Embracing the Wind

非常喜欢深夜喝咖啡，那是孤独者的调味伴侣，喜欢煮咖啡的啵啵声音，也难以抗拒这种神奇的褐色液体所带来的浓浓的香味。在灯光下，默默的凝视着浓稠的化不开的液体的飞速旋转，没有一丝的犹豫，不停的旋转，带着白色的泡沫，带着白色的热雾，搅拌着咖啡，搅拌着一样化不开的情感和思念。          我不是孤独，欢笑和快乐的声息，甜言蜜语的喃呢，仿佛还凝固在脑海的思绪里。刹那间，只是有些寥落，留下的是思绪中的凝固，和空气中的寒冷温度和静静的氛围。或许此时只有咖啡陪伴着我，一起旋转，一起搅拌。          无聊间，音乐已然响起，凝结静默的空间里传出清脆的钢琴敲击声，没有复杂的起止休符，只是简简单单的一键，一键又一键，音符犹如一颗颗的星星，闪烁着，炫目着，而背景衬托的电子键盘音乐如墨黑的天空的铺垫，宽广而无边，星星一颗颗地镶嵌着，黑色的天空衬托出星星的闪亮和美丽。忽然，小提琴打破了此时的宁固，音乐悠长却又长贯不息，附呵着钢琴的旋律的一并回转，小提琴的音乐犹如一条绵绵延延的细不可见的长丝，把每颗音符珍珠串了起来，排列着，然而由于丝线太长了，延伸中，细细薄薄的丝弦挡不住钢琴丰富而沉重的情感，不由得颤动起来，更随着风的吹动而旋转，缓缓小小的起伏着。齐头并进中，小提琴，钢琴始终配合得天衣无缝，小提琴串起的钢琴音符最终成为天空中最美丽的一道银河，或者说是一贯深夜的长虹！   默默的聆听着，无言，无语，思绪也伴随着一并去串联了，最终，音乐，星星，沉默，宁静，浑然了起来。搅拌啊！搅拌啊！旋转哦！旋转哦！冲进了浓浓郁郁的感情咖啡。液体已经顺从的滑入咽喉，随着液体在体内的扩散，甜甜的，腻腻的，KEVIN KERN的浓得化不开的钢琴感情再次的涌入我的全身心。。。   虽然这是KEVIN KERN的最新力作，其实是2001年4月份完成的。这是我们期待2年后的作品，刚刚看到封面的奔马，以为KEVIN的音乐会改变些了，不知道该是失望，还是兴奋：从风格而言，没有任何的更新，完全和封面的飘逸潇洒感觉对不起来。然而，从音乐欣赏角度而言，可以说对于KEVIN的一贯浓重情感音乐更加的完善和成熟，可以说，是KEVIN的5张作品中最好的一张。我们可以肯定的是，在音乐背景的衬托和调节下，有了些“轻”的感觉。很巧妙的配合了小提琴的音律，在清脆亮丽的琴声中添加了一份柔情。值得推荐收藏！ As far as new age pianists go, Kevin Kern is far less known than either Jim Brickman or David Lanz, but his lush, melodic meditations fall somewhere in between the music of those two. It's far less direct and poppy than Brickman, and slightly less dramatic and conceptual than Lanz. The concept here was for label owner Terence Yallop to offer images to Kern in the studio, which Kern would then develop into full-fledged impressionistic pieces. Kern calls it an interchange of ideas featuring external and internal stimuli. Whatever their source, these are simply beautiful pieces perfect for dreaming, meditating, or stress relief. "Blossom on the Wind" opens the disc on a brooding, haunting note, with gentle orchestration sweeping the listener into a dreamscape. "Through Your Eyes" has more of a pop/classical flavor, catchy and bright from the middle register. "Childhood Remembered" is (like the opening track) more sparse and features a chamber music flavor. Many of these tunes sound like soft and caressing film score pieces in search of the images Kern no doubt dares the listener to create. One nearest and dearest to his heart is the sweet solo ballad "From This Day Forward," a piece enhanced by soft strings which is dedicated to his fiancé Pam. "A Secret Grove" has a similar feeling, enhanced by the balmy breeze of the acoustic guitar. The genre of new age music has taken many forms of worldbeat and exotic rhythms under its large umbrella. But Kern helps listeners remember the type of music that defined the genre once upon a time.