Árcaron方舟｜雙月樂途首部曲：神話的崛起

融合YK樂團原創小說，開創世界音樂截然不同的新面貌，罕見古老樂聲—里拉琴、西非豎琴，配上吟唱和數位聲響，要讓世人聽見音樂敘事的力量，引領聽者一步步進入發人省思與充滿冒險的故事—《Árcaron方舟》。內含15首為原創樂曲，同時也為絕跡的塔特西里拉琴首度問世專輯。 ● 2019 全球音樂獎最佳年度專輯，榮獲最佳作曲、最佳製作、best of the show、最佳裝幀共五項大獎 ● 2020 榮獲美國音樂誌 Clouzine 最佳雙人獎、最佳錄音獎 ● 入圍 2019金音獎最佳世界音樂專輯與單曲 ● 入選 2019 三月 指標性環球世界音樂排行榜（Transglobal World Music Chart） ● 醞釀5年誕生小說Ｘ音樂創作大碟 《Árcaron方舟》為原創長篇小說音樂專輯，全系列共 8 張，小說元素包含神話、未來、解謎等。《雙月樂途首部曲：神話的崛起》為全系列首張發行。傳說如此之多，卻從沒有人知曉故事從何而來。一本古老加密樂譜的解碼，是否將改變我們對日常世界的想像？ 【絕跡樂聲復甦】 首張以世界古樂器西非豎琴Kora、古地中海里拉琴Lyre為主軸的原創小說專輯，以傳統文化中已失傳的文化遺產「Jeli （吟遊詩人）」為發想，創建小說主角凱萊爾。故事從凱萊爾在父母遺物所發現的一本加密樂譜展開。古老的神話被流傳，卻無人得知為何神話裡的故事如此說著？世界裡看似正常的一切，真的就如我們眼前所見嗎？我們從哪裡來？你是否也曾有過這樣的疑問。跟著《Árcaron方舟》的音樂和故事，一起探尋我們內在的真實世界。 【千年器樂傳承】 首張專輯內，主要運用到兩個在文化傳承中擔任重要地位的世界器樂：西非吟遊詩人21弦科拉琴、古地中海塔特西里拉琴，將古器樂與數位聲響結合，創造一段時空交錯的旅程。里拉琴為古地中海琴種，經時間流逝，多數琴種皆已絕跡，僅剩希臘、埃及、衣索比亞等仍保有傳統，琴亦在流入不同國家後擁有各自別名。而塔特西里拉琴則是由團隊根據西班牙當地三千年歷史的石碑Estela de Luna復刻出來的古樂器，石碑於1975年在Luna小鎮被挖掘。Yerko為目前全世界唯一演奏此15弦塔特西里拉琴的音樂家。 【典藏盒實體小說專輯】 由台灣設計師呂瑋嘉製作。特殊盒裝設計，盒上印有水藍色特色金刷紋。盒內小說封面以特殊3D雕刻壓印出由印銀、印金、燙銀交錯的銜尾蛇。該銜尾蛇為巴塞隆納畫家Toni Moll爲《Árcaron方舟》故事劇情設計的原創畫作，呈現古老銜尾蛇上特殊的細節紋路。典藏盒內含首部曲小說，擁有三國語言——中文、英文、西語。小說裝幀爲能更接近古書風格採裸背膠裝，古老手感的紙質帶你進入小說世界。當你開始閱讀，便會一點一滴從實體專輯裡找到進入小說世界的大門。 【音樂製作】 全系列15首歌曲皆為原創樂曲。專輯錄音、混音出於西班牙巴塞隆納Fernando Redondo ( Dinki )，並由美國三度入圍葛萊美的Alex Psaroudakis母帶後期製作。 ➻ Golden Winner of 2019 Global Music Awards – The Best of Show, Best Composer, Best Producer, Originality, Best Design ➻ Nominated in 2019 Golden Indie Music Awards Best World Music Album, Best World Music Song. ➻ Charted in TransGlobal World Music Chart ➻ Winner of Best Duo & Best Recording in CLOUZINE International Music Awards. Árcaron, the first music album ever to include the Tartessian lyre (an instrument that had vanished from the face of the Earth for centuries before being recently brought back to life), focuses on the West African 21 strings kora and ancient Mediterranean lyres, embellished with digital sound. It has opened up a new horizon unrestricted by the stereotypical limits of traditional instruments. The 15 songs, which inspired a mystery novel we have written (also entitled Árcaron), are arranged in an order that follows the plot, progressing from quiet tranquility to the magnificence of epic poetry. The book contains English, Spanish, and Chinese versions. Árcaron is in fact a series of eight albums. The first, Árcaron – Under Twin Moons I - The Rise of a Myth, combines the aspects of myths of the ancient world, epic fantasy, and science fiction. In the story, the protagonist searches for the truth of the world via a book of mysterious sheet music. The storybook cover design is made to look like that of the book of sheet music, and the printed aqua pattern on the album cover comes from Árcaron folk tradition as presented in the story. There is also an image of an ouroboros based on a drawing done in the third or fourth century by Cleopatra the Alchemist. Its archaic look was achieved through a combination of foil stamping, four color-process printing, and varnishing before finally being embossed, and like books of old, it is perfect