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Welcome to the little planet of okamotonoriaki."},{"file":"mnc012","sort":"988","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc012.jpg","title":"For Your Home Or Office","artist":"Park Avenue Music","summary":"Park Avenue Music has made the perfect soundtrack to what happens after the sun sinks behind the horizon."},{"file":"mnc011","sort":"989","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc011.jpg","title":"Unspoken Words","artist":"Hior Chronik","summary":"This 2nd solo album of Hior Chronik, in so many generous expressions, communicates a work that is both memorable and soulful. Welcome to the world of melancholy."},{"file":"mnc010-1","sort":"990","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc010-1.jpg","title":"our little prayers (for Japan)","artist":"Various Artists","summary":"Our Little Prayers (for Japan) is a show of support from m\u00fc-nest to the Japanese people, a small gesture of love."},{"file":"mnc010","sort":"991","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc010.jpg","title":"Sonorit\u00e9","artist":"Teruyuki Nobuchika","summary":"m\u00fc-nest x PLOP special collaboration series vol. 3: \"Sonorit\u00e9\" by Teruyuki  Nobuchika, a beautiful exploration of the possibilities of piano."},{"file":"mnc009","sort":"992","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc009.jpg","title":"Earthrise 2064","artist":"Kyo Ichinose","summary":"m\u00fc-nest x PLOP special collaboration series vol. 2: \"Earthrise 2064\" by Kyo Ichinose, an amazing contemporary music journey inspired by Romatic Age icon, William Blake."},{"file":"mnc008","sort":"993","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc008.jpg","title":"Peking Scene","artist":"me:mo","summary":"m\u00fc-nest x PLOP special collaboration series vol. 1: \"Peking Scene\" by me:mo, an elegy dedicated to the gone-but-unforgettable city of Peking."},{"file":"mnc007","sort":"994","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc007.jpg","title":"telescope","artist":"okamotonoriaki","summary":"Here is an electro-pop musical-picturesque of intricate, weaving piano melodies, soul-tripping drum and electro sound beats, with warm synths of near ethereal beauty."},{"file":"mnc006","sort":"995","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc006.jpg","title":"The Fabric","artist":"[Post-foetus]","summary":"For joy comes from asserting the longings of the heart, the unspoken hopes, the dreams, the fantasies, the intimate moments we hold dear, and thus is The Fabric."},{"file":"mnc005","sort":"996","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc005.jpg","title":"a letter from yesterday","artist":"starke","summary":"Arriving with the warmth and brightness of the rain showers of summer, is this beautiful debut album by starke."},{"file":"mnc004","sort":"997","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc004.jpg","title":"in this nest, we found our winged tales","artist":"various artists","summary":"Featuring an exquisite international line-up of some of the most revered Folktronica and IDM musicians from around the world, including Haruka Nakamura, Akira Kosemura, and flica."},{"file":"mnc003","sort":"998","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc003.jpg","title":"weekend","artist":"rist","summary":"Like the relaxing tranquility of a well-deserved holiday, \"weekend\" merging heart-warming musical prowess with a delicate, captivating sensibility."},{"file":"mnc002","sort":"999","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc002.jpg","title":"windvane and window","artist":"flica","summary":"Thin layers of ethereal sounds create the ambience, helmed by easy-tripping electro acoustic tunes and grounded by sleek IDM rhythms."},{"file":"mnc001","sort":"1000","img":"resource\/covers\/mnc001.jpg","title":"we are all cotton-hearted","artist":"various artists","summary":"A double-CD album of futuristic electro-acoustic sounds with a gorgeous easy-listening twist imbued with unconventional pop sensibilities."}]

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summary := Like the relaxing tranquility of a well-deserved holiday, "weekend" merging heart-warming musical prowess with a delicate, captivating sensibility.

