: "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. 第一次我們帶了一兩個樂團到這 他們從沒離開過台北 每個團之間都有交情 最後 大概來了十個團跟兩百人 春吶從此發跡 而我們是這週末五個墾丁音樂節其中之一 其它或多或少都跟春吶沾上一點邊 但唯有春納保留原始精神 : : "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." : 一開始 大雖只有十個樂團發表他們的原創音樂 現在有上千個 我看著和春吶一起成長 : 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. : (台灣史 各考生注意) 台灣在二戰中從中國割讓給日本 日本採取軍事統治 緊接著中國內戰 台灣保持著對中國 文化與經濟關係卻又保存著自己的人種和文化 使得台灣處於模糊地帶與政治的不安 台灣在1980晚期解除戒嚴 但在UN及西方國之下 台灣仍不是個獨立的國家 但我們卻及在 國際上有一席之地 台灣仍保有獨立的經濟與政治力量 不同於阿六 但在國際上的孤立 讓台灣的年輕人想政治上盡一份力 : 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. : (坐高鐵 說整個加拿大的人口擠在溫哥華島的大小) 這嚴重的議題變的清晰當我們訪問 范姜 戒嚴跟自由言論只開放約二十年 剛好在這群音樂人的世代 范姜說"它差不多是免費的 (?) 自由的了" 你可以說出你想說的 但在之前 如果你提到 政治 你就人間蒸發了 事實上 如果這訪談發生在二十年前 范姜跟記者都可以 列為失蹤人口了 : 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. : 雖然台灣跟福爾摩沙這名字不被中國官方認可 台灣己成那些為了國家榮耀而爭取獨立 的人們的口號 : 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. 范姜明卻得指出政治hip-hop與我們的相似經驗 范姜:市場上不認同我們這樣的音樂 很多台灣樂團都短視 他們不在乎社會議題 但他們能成功 范姜也指出其它參與政治音樂的西方藝人像 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用音樂說明了他們政治立場 用傳統台灣音樂跟原住民音樂 他們是唯一一個 使用此元素的台灣hip-hop 范姜說明了兩個挑戰(困難之處) 一個是台灣的音樂必須與西方國家的不同 要了解音樂背後的故事是需要時間的 其它的樂團不想花時間這麼做 很多團試著放傳統元素進到音樂裡 但他們仍使用著西方音樂的思考模式 : 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." : 第二個挑戰是跟台灣戒嚴時期有關 台灣政府強迫人民使用北京話 因為政府的自私 很多傳統音樂都已經失傳了 很難去找到傳統音樂 (下回待續 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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