《亞洲通才》CD｜Namewee 2020 “Asian Polymath” CD

專輯介紹

「亚洲通」系列最终章！！！！！！
「亚洲通」系列最终章！！！！！！
「亚洲通」系列最终章！！！！！！

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黄明志“亚洲通”系列最终大魔王专辑『亚洲通才』
轰动全球系列专辑最长纪录，憾动无数听腻亚洲通三字的音乐爱好者

象徵着一个音乐时代的结束，留给亚洲通音乐无限的惆怅与未来可能性
12 月 xx 日，终於确定绝对保证即将问世啦！！！

『亚洲通才』是黄明志有史以来规模最大的一张全创作专辑，从专辑概念开始，黄明志就打破所有时间丶空间与人物生死的想像。集结七张亚洲通专辑一路走来的意念与传承，要向宇宙许下一个最强大的音乐愿望：完成一张「致敬」专辑从《一万个开心的理由》丶《对你爱完了》丶《五百》丶《我们的海阔天空》丶《不要去Club》这些充满黄明志风格的曲名，就足够让人充满好奇又忍不住喷笑出声。但黄明志对「致敬」二字的敬意，绝非玩笑。为了完成这一张他梦想中的「致敬」专辑，黄明志几乎跑遍亚洲的所有国家和地区，从日本丶台湾丶香港丶马来西亚丶中国到印度宝莱坞，思考调查找出了足以影响一个世代丶国家或文化发展与传承的重要音乐元素，用接近史料考证与科学研究的方式，日以继夜焚膏继晷地完成了这张，在现今音乐产业中可说是前无古人丶後无来者的「致敬」专辑：『亚洲通才』。

在这张不简单的「致敬」专辑中，充满来自亚洲各国家地区丶不可思议的厉害人物，共同对某个时代致意的惊人能量！从第一首《中国痛 China Reggaeton》以雷鬼搭配中国传统乐器，找来香港影帝黄秋生合唱合演就让许多听众吓到下巴脱臼！《我们的海阔天空》用激情摇滚加上饶舌，找来中国歌手富九毫无违和感致敬香港传奇乐队 Beyond，更是让许多香港听众热泪盈眶连听三百次！《你是我的青春》郑重邀请到当年凭藉弹奏一首《Canon Rock》爆红国际的音乐家JerryC 跨刀合作并合演音乐录影带，致敬黄明志与他共同经历的 Youtube 草创那自由的时代；最惊人的创意是：黄明志连对成人色情片都可以致敬！《不小心》这首游走在爱情与色情边缘的歌曲，竟然邀请到无人不知无人不晓的日本当红女优三上悠亚携手出演，让许多宅男在电脑前（因为痛哭）而消耗掉好几吨的卫生纸；而90年代的复古电音一直是许多听众念念不忘的音乐情怀，黄明志大胆携手台湾电音教父 DJ Jerry 罗百吉，两人合作新曲《不要去Club》，反讽幽默又好笑，瞬间带领听众回到90年代的夜店七彩旋转球下！

光专辑合作阵容一字排开就够让人吓人了，为了完成亚洲通系列最终章『亚洲通才』的致敬概念！摇滚丶雷鬼丶中国风丶宝莱坞丶饶舌丶流行丶抒情丶电音丶广high等无数的音乐曲风；取样丶吉他丶古乐器丶甚至热巴那手大鼓丶沙贝琴丶西塔琴等无数的乐器元素，黄明志将上述的音乐风格和音色大胆玩弄掌间丶互相揉合，每首歌在词曲丶编曲丶制作到音乐录影带拍摄，他都有着无限的灵感与点子！黄明志说：「这是我花最长时间丶最投入丶最激发创意的一张音乐作品了！」

以讲求完美个性着称的黄明志，在制作『亚洲通才』这张「致敬」专辑的过程中，常为了一个当时很经典的音色，花好几个星期丶听好几千个不同的音色库丶不断想办法询问当年的音乐制作人或编曲师，才终於完成「致敬」的第一步：找到音色。接着又开始与编曲一同兴奋讨论，要怎麽将这个音色与其他现代音乐元素和音乐曲式互相结合，保留该时代的感动，同时缔造新时代的意义。每一首音乐作品都花了难以想像的心血与时间，才终於创作出这张令人赞叹不已丶既复古又前卫的崭新「致敬」概念专辑『亚洲通才』！

要「致敬」不难，要「模仿」也很简单，但如何把对音乐最大的爱，展现在对无数也曾这样爱着音乐的经典音乐人丶他们所创造的音乐时代上，这绝不是件容易的事。从学生时代黄明志带着一个背包穷游亚洲各国，在不知多少个穷困潦倒的夜晚，听着这一首首经典歌曲，想着这些充满才华的音乐人，拿起吉他弹到破皮，一首一首地写下去，只希望有一天能成为他们的一份子。而在经过金曲奖多次的肯定後，黄明志终於在音乐上找回热情丶感动与敬意。

2020 是全球因疫情而陷入绝望的一年，但黄明志回到自己对音乐最「粗」的热情，最「深」的感动，和最「大」的敬意，邀请了无数亚洲重要的音乐人与各领域工作者，挑战种种极端而不可能的工作模式，耗费几万的小时的努力，终於完成了“亚洲通”系列的最终也是最重要的一张专辑『亚洲通才』。

