Stephan Micus

1953年出生于德國的音樂家Stephan Micus能夠用世界各地千差萬別的民族樂器勾勒出了以上一幕幕素淡的音樂美景。Stephan Micus屬于這個世界上一種特殊的人。這種人外表看似沉滯、木納，然而在其平靜的內心深處往往蘊涵了一種可以摧毀任何心靈防線的能量。
16歲那年，德國極負聲譽的作曲家兼樂器多面手Stephan Micus第一次去了東方。并從此一發(fā)不可收拾，周游了全世界。他在印度和日本花了大量的時間學習古代音樂技巧并很早就開始收羅名目繁多的異國樂器，西方對這些樂器一無所知。ECM標簽公司給他灌錄的基本上是獨奏的嘔心之作，作曲家混音時大尺度額外添加的音軌為全輯造成了一種幻覺。Micus并不打算按老套路演奏這些樂器，而是想要用幾種新的方式去整合來自全世界的音樂表達模式。雖然有時你一定會覺得他弄出來的聲音是使用電子鍵盤的結果，但Micus絕對是一位打破異國樂器常規(guī)表演技巧的純粹的聲學演奏家。
幾十年的音樂歷練使得Stephan Micus越來越清淡，越來越無爭。說不定什么時候他就會完全放下手中樂器，飄然離去。在恒河的某個無名村落，在非洲雨林的某個少數(shù)部落用樹枝，用沙礫，用垂手可得的任何物件制造出一段段屬于自己也只有自己聆聽的音樂。
by Linda Kohanov
The respected German composer and multi-instrumentalist Stephan Micus made his first journey to the Orient at the age of 16. He has since traveled around the world. He spent extensive periods of time studying ancient musical techniques in India and Japan and collected a number of ethnic instruments previously unknown in the West. His recordings for the ECM label are essentially solo efforts in which the illusion of an ensemble is created by the composer's extensive overdubs. Micus' intention is not to play these instruments according to tradition, but to combine modes of expression from around the world in exciting new ways. Though he sometimes creates sounds you'd swear were the result of electronic keyboards, Micus is an acoustic purist who often develops unconventional performance techniques on ethnic instruments. He released Garden of Mirrors in mid-2000, with Desert Poems and Koan both following a year later. Micus continued to stay busy, releasing Towards the Wind in 2002, Life in 2004, and On the Wing in 2006, all of which kept his multicultural and multi-instrumental style intact.