Main works of Matthew Lane

Album Chinese name: Listen to the Sound of the Earth

Album English name: Orchid Island

Release date: August 10, 2010

Region: Taiwan

Language: English

Introduction:

Matthew Lien, from the Yukon Territory of Canada, has lived in Taiwan for more than ten years Over the years, I have always used the truest excitement and enthusiasm to personally understand the music, culture, plants and people's lives in Taiwan; I have used the Western musical talents and concepts I learned from childhood to integrate into China. The unique music and cultural elements create a music style that is sufficient to showcase the main culture and reach the international level. Matthew, who has also won the Golden Melody Award and been shortlisted many times, said that he is very happy that his music has been recognized, but he also hopes that the public can hear the connotation of music. He believes that everyone who makes music must not work hard. Because I want to win awards, I have more sense of mission.

Although everyone calls Matthew Lien an environmental musician, in fact, he said that he not only has such a deep love for the land where humans live, but also has a deep love for humans and all species. Right injustice, the same deep concern. Matthew firmly believes that music can make the world a better place, because every song represents a desire and fantasy, a wish and love. Matthew Lane is not just an environmental musician, he considers himself a musician who strives to awaken the love of life through music.

Use music and enthusiasm to ask everyone to "listen to the voice of the earth"

The new song "Coral Elegy" is inspired by Taiwan's floods and calls on everyone to respect nature

Previous interval It has been two years since the release of the first music album. In 2010, Matthew Lien is about to release his own new music album "Listen to the Sound of the Earth". Matthew Lien aspires to use his music and enthusiasm to awaken people and the world, making everyone aware that the beautiful earth we live in is shared by all species. Matthew also hopes that everyone can gain strength from it, and through the powerful appeal of music, it can be spread to every conscious human being, and through everyone's strength, work together to make the world a better place!

Matthew Lien has visited aboriginal tribes many times, and the rich ecology of Orchid Island has never left his mind. This album was invited by Matthew Lien in 2008 to be the soundtrack producer for the PSTV documentary "Wild Orchid Island". It is a creative concept that can convey the respect and balance of the residents of such a small island to nature. Matthew Lien is extremely happy and enthusiastic to convey the music to more listeners. From 2009 to 2010, Matthew spent 12 months behind closed doors to extend his creation. He personally adapted the soundtrack of the documentary, added more music and a more exaggerated storyline, and created this new album in the early summer of 2010. "Listen to the Sound of the Earth", from the land of Orchid Island, we seemed to hear the breathing, and even the whimpering, of the other largest island - the earth. Matthew said: "This is not just a music album to listen to, but also a An album that tells stories!"

Through the stories written by Matthew Lien about the origins behind each song in the album, music fans can more easily understand each song in the album. In the notes and melodies, you can feel the exciting images and deep meanings that Matthew Lien took from the earth and wanted to convey to the music fans. The album includes a special song, "Coral Elegy", which was composed by Matthew Lien (for the pain caused by the 1988 typhoon in Taiwan in previous years, and for the natural creatures on this land. Just like Matthew Lien) Matthew Lien said: "What we have on the earth is all. If we do not first decide our attitude towards nature, the earth will determine our destiny."

Matthew firmly believes that starting to learn to "listen" to the voice of the earth is the beginning of an attitude and a desire!

Track:

01. Spirits of Orchid Island

02. Life Arrives (first wave of recommended songs)

03. Human Nature

04. The Forest Deep: Darkness Falls Forest Story: Dark Night Is Coming

05. The Forest Deep: Night Creatures Forest Story: Dark Night Creatures

06. The Forest Deep: DayBreak Forest Story: Dawn

07. Water Taro Song of Water Taro (Second Wave Recommended Song)

08. Coastal Life Coast Life

09. To Face the Sea Facing the Sea

10. Ocean Lullaby Ocean Lullaby

11. Modern Day Evils Modern Evils

12. Hope Remains Hope still exists

13. Returning Home Returning Home

14. Requiem for the Reefs Coral Elegy album Chinese title: Passenger

Album English name: Adventures in the Hakka Heartland

Release date: July 30, 2008

Introduction:

"Passengers" is the most exciting in history A rich collection of Hakka crossover music albums! 17 wonderful songs, 17 touching stories, 17 simple moments about love and music! Matthew Lane's largest cross-border music project in history, creating a new style of Hakka music blues and folk fusion! Traveling across Taiwan for a year, collecting traditional Hakka folk songs, folk songs, music, operas, and compositions on the spot!