「通才」二字，泛指什麽都会的人才，黄明志一直相信每一个人都有独特的才华跟天份，不论是很会演戏的影帝丶让人们开心的 AV 女优丶努力练习的辣妹舞者，只要愿意努力，都能在各自的领域中发挥惊人的才华！以「想要跟亚洲各个有才华的人们一起合作」为出发，不论国家丶地区丶思想丶语言丶政治丶种族和文化，只用初衷丶热情丶执着丶努力丶合作和感动去完成，这就是『亚洲通才』这张专辑，

听完这张专辑，如果你也有那麽一点被触动，如果你也开始想努力些什麽。那麽，这张集结亚洲各国许多人们的才华而完成的『亚洲通才』专辑，仅献给你那份也许还不为人所知的 --- 才华。

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"Asian Polymath» Music Album Introduction

Asian Polymath is the biggest project Namewee has ever put on, the wholly self-written album transcends the concepts of time and dimensions, it reimagines the afterlife and bestows a whole new meaning for life and death. Asian Polymath is a cognition collectives of all the previous albums, it congregates the essence from the last generation's works. Asian Polymath is a wish from the author to honor the greats.

From 10,000 Reasons To Make Me Happy, Stop Clubbing, Our Love Is Over, Beyond The Edge and Five Hundred. These very Namewee-ish song titles have definitely got people to burst into laughters and their interest piqued. However when it comes to

'Honoring', the word has put Namewee into serious thoughts. To hammer the album into perfection, Namewee has had a few excursions to countries and places such as Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and India's Bollywood. Through his research and mid-night grinding, he discovered the musical element which could have an ever-lasting impact on a culture's growth. By utilizing the historical sampling and referencing techniques, Namewee inducted the element into his most recent works to woo the industry once again.

As the opening title, China Reggaeton fuses the Chinese sound with Reggae to create a unique blend of flavours yet what attracts most is the fact that Anthony Perry, the HKFA laureate being invited to feature in the song. Beyond The Edge is a song which the Hong Kong people love the most, Fu Jiu from China has a voice that strongly resembles the legendary rock band main vocals from Hong Kong - Beyond, hats off to the legends! Canon Rock 2020 is blessed to feature the song's original creator - JerryC, the song commemorates the first wave Youtube content creators and a backstory of how Namewee rose to prominence. I Shot You shows that Namewee has limitless creativity, he wants to honour the Adult Video actresses and particularly JAV for accompanying him during his loneliest hours. Besides that, the appearance of Yua Mikami has garnered the music video a lot of unwanted attention. Do you still remember the 90s retro disco music? Stop Clubbing is a song that discourages young adults to go to such places. Head figure of Taiwan's EDM, DJ Jerry collaborates with Namewee to rewind time back to the 90s happiest hours.

To complete the Asian Polymath formula, the finale of the 'Asia' albums. Unprecedented guest invitations and collaborations in the album far exceeds the industry's common standard, in addition to the vast music genres such as Rock, R&B, Rap, Reggae, Ancient Chinese, Hindustani, Modern Pop, EDM and Disco. Nonetheless, sampling techniques, piano, guitars and strings, ancient instruments, Kompang, Sitar, Sape and countless instruments were used.

Namewee greatly expanded the instrument capabilities and infused them with his creativity.

During each stage of the process, the artiste was always brimming with ideas, the artist even exclaimed: 'This project has my brain wrenched! My most time-consuming project ever!'

As a perfectionist, Namewee would always need to delve into his massive sound libraries to rummage a voicing that could match the corresponding time period, sometimes it could take weeks to filter a suitable candidate. Namewee would even go to the extreme by attempting to contact the original song producer to locate the most accurate sound but that's just the first baby footsteps. Then, he would discuss with his arranger for ways to make the sound more modern, to fit the old blood in a new body. Asian Polymath is amazing for its preservation of the retro elements but still modern sounding aspect.

To differ 'Honouring' and 'Imitating' has its difficulties, the fine line between the 2 is ambivalent and blurry. Hence, Namewee has his own answer to such a question, he believes that by paying homage to the classics, their people and legacies would be the huge difference maker. Long story short, Namewee was already a backpacker in his college years, while he was travelling with a very tight budget in Asia, it was the classics that kept reminding him to be diligent and stoic.

The Corona-pandemic has ravaged 2020 into pieces, many were despair and despondent but Namewee persevered, thus giving birth to Asian Polymath. The word 'Polymath' means a person who possesses wide knowledge and talent, Namewee believes that everyone is born with talent yet true success is only granted to the most hardworking genius. Asian Polymath is Namewee's desire for working with every talented person he came across in Asia, with burning passion comes unparalleled talent, that's the last calling of Asian Polymath.

專輯曲目 TRACK

1. 中國痛 Ft.黃秋生
2. 我們的海闊天空 Ft.富九
3. 一萬個開心的理由 
4. 你是我的青春 Ft.JerryC
5. 不小心
6. 長城
7. 不要去Club Ft.羅百吉
8. 五百
9. 對你愛完了
10. Curry & Roti Ft.Thila Laxshman
11. OK Lah! Ft.大馬音樂人
12. 敵友