bound with an exposed spine. In addition, the page sides are smudged with red, echoing the bloodstains on the sheet music. The CD sits inside the front cover of the book, the notches holding it having been made to look like the full moon and crescent moon in the story, visually bringing you further into the world of Árcaron. • Instrument- 21 strings kora： The Kora is the harp of West Africa, or more specifically of the Mandinka ethnic group and the lineage of the Djelis, which means “those who tell stories or sing poems”. They are focussed in an area that currently extends throughout parts of Senegal, Casamasce, Gambia, Mali and Guinea.The sound of the kora resembles the celtic harp on the low notes and the spanish flamenco guitar with the improvisation of the high notes. There are a few historical records that say mention the first recognised korista. This man was Jali Madi Wuleng. Some say that Jali appears in the era of emperor Sundjata Keita (1217 - 1255 AD) and others Kaabu o Gabu empire (1537 - 1867 AD). The Kora in Arcaron - Under Twin Moons I - The Rise of a Myth is Modern Kora The kónsuls are replaced by wooden tuning keys, of the spanish guitar, electric guitar or bass. They say that the first koras with tuners were built by Catholic monks installed in West Africa for a French priest. The priest wanted the sweet sound of the kora in songs in Mass, but for the musicians it was not easy to be continuously changing tuning between songs. So to meet this need they became pioneers in the construction of the first kora with tuning keys as well as the first chromatic kora. • Instrument- Tartessian lyre： The ancient Mediterranean lyre is an instrument that has become well known thanks to the few instruments found in archaeological sites, similar to the countless portrayals in Sumer, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Celtic, Tartessian cultures, etc. The Tartessian lyre in Arcaron - Under Twin Moons I - The Rise of a Myth is the recreation of one of the oldest string instruments of the Iberian Peninsula. It was created based on an engraving representing a string instrument similar to an ancient Mediterranean lyre. This engraving is on an anthropomorphic funeral stele dating back three thousand years that was found in the town of Luna (Zaragoza) in 1975. The characteristics of the engraving are very similar to the style of the Tartessian period (10 to 6 B.C.), hence the name of the Tartessian lyre or the Spanish name for its place of origin: lira de Luna (lyre of Luna). Thirty-nine years after it was found, Yerko Lorca funded and directed the recreation of the fifteen-string Lune stele lyre, forming part of the Grupo de Recreación de la Música en la Iberia Antigua (GReMIA), which includes musicologists, researchers, luthiers and musicians. • Product Info Product Including Arcaron I Novel (Chinese, English, Spanish), 15 original songs CD, exquisite box, size 14.5*25.4*2.3cm Recording / Mixing : Fernando Redondo, Spain Mastering : Alex Psaroudakis ( USA ), nominated 3 times in Grammy