Xie Yuwei, Chen Yongtao, Xu Muchen, Wu Shengben, Liu Yuanzhi, Liu Musong, Fu Qingzeng, Xu Xuechuan, Lin Zuochang, Zhong Caixiang, Yang Xiuheng, Zhong Laizhang, Huang Huanju, Lin Zijun, Tu Yueguang, Tu Minchen, Xu Dengzhi...more than one hundred Hakka musicians, old, middle-aged and young, participated!

Track:

01. Ha-Fun Taiwan

02. Among the Rows of Tea

03. The Four Mountain Kings

04. Ba-yin Blues

05. The Color of the Rain

06. The Yi-min Mounds

07. Tzu-tien Station

08. River of Memory of Memories

09. Planting the Seeds of Song

10. Under This Old Tree

11. Menong Sweet and bitter/The Plum Farmer

12. Waiting/Wu Bi Ta

13. Uncle Huang's House/Uncle Huang's House

14. Glimmer in the dream / Meet You In My Dream

15. Behind the Mask/ Behind t

he Mask

16. Father and Son in the art world/Father and Son

17. Learning To Swim Album Chinese title: Water Chronicles

Album English name: A Journey of Water

Release date: June 8, 2004

Introduction:

●Adventure recording 30 meters under the sea, underwater microphone Recording the sound of gushing water from underwater hot springs

●Alternative singing, the amazing fish hawking sound at Nanfang'ao Fishing Port

●After being lost for 30 years, nine lumberjacks re-sung "Loss"

Before the album "Water Chronicles" was released, probably only Matthew Lane had heard all of these voices.

An underwater sound recording project has created a surprising music travel map.

In the autumn of 2001, a complex, vast, and even arduous recording project quietly took shape. The earliest plan was to record the sounds of Taiwan's four seasons and integrate them with Matthew's music creation to form a music album with the theme of Matthew's creation and Taiwan's nature. However, as the mood changed and interesting events continued to occur, the plan eventually transformed into a concept album that tracks the life journey of "water" at altitude.

After two years of careful planning and multiple coordinations, an underwater sound recording project from mountains to oceans was launched.

Repertoire:

01. Cypress Mountain Rain

02. Swa-iyal

03. Ten-Thousand Horses Running

04. A Labor of Love

05. Dreamland Express

06 . The Warmth Within

07. Beiguan Typhoon

08. Reflections of the Past

09. Placid Waters

10. The Tears of the Kavalan Prince

11. Ocean`s Cradle

12. The Beautiful Island Ihla formosa Album Chinese Title: Arctic

Album English name: The Arctic Refuge

Release date: September 1, 2003

Introduction:

Here It is the roof of the prosperous world and the starting point of life

When you stand on the roof of the earth, the sun never sets. Icebergs stand in the Arctic sea

Time seems to stand still and tens of thousands of reindeer move silently. A group of whales floating on the water

In 1992, Canadian musician Matthew Lien and earth photographer Ken Madsen had just completed a project on Arctic ecological photography and music. A successful performance of the combination. Ten years later, Matthew once again went deep into the "1002 Land" known as the "Calving Ground". On the shores of the Arctic Sea and protected by the mountains, Matthew gained the blessing of nature. He began to create "The Arctic Refuge" (The Arctic Refuge) ecological music album. He vowed to use the power of music to infuse the Arctic heart into his blood and transmit it to every corner of the earth. Because the Arctic Reserve has always been his greatest comfort to Matthew.

This mood is also reflected in the Arctic album and different music styles in the past. In addition to the well-known: Matthew Lane's Gult music, this time there are more diverse aspects such as blues soul, western country and European light rock. .

In order to ensure the integrity of the music, Matthew spent high production costs and invited the top musicians in North America: David Sinclair, Ed Henderson, Tom Keenlyside and others to record together. The dozens of natural sound effects in the album, such as whales, dolphins, reindeer, loons, etc., are all precious wild sounds recorded by Matthew during his 10 years in the Arctic six times. The album Arctic is a different experience for fans who are familiar with Matthew Lane's music.

Track:

01. Heart of the Refuge

02. Among the Rafters Of the Earth

03 . Currents

04. Under Mountain and Valley

05. legend of the man without fire

06. Crow on the Moon Moon Over Crow Mountain

07. A Perilous Trek

08. The Journey Home

09. Renewal

10. One River to the Sea

11. Whales Album Chinese name: Unicorn

Album English name: Unicorn

Release date: February 1, 2003

Introduction:

The album "Unicorn" is a very special album. In fact, She originated from Matthew Lane's first solo album "Music To See By". "Music Vision" is Matthew's work when he was a teenager. It is full of passion for music and experimental spirit. The rich musical elements in it can already smell that Matthew Lane's music style is gradually taking shape in the future

The original name of the "Music Vision" album is Music To See By, which means "things we see through music." Matthew's music has always been full of vivid images and stories. The title of this album comes from Matthew's teacher who said after listening to his music, "When I hear your music, I can see what's going on." name.

