容。</p>
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<p>Fav tracks: Blurred, They Are Here, Maybe, By Absence</p>
<p>Score: 8.3/10</p>
<p>Release date: 2026-02-13</p>
<p>Labels: Editions Mego</p>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Alexandra Atnif - Rhythmic Brutalism Vol. 1</title>
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        Posted on March 27, 2026
        
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<p>有點像 Pan Sonic，但又更 techno 一點。我好像買到特別版的，又是一張在 Amoeba Music 撈到的屌貨，才 9 美金。</p>
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<p>Fav tracks: Pillars of Insanity, I.W.R.W.I.W.13, Adore &amp; Detest, Kiss The Void, Systemic Failure Of Basic Sanitation</p>
<p>Score: 7.8/10</p>
<p>Release date: 2017-11-12</p>
<p>Labels: Self-released</p>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Miserere Luminis - Sidera</title>
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        Posted on March 22, 2026
        
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<p>很悲壯、氣勢滂薄的氣氛黑金屬，吉他高音彈得很悲，蠻不錯的。有些比較交響 / 民謠的段落。我覺得主唱的聲音很像 Gojira ，但其實不是同一個人。一張專輯五首歌，每首都是十分鐘左右的史詩級巨作，但都有很強的敘事感，不太會覺得有什麼拖台錢的橋段。推！</p>
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<p>Fav tracks: Aux bras des vagues &amp; des vomissures, Dans la voie de nos lumières</p>
<p>Score: 8.2/10</p>
<p>Release date: 2026-03-06</p>
<p>Labels: Debemur Morti Productions</p>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Gil Scott-Heron - Spirits</title>
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        Posted on March 14, 2026
        
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<p>“The Other Side” 三首歌實際上是他以前的歌重做，從一開始的抒情合成器和弦與他的詩，之後鼓一進來把整首歌的情緒拉了起來，變成 fusion味十足的發展，再接到讓人印象極強的吉他獨奏，極好。</p>
<p>其實我跟他真的很不熟，連他早期經典都沒有聽，不過我覺得這張如果拿來單聽也是經典之作。</p>
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<p>Fav tracks: Spirits, Spirits Past, The Other Side, Work For Peace</p>
<p>Score: 8.3/10</p>
<p>Release date: 1994-03-29</p>
<p>Labels: TVT Records</p>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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