: "The first time we came down here, we brought a couple of other bands who'd : never left [Taiwan's capital Taipei]," Moe adds. "Every band had another : friend band, it ended up being ten bands and maybe 200 people." The event : has since exploded to the point that there were at least five other rival : music festivals around Kenting on this weekend ─ they're universally : referred to as "Spring Scream," although only Wade and Jimi's event retains : the untainted, DIY feel of its original inspiration. 第一次我们带了一两个乐团到这 他们从没离开过台北 每个团之间都有交情 最後 大概来了十个团跟两百人 春呐从此发迹 而我们是这周末五个垦丁音乐节其中之一 其它或多或少都跟春呐沾上一点边 但唯有春纳保留原始精神 : : "When we first started, there were maybe ten bands on the island who were : attempting to play original music," Davis says. "Now there are thousands. : We were able to watch and be a part of the music scene growing up here." : 一开始 大虽只有十个乐团发表他们的原创音乐 现在有上千个 我看着和春呐一起成长 : A brief historical overview is required to understand the context of Taiwan's : creative communities. Taiwan was ceded to China in a post-WWII agreement : with Japan, and was placed under martial law following the Chinese civil : war in 1949. It maintained a tenuous balance of maintaining economic ties : to China while preserving its own rich ethnic and cultural heritage, and : through lobbying and political agitation, Taiwan shed martial law and became : a democracy in the late 1980s. Yet Taiwan is not an independent country in : the eyes of the world, and remains unrecognized by the United Nations and : other Western powers; as a "nation" of sorts, they do have an international : presence, like in the Olympics, where they compete as the Republic of China : (not to be confused with the communist People's Republic of China). Taiwan : retains a significant amount of economic and political independence from : mainland China, but is in many ways a land without status. Among increasingly : politicized Taiwanese youth, these issues are prime ─ and they've got the : hands-on political experience to back them up. : (台湾史 各考生注意) 台湾在二战中从中国割让给日本 日本采取军事统治 紧接着中国内战 台湾保持着对中国 文化与经济关系却又保存着自己的人种和文化 使得台湾处於模糊地带与政治的不安 台湾在1980晚期解除戒严 但在UN及西方国之下 台湾仍不是个独立的国家 但我们却及在 国际上有一席之地 台湾仍保有独立的经济与政治力量 不同於阿六 但在国际上的孤立 让台湾的年轻人想政治上尽一份力 : The seriousness of these issues becomes blindingly clear when we return to : Taipei (about a two hour bullet train ride to the northern part of this : island, which houses Canada's population in an area about the size of : Vancouver Island) and sit down with Kou Chou Ching mastermind Fan Chiang. : Censorship of not just culture but free speech itself ended only 20 years : ago, within the lifetimes of most current Taiwanese musicians. "It's more : free now," Chiang tells us. "You can sing about whatever you want. But before, : if you sang about [Taiwanese political issues] you'd just disappear." In fact, : Chiang tells us that if he gave the same interview 20 years ago, not only : would he "disappear" immediately but as journalists from the West, so would : we. : (坐高铁 说整个加拿大的人口挤在温哥华岛的大小) 这严重的议题变的清晰当我们访问 范姜 戒严跟自由言论只开放约二十年 刚好在这群音乐人的世代 范姜说"它差不多是免费的 (?) 自由的了" 你可以说出你想说的 但在之前 如果你提到 政治 你就人间蒸发了 事实上 如果这访谈发生在二十年前 范姜跟记者都可以 列为失踪人口了 : Even the name Taiwan is discouraged by mainland China; that name ─ and the : name given to it by Portuguese settlers several hundred years ago, Formosa : ("beautiful" in Portuguese) ─ Taiwan has become a shorthand for those who : fight for independence for this proud nation. Chiang encouraging that Spring : Scream crowd to chant "Taiwan" and "Formosa" was a more significantly : political act than we realized in the moment. : 虽然台湾跟福尔摩沙这名字不被中国官方认可 台湾己成那些为了国家荣耀而争取独立 的人们的口号 : Chiang has an astute understanding of political hip-hop that mirrors our : own experience. "Now, it's the market that's suppressing this kind of : expression ─ people won't buy this kind of music. A lot of Taiwanese : bands are short-sighted ─ they don't see that in caring about social : issues, you can still be successful." He cites not only his own musical : inspiration, like Public Enemy, but other politically aware Western acts : like U2 and Bob Dylan. 范姜明却得指出政治hip-hop与我们的相似经验 范姜:市场上不认同我们这样的音乐 很多台湾乐团都短视 他们不在乎社会议题 但他们能成功 范姜也指出其它参与政治音乐的西方艺人像 U2 etc. : Kou Chou Ching make a political statement with their music by using : traditional Taiwanese and aboriginal music in their production; they're : the only Taiwanese hip-hop act doing so, and it's challenging for two : reasons. "Taiwanese music is constructed totally differently than Western : music," Chiang explains. "It takes time to understand the story within the : music, and a lot of bands don't spend the time to unravel this. A lot of : bands try to add traditional elements, but they're still thinking of a : Western musical structure and adding Taiwanese elements like a traditional : trumpet on top." : KOU用音乐说明了他们政治立场 用传统台湾音乐跟原住民音乐 他们是唯一一个 使用此元素的台湾hip-hop 范姜说明了两个挑战(困难之处) 一个是台湾的音乐必须与西方国家的不同 要了解音乐背後的故事是需要时间的 其它的乐团不想花时间这麽做 很多团试着放传统元素进到音乐里 但他们仍使用着西方音乐的思考模式 : The other challenge is directly tied to the period of Chinese martial law, : when the ruling class tried to abolish evidence of Taiwanese culture, : including forcing the Taiwanese education system to teach only Mandarin. : Thus finding source material to sample is itself an immense challenge. : "Because of government censorship, a lot of traditional Taiwanese music : recordings were destroyed, so it's difficult to find this original music." : 第二个挑战是跟台湾戒严时期有关 台湾政府强迫人民使用北京话 因为政府的自私 很多传统音乐都已经失传了 很难去找到传统音乐 (下回待续 cloudhh可以接手XD) : : -- : http://www.kou.com.tw : : [拷秋勤] PTT版名 KOU : : ~一面跳舞，一面思考~ : : -- :

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