There are 11 original singles in the album, which are based on Matthew’s legendary teenage life – Matthew began his fantasy journey when his parents divorced when he was 5 years old. In Search of Home describes his first voyage to the Arctic sea; Kluane is the Kuluane National Park in Canada that had a profound impact on Matthew; Hallingdal is the birthplace of the Lane family - the small town of Hallinda in Norway; Molly Moss is the author of It is about a kind old Scottish lady who treats Matthew as her own; Very Much To Me is about Matthew's first love, which took place in Germany. Listening to music, we travel with teenager Matthew Lane.

The single "Unicorn", like the other 11 songs, was created by Matthew when he was a teenager, but has never been recorded and released. It is Matthew's private song. Because "Music Vision" was about to be released for the first time in Asia, Matthew included the new single "Unicorn" in early 2003. The wonderful thing is that "Unicorn" is like a lost piece of the puzzle. When she returned to Matthew's "Music Vision", this album began to ferment from "Imperfect" 16 years ago to a masterpiece 16 years later. "the most precious".

After 16 years of change, the young man who was full of passion and vision for music has already become an internationally renowned musician. The album "Unicorn" is the starting point of this extraordinary journey. What is valuable is that in the journey, there is you, there is me, and we have the same pursuit-that is, the desire for love.

Before Canadian environmental musician Matthew Lane became famous, he had a miserable youth that was rarely mentioned. When Matthew was studying in high school in San Diego, the United States, there was a group of best friends in his class, and he was Everyone regarded them as aliens, and one of the girls named Ron had the strangest behavior. Ron's parents even wanted to send her to a mental hospital for a time. Everyone advised her: Just try to behave as normal as possible to avoid being sent to the hospital. Ron replied: I'm not abnormal, that's me, I'm just a unicorn. Therefore, Matthew wrote the song "Unicorn" and gave it to her to express his support and blessing, because Matthew understood Ron's situation, which was actually not far from his own.

Zero Distance Forum - Friends face to face, "Contact Zero Distance" is a collection of 12 songs included in Matthew Lane's Unicorn album, which are Matthew's works from the age of 19 to 22. That was the stage when he just left school and entered society, full of passion for music and longing for the world. Many of the works are based on Matthew's personal life experiences, including his first love (Very Much To Me), his first contact with the Yukon wilderness (Kluane), and his first voyage to the Arctic sea when he was seven years old (In Search Of Home) etc. From the perspective of the time, these works did not have commercial value, so Matthew relied on part-time jobs and loans to raise a sum of money before recording a few songs, so this album took three years to complete. Time has just come to an end. Matthew Lane, a passionate young man who has just entered the recording industry, actually works as a tile-laying worker.

After 6 years, Trend Records released Matthew Lane's first album in Asia for the first time, and specially recorded the single "Unicorn", which appropriately interprets Matthew Lane's During this period of life, Peng Jikang, director of the "Unicorn" album, said: This imperfect album 16 years ago has become the most precious album 16 years later, because if Matthew did not have this kind of love for music at the beginning, If we persist, it will be impossible for great musical works such as "Wolf", "Cape Paradise" and "Tikal" to appear later.

Facing one's own imperfections requires great courage, but it is also the motivation to move forward. The reason why Matthew wants to show his imperfections in front of all music fans for the first time is to encourage everyone...

Track:

01. Unicorn (new recording in 2003)

02. Seasons

03. The Last Waltz Waltz

04. A Tune for a Loon

05. Good Company

06. Kluane

07. Alley Cat

08. Very Much To Me

09. Hallingdal Hou Linda

10. In Search of Home Looking for a Home

11. Molly Moss Jasmine Moss

12. Heaven's Name Chinese name of the album: Journey

English name of the album: In So Many Words

Release date: September 1, 2001

Introduction:

●The clear and sincere singing voice of a throat kissed by nature

●The first wolf that sings loudly in the wilderness collects it with you

●The first solo album five years after his debut

●11 love songs that express nature Travel, childhood and memories of love and separation

●His journey, through the time tunnel, there is no today or tomorrow

In order to bring the audience a touching and inspiring experience, and at the same time awaken the public's concern for being trapped in In the dangerous wilderness, Matthew collaborated with other North American musicians, writers, photographers, painters, adventurers and other artists to develop the Yukon Wilderness Project. Every summer since 1993, they have traveled together, covering the Yukon, British Columbia, Alaska and other Arctic regions, using sounds and images to interpret what they saw and heard. At present, Matthew's field recordings have captured the sounds of falcons attacking large black bears, glaciers splitting, etc. After these materials are put into six-channel surround sound, they are seamlessly integrated with Matthew's original music.

