Credits:

Cicada

Description:

A beautiful ensemble depicting magnificent nature in a new composition by a Taiwanese chamber music group that is evolving in isolation! After visiting the west coast of Taiwan and diving deep into the Pacific Ocean with "Ocean," "Farewell" expressing human relationships and cycles, and "White Forest" dedicated to marine and urban animals, the group will step into the mountains of Taiwan for the first time in 2019, 10 years after its formation! Beidawu Mountain. On Beidawu Mountain, they will walk through a forest shrouded in fog, rest by a stream, and marvel at the beautiful sea of clouds at sunset. On the south peak of Qilaiju Mountain, we pass through sun-drenched grasslands and climb to a ridge overlooking the town. The green formations connecting tree roots and stone joints, the white snow piling up on the mountainside in the middle of the night. Wild animals are cautious and capricious, confused and restless. Encounters with wild animals in mountain huts, downpours of rain and white snow in cirque valleys, and other physical symptoms and weather changes they had never experienced, as well as the ever-changing mountain scenery and awe of nature, strongly moved the members to create this album. Since the release tour of the previous album, a new four-piece lineup has been formed, and the melancholy repetitive melodies of the piano and acoustic guitar, the strings that celebrate deep lyricism, are further deepened, and the serene ensemble that makes the most of the reverberations of each part is exquisitely woven into the new album.This record of the climb, more majestic in scale and filled with sweet melodies than ever before, clearly depicts a group in its tenth year that has acquired new expressions and continues to evolve without stopping.

Tracklisting:

01. HIKING IN THE MIST
02. MOUNTAIN STREAM
03. TWILIGHT CLOUDS
04. SUNLIT GRASSLAND
05. OVERLOOK WHERE WE CAME FROM
06. FERNS BETWEEN ROOTS AND ROCKS
07. SUDDEN RAIN
08. SNEAKY VISITORS IN THE CABIN
09. SNOW TRAIL