Our first release this year in 2021 is a song called “海边” or “Seaside” translated in English.
With the help of our friend, Kohld Havenson of one-man-black-metal-band Laang, (https://laang.bandcamp.com/),giving him free play for arrangement, “海边” 2021 is born. The arrangement by Kohld is in the vibes of Modern Pop-Punk and it’s agreeable to most listeners. Find out what Kohld has to say about “海边” in the YouTube link below.
This song was originally composed in 2002/1 as a bossanova-ish mandarin pop love ballad. Kohld did a fantastic job be reinventing the song into something modern, heart pumping, punkisg and catchy an easy on the ears all the same time. The guitar solo outro is simple but very melodic and memorable. To pay tribute to Mandarin Pop Diva A-Mei, I sneaked in a part of the chorus of the hit song “听海” right at the beginning. It’s a cheeky thrill for me because we pulled this one off.
I have always admired artistes and musicians that evolved with times and choose to be more relevant as they mature and progress. After taking the path of evolving, some would have received harsh criticisms and backlashes, which I personally feel it’s unfair to them. Metallica effort in the 3 albums “Load”, “Unload”, and “St. Anger” is a classroom example of how their fans were disappointed with them after they tried something new.
Unbeknownst to some of my friends and fans, the genre of music that I enjoy is not restricted only to metal, but also they other extreme ends of folk, pop, unplugged, jazz, blues, children’s music and more. So by releasing “海边” was one of the gambles for ESP, because it’s not a not a metal song.
We certainly hope you enjoy “海边” as much as I have enjoyed the process of producing the song with Kohld (on all instruments*, arrangements and engineering” and Rex (*on bass) for this song. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Thanks.
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