Tour performance. Becoming an internationally renowned environmental musician

Matthew was invited to perform at the CBC True North Concert for the second time, and also performed on behalf of the Yukon at the CBC Ottawa Day Noon Show in 1998. These two The concerts were broadcast nationally. CBC even commissioned Matthew to compose some music to welcome Nunavut to Canada. In August 1998, Matthew traveled even further across the ocean to collaborate with musicians in Taiwan and held the "Dear Earth" environmental concert to promote environmental protection concepts across borders. In March 1999, Matthew was invited to perform at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., continuing to promote conservation concepts.

For Matthew, nature is in his blood. In his music, which is always full of warm emotions, people can always feel his sincerity and respect. In the international music scene, Matthew is so unique.

Track:

01. Blue Lights

02. People that You Hate

03. Sad Civil Rights Road Tears on Min Chuan Road

04. Cause and Effect

05. This Water

06. Airstrip in Paradise

07. Behind the Lines

08. I Stand Amazed

09. The Child Slips Away

10. Life of Ten (Intro)

11. Life of Ten Album Chinese name: Brave New World

Album English name: Touching The Earth

Release date: April 1, 2000

Introduction:

"Brave New World" We Only Have One Earth She is Brave New World, which created a sales miracle from " "Wolf" to "Cape Paradise" dedicated to Taiwan, Matthew Lane's real nature has attracted 200,000 music fans. "Brave New World" is Matthew's carefully created global village album that broadens his musical horizons. "Mother of the Earth" invites four African singers from "The Lion King" to sing a chorus, and "Tikal" is filled with Inca music filled with the atmosphere of mysterious ancient civilization. "Gaoping Beauty Land" combines Bunun and Nantou tribe voices with Celtic music style, sketching the magnificent landscape of Gaoping Valley. The entire music pattern spans four continents, and hundreds of musicians from the international music scene are invited to join in. show. It can be said to be the first album in music history created for the earth's ecology, and it is also Matthew's musical love letter to the beautiful earth and all life!

Repertoire:

01. Maame Asaase (Mother Earth)

02. Tikal

03. Life* **Common Thread

04. The Flower and the Strea

05. Blood for Ivory

06. She

07. Via Con Dios

08. Kicking Up The Dirt

09. Sweet Earth of the Kao-Ping: The highlands

10. Liberation

11. When the Earth Calls Her Children Home

12. Parting Album Chinese name: Cape Paradise

Album English name: Voyage To Paradise

Release date: September 1, 1999

Introduction:

This album was nominated for the 2000 No. The 11th Golden Melody Award for "Best Pop Performance Album"

In August 1998, Matthew completed his first trip around the island. From Gangshan Park where the old man plays the Sanxian to the aboriginal tribes in the East Rift Valley, from the circuitous South Link Highway to the mountainous Taruge Canyon, from the Gezi Theater in Capital City to the Yueqin Festival in Hengchun, we I saw the true relationship between Matthew and the land of Taiwan. "Haijiao Paradise", an album dedicated to Taiwan, is Matthew's love letter to Taiwan. This is the first hymn written by an internationally renowned musician for Taiwan, and it also sings about the endless touching that this land has brought to Matthew.

As Matthew said, "Rather than saying that I fell in love with Taiwan, it is better to say that Taiwan embraced me!"

Matthew uses the traditional music and folk songs of Taiwanese aborigines and the sounds of the natural environment of Taiwan Island to interpret its original meaning. Musical style. The recording of "Journey to Paradise" lasted a year and went through three main areas, from the mountain rivers of the Gaoshan people to the Yilan Plain, from the rushing rivers in the Gyroko rock area to the Penghu Islands. Among them, internationally renowned aboriginal singers Hu Tianguo, Pan Jinying and other national treasure-level artists performed across the knife! Taiwan's new folk songs interweave dialogue with Celtic, light jazz, and folk songs. It can be said to be the only album created for Taiwan by hundreds of musicians from the international music scene!