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01. morning 
02. light 
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03. leaf 
04. sea 
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05. rain 
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06. slush 
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07. tomorrow morning 
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08. light (.tape. remix) 
09. leaf (taunus remix) 
10. morning (eternal travelers remix by greg davis) 
 
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The stress-free morning air, a breeze, the relaxing distant sounds and ambling clouds, a close friend, good coffee, a good book: the simplest, unassuming, undemanding pleasures of life distilled into the finest melodies that course through you like beautiful, ethereal tourists, lifting you in a sense of appreciation for all the little pleasures that are often took for granted.
 
 
Thus is the magic of folktronica duo rist's debut album weekend, which was amazingly conceived when they were on a week-long vacation, recording one track per day.

Like the relaxing tranquility of a well-deserved holiday, weekend showcases 10 tracks of ethereally entrancing music that presents the beautiful compositional capabilities of rist, merging heart-warming musical prowess with a delicate, captivating sensibility. 
 
 
An enthralling musical journey filled with layers of dreamy Rhodes and piano, tripping guitars, chromatic glockenspiel, enchanting beats and percussions, peace flute and bright synthesizers. Fusing various instrumental sounds together with expert subtle beat programming, weekend trails the beauty of simplicity, building minimal wondrous soundscapes, bringing a comforting serenity, a calming splendour that gently soothes and charms, drawing from the most subtle sublime touches of urban reality.

weekend is a stature of musical excellence that does not enthrall with contrived ostentations, but rather the simple desires for a thoroughly soul-charming, tranquility filled music experience.
 
 
Also on this album are the masterfully remixed works by some of today's most esteemed 
folktronica musicians and composers, namely Taunus from Germany, .tape. from Spain, as well as Greg Davis from the United States, with mastering by Ricks Ang of Kitchen and album jacket design by euseng seto, a.k.a flica. The gorgeous cover photo was taken by April Lee of Kitchen.

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mü-nest繼成功推出flica之後，大家都知道他們著力帶來優雅閒適的電音小品。來到第三彈的rist，一隊由德國人和日本人組成的女子組合，大概好此道的你會毫不猶豫地搶先收聽，想再一次感受那種晶瑩剔透的聽覺感動。

從大碟名字「weekend」己經感受到這次將會是一次悠然舒泰的旅程。兩位女孩子利用長假期，以一天收錄一首作品的速度，打造這張充滿假期氣氛的作品。細碎而慎密的節拍，配合鋼琴、長笛、木結他的輕彈淺撥，旋律若隱若現，教人墮入朦朧迷幻之美。

是的，你完全可以把rist對號入座，納入mü-nest的folktronica音樂體系。然而，mu-nest斷不會這樣子自我重覆，不然只是另一個千人一面的音樂廠牌。

Folktronica只是包裝，若果flica是對日常生活的禮贊，rist則是對我們的大自然一次深情的祝頌。那些零散的環境音效；描寫下雨、早晨、光線、海洋的歌名；那種近乎與人體脈動共震的音律(讓我想到日本的小山田圭吾近作)，若果你浸沉良久，你會發現那是一種近乎宗教的歌頌，對與人類共生共存的環境表示虔敬的感謝。Rist其實並不想我們只滿足於表面的舒適，而是一同透過音樂，深入鑽探我們與大自然的關係。

rist的「weekend」讓我們看到mü-nest不恪守規條的銳氣，在提供悅耳音樂大前提的同時，亦積極拓展作品的世界觀。在這個時代，我們實缺少這一種反思的勇氣。
 
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<a href="http://dosss.blogspot.com" target="_blank">dosss</a> (香港)
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::碟评:: 
音樂在低限的架構下混入細緻旋律，原音樂器與微電子、環境聲響的巧妙配置，Rist希望透過音樂表達心目中對大自然的讚美，散發一股耐人尋味、讓聽者沈澱下來的平靜力量，如果你正在尋找心目中的樂活音樂，這張《weekend》就對啦！ 
- 吴子婴 (节点文化,台湾) -

*下載 rist weekend 英文資料文稿 ><a href="http://www.mu-nest.com/mnc003.pdf">這裡</a><