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Xia Ye

by Night Swimmer

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    12" vinyl x 1, 180 gram heavyweight, black LP, 33 RPM. Offprint picture cover with special paper (400g). Digital download code included. Black polylined paper sleeve. Plastic shrink-wrapped.

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Moon Dirt 02:11
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Killing Time 03:47
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about

"Xia Ye reflects the precarious balance of staying mindful amid a crushingly uncertain world." - Andy Beta for Bandcamp Daily, 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘, August 30, 2022

"'Xia Ye' absorbs both western sounds and Chinese melodies, conjuring a picturesque panorama of familiarity, intimacy and volatility." - Patrizio Cavaliere for Mixmag Asia, Best Albums of 2022

"The glistening production contrasts beautifully against the florid sonic landscape, revealing subtle and engaging details each time you listen." - ST for Electronic Sound magazine, issue 93

"Xia Ye is more of a counterpart to the anti-nostalgic deconstruction of the past…for his cultural heritage. So global and universal, at the same time local and specific." - Frank P. Eckert for groove.de

"It is full of ephemeral black box-like fun." - Hidesumi Yoshimoto for MUSIC MAGAZINE, Dec. 2022

"Invoking a 80s Hong Kong soundtrack that has found its way into the humid jungles." - Will Griffith for LiveChinaMusic


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“The comforting sounds from a night trip into a mountain that eased your mind.”

The album, Xia Ye, is a mid-covid account of Night Swimmer’s encounter with the chaotic bitterness that was the early outbreaks. It collects and accentuates an experience of a nighttime visit to a hometown mountain two years ago, while covid started to rage in Hubei province. The wholesome solace of nature, for once, eased all of his mortal befuddlement and gloom; A spiritual terrain was formed. As a metaphor for this journey, the symbols behind the title bring up a duality of meaning: Xia, in Chinese, could either mean “summer” or “idle,” while Ye means “night” or “wilderness.”

In the following two years, the project continued to collect moments alike. Yet, real-life turmoils and tragedies never ceased. All of this caused him to gravitate towards his short, reclusive stay in the wilderness two years ago. In an attempt to delineate this constantly transforming spiritual landscape, this album tapped into the sounds of 90s New Age music, his hometown’s local rituals for the dead, and also employed both virtual and physical instruments, colored by a nostalgic touch. Xia Ye absorbs both western sounds and Chinese melodies, conjuring up a picturesque landscape of familiarity, intimacy, and volatility.

Xia Ye is not an antidote for the spiritual crisis of the contemporary world. It is a memoir of the transformation of one’s inner self. But, these sounds and melodies can hopefully help achieve some meaning and peace for those who are also finding themselves lost amid the realistic, grueling storms spreading worldwide.

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Grown out of the raw and wild underground music scene in Wuhan, He Dengke (Ethan), a self-learned producer, started his music project as Night Swimmer with two full-length albums, SHAN SHUI and SHOCK RIVER. His music meanders through whimsical samples and animated analog sounds, capturing the juxtapositions of startling thrills, imaginative creatures and tender nostalgia. Essentially a Chinese musician, his music weaves together moments of 90’s Chinese psychedelic rock and fourth world electronic sounds, fully steeped in gossamer-like Chinese melodies, conjuring up an immersive, distant reverie yet still reflecting all personal real-life sentiments. As a further step in his music trajectory, his new album, Xia Ye, will be released on Shy People to showcase again his long-fermented ingenuity and spirituality in Electronic music.


「『Xia Ye』は、ひどく不確実な世界の中で黙想することの不安定なバランスを反映しています。」 - Bandcamp の Andy Beta、ALBUM OF THE DAY、2022 年 8 月 30 日

「『Xia Ye』は、西洋の音と中国のメロディーの両方を吸収し、親しみやすさ、親密さ、揮発性の絵のように美しいパノラマを呼び起こします。」 - Mixmag Asia の Patrizio Cavaliere

「『Xia Ye』は、過去と彼の文化的遺産の反ノスタルジックな脱構築と対をなすことです。その精神性はとてもグローバルで普遍的であると同時に、ローカルで具体的です。」 - groove.de の Frank P. Eckert

「 湿気の多いジャングルにたどり着いた80年代の香港のサウンドトラックを思い起こさせます。」 - LiveChinaMusic の Will Griffith


湖北省黄岡市にある故郷の「蚊虫山」(モスキートヒル)という名前の丘への夜の訪問から、ナイトスイマー(Night Swimmer)のフルアルバム、Xia Yeのアイデアが暗いCOVID-19の初期の都市封鎖の下で生まれました。旅は、丘の夜の荒野への呑気な没入型の探索から始まりました。薄暗い色の自然は、人間との接触なしに心をリフレッシュし、インスピレーションを与えました。それでも、外界で暴れ回っている混沌と試練の考えは反撃し、この長く失われた精神的な静けさを執拗に打ち砕きました。精神的な地形が形成され、修正されました。

次の2年間で、彼の人生のあらゆる側面---日常生活の断続的な暗闇とささいなこと、魂への継続的な理想と愛、都市間の遊牧民の放浪、そしてこの周りのまだ起こっている混乱に対するいくつかの迫り来る混乱世界---すべてがこの精神的な風景を刻む風と波に変わり、最終的にXia Yeの各トラックの背後にあるシンボルに凝縮されました。タイトルのXia Yeは、中国語で「夜間フィールド」と「アイドルフィールド」を意味する場合があります。この変容したマインドフルネスを描くために、Night Swimmerはアナログシンセ、有機サンプル、人間の声を使って、自分自身への健全な探究を呼び起こしました。

Xia Yeは、現代世界の精神的危機に対する対抗策ではありません。個人の内面の変容の回想録です。しかし、これらの音とメロディーは、この世界に広がる現実的な激しい嵐の中で自分自身を失った人々にとっても、ある種の意味と平和を達成するのに役立つことを願っています。

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武漢の生々しくワイルドなアンダーグラウンドミュージックシーンから生まれた何登科(Ethan)は、ナイトスイマー(Night Swimmer)として、SHAN SHUIとSHOCK RIVERの2枚のフルアルバムで音楽プロジェクトを開始しました。 90年代の中国のサイケデリックロックミュージックに触れながら、彼の音楽は気まぐれなサンプルとアナログシンセサウンドを蛇行し、オリエンタルなメロディーに完全に染み込んだ驚くべきスリルと優しいノスタルジアの並置を捉えています。彼の音楽の軌跡のさらなるステップとして、彼の新しいアルバム、Xia Yeは、Shy Peopleの下でリリースされ、電子音楽における彼の長年の創意工夫と精神性を再び披露します。

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released August 31, 2022

All tracks written and produced by He Dengke
A&R/Executive Producer 10000
Mastered by Arkstaa
Artwork by MENSLIES

Published by Shy People
SHYPPL MUSIC01
shypeople.cn/xia-ye

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