Repertoire:

01. The First Encounter [The curtain rises] persuade you

02. Island Collage Haijiaoyi Paradise

03 . Rains on Seashore rain. Hualien

04. Grasshopper Flirting Green Fantasy

05. Marble Canyon Taroko

06. Recalling the Past

07 . Tribal Duet Smile Tribe

08. Lovesick under the Moom 丽丝

09. Pinpu Woman picking fern cats

10. Country Opera Song 野台

11. Don`t Say Good-bye, Taiwan [The curtain falls~My love, Formosa] Album Chinese name: Reindeer Declaration

Album English name: Caribou Commons

Release date: January 1, 1999

Introduction:

This is a true masterpiece of Matthew and eight North American artists asking for the reindeer's life.

What I saw and heard during the 1,250-kilometer journey, as well as the actual recorded sounds of streams, birdsong, and natural sounds of wind and rain - transformed into notes full of energy, guiding people to use the most equal vision, Participate in a reindeer’s dance of life. The sucking deer that has lost its mother but is crying for food, the naughty fawn lost in the wilderness, the dying doe by the stream, the physical migration of hundreds of deer, and the ignorance that they are not aware that they are about to lose their habitat. Joys and sorrows, separation and harmony, generation after generation, cannot resist the curse of the human oil industry.

Track:

01. A Mlnon To The Past Reflecting the Mirror of the Past

02. The Gatherlng Rendezvous

03. The Swarm , the Herd breeding ground

04. Wlldflower waltz Wildflower Waltz

Sheep creek waltz Sheep Waltz

Dead calf lament Fawn Elegy

05 . 200 Days 200 Days

06. The Swarm, The Herd

07. Just as it Should Be

08 . birds of prey raptors

09. Blood from a Stone 缿石血

10. The Land of the Gwich'in Chinese title of the album: Confluence

Album English name: Confluence

Release date: 1997

Introduction:

"Confluence", this work not only reflects the natural The atmosphere made me deeply feel the boundless and universal connection of music. The introduction said: "This work is an affectionate performance by fifty Chinese and Western musicians. It is a music event that pays tribute to nature." Yes, the author has integrated his love for the nature of the world into the entire series, and the entire series embodies the unboundedness of music. Yes, indeed, when I was experiencing the entire series, I not only heard Xiao and The melody of the Irish flute, the melody of the pipa blending with the dove, and the harmonious melody intertwined by the erhu and the violin...

"Convergence" brings together more than fifty musicians from North America and China Recorded together at home, it is a tapestry of beautiful and colorful music. Through the dialogue between Eastern instruments and Western instruments of the same series, it presents the magnificence, uniqueness, fragility, and simplicity of the earth...

An unfettered soul brings the spirit of the wild back to civilization...

Track:

01. Flail(Jubilation)

02. Confluence (Confluence)

03. The Coming Through (Transformation)

04. All That I Could Ask For (My Heart's Desire)

05. All Strings Great And Small

06. Forever

07. The River

08. In the Canyon of the Peel (Peel Valley)

09. Safe Harbor (Safe Harbor)

10-The Hills of Terra Firma (mountain land) Album Chinese name: Wolf

Album English name: Bleeding Wolves

Release date: 1995

Introduction:

The poignant and tragic Scottish music style performs a musical festival of wolves, Thirty musicians wrote this moving epic with music and humanity for the wolves facing slaughter in the Yukon River Basin of North America. The sound of streams, wind, and rain are accompanied by the strong rhythm of the ups and downs of life in the wilderness. They are the rapid breathing of the wolf as it runs, the sad saxophone, the wolf licking its wounds in a pool of blood, and the low French horn. As the wolf's heart beats surgingly, the music records the living wolves in the wilderness.

Repertoire:

01. Flying Squirrel Creek

02. These Wings

03. Bressanone

04. Before the War

05. Bleeding Wolves

06. Tears Over Shetland

07. Of Strength and Sorrow

08. Bedtime Stories

09. And Then There Were None

10. In Silent Repose Album Chinese name: Wolf Music Vision

Album English name: Music To See By

Release date: 1987 Year

Introduction:

After 16 years of change, the young man who was passionate and longing for music has already become an internationally renowned musician. The album "Unicorn" is the starting point of this extraordinary journey. What is valuable is that in the journey, there is you, there is me, and we have the same pursuit - that is, the desire for love.

Repertoire:

01. The Seasons

02. The Last Waltz

03. The Loon Song/A Tune for a Loon

04. Good Company/Good Company

05. Kluane/Kluane

06. Alley Cat

07. Very Much To Me

08. Hallingdal

09. In Search of Home

10. Molly Moss/Molly Moss

11. Heaven`s Name