中華街機館 Chinese Amusement Arcade

by WISEFAKE

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Title Theme 00:31
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The Crystal Chamber 03:50
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3.
Updating 1 00:15
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4.
Tenshindon Restaurant 03:07
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Updating 2 00:11
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Red House Green Brick 03:40
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Mission Updating 2 00:13
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Chamber Collapsed 04:38
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Bad Ending 00:31
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制作人左玮现居多伦多，是电子二人组 Wanderlust 的成员，WISEFAKE 是他 2016 年开启的个人项目。相比起 Wanderlust 的歌曲属性，在 WISEFAKE 里，左玮更多以电子音乐的思维尝试新设备和新想法。

疫情期间，左玮有了更多时间去创作和玩游戏。受 Nintendo 红白机重温软件的启发，他将对新设备的尝试，与从小到大打游戏的经历相结合，发展成一张假想街机游戏的概念 EP《中華街機館》。

新设备加上怀旧心，使得这张 EP 成了一次充满复古趣味的声音探索。整张 EP 使用四台单音半模块合成器，全硬件设备录制，融合游戏音乐、巴洛克、ACG 与 New Age 音乐元素，左玮以纯旋律的音序音乐承载着他对街机游戏的丰富体验与幻想。从《Title Theme》进入游戏，在不同的虚拟场景间转换、完成升级，直到一切走向“Bad Ending”。EP 用大量水晶音色营造出华丽、跳跃的幻想空间，充满让人沉浸其中的乐趣。

EP《中華街機館》将发行限量版磁带。封面由左玮的妻子，设计师何青彧手绘完成。

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released December 2, 2020

WISEFAKE is the project by Victor Zuo (sound) & Alice He (arts) based in Toronto, running since 2016. Zuo is member of Chinese synthpop duo Wanderlust which is formed in 2009. Compared with Wanderlust, WISEFAKE is more likely an experiment in the mindset of electronic sound producing and equipment exploring.

In pandemic, there were more time to produce music and play games than before which caused by work-from-home policy. The addiction to Nintendo Switch, making Zuo use the new pieces of equipment fusing with the feeling of 25-year games playing experiences produce the 8th EP of WISEFAKE, <中華街機館(Chinese Amusement Arcade)>. Cover art is painted and designed by Alice He.

The EP, which is full of sound exploration, is made by four semi-modular synths with no software. As WISEFAKE’s works before, <中華街機館(Chinese Amusement Arcade)> also has many genres fused, such as music of video game, acg, baroque and new age. WISEFAKE uses drum-less sequencing melodies to exhibit the fantasia. From “Title Theme” to “Bad Ending”, WISEFAKE uses crystal patches to shows the joyful imagined storyline with tetrahedral scenes.

Sound: Victor Zuo
Arts: Alice He

More:
Wanderlust: wanderlustsynthpopduo.bandcamp.com
WISEFAKE: wisefake.bandcamp.com

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