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Giving in to the dark side
Tanya Chua conceived her new English album while feeling depressed
after being dumped by her former recording company
By Samuel Lee
IT'S strange that Tanya Chua was laughing out loud while talking
about a morose topic.
Over sips of coffee with her Singaporean collaborators, Eric Ng,
Adam Lee and Kenn Chua, she was describing her forthcoming English
CD, Jupiter, as one that gives away her dark side.
COLLABORATORS: Tanya (second from left) worked with (from left)
Adam Lee, Eric Ng and Kenn Chua to produce Jupiter, which she
calls an album that gives away her dark side. -- HOW HWEE YOUNG
'Things were not looking and doing too well, and so I despaired
and got lost and depressed,' Tanya, 27, said.
While she did not spell it out, word has it the singer-songwriter
was upset that Universal Music Taiwan did not renew her three-album
contract after it lapsed earlier this year.
A spokesman for the label's Singapore office said that it was because
sales of Chua's last two Mandarin albums, Remember (2000) and I Do
Believe (2001), fell short of its 100,000 threshold for Taiwan. They
had sold about 60,000 copies each.
Instead of wallowing, she dove headlong into making Jupiter.
'Making it gave me peace of mind. There was more free rein and I had
the most fun, especially knowing that there was no pressure or
questions like 'Is this commercial enough?',' she said.
Jupiter is her third English album following 1997's Bored and 1998's
Luck. It will be released on Sept 30 by Yellow Music, a subsidiary of
her management company, Music & Movement.
The boyish bunch of Ng, Lee and Chua arranged, co-produced and played
guitars on various tracks.
Lee, 30, and Ng, 26, are now on tour as session guitarists with A*mei
and Sandy Lam respectively. Chua, 36, is an arranger who has worked
with Stefanie Sun and Hongkong artistes like Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok
and Karen Mok.
Also sharing co-producer credits is Austrian musician Bernhard Lupo
Groinig, 35.
Whether he and Tanya are still an item is a taboo topic. Read together
with songs like Lost, which laments the loss of love, her 'no comment'
response only invites speculation that their long-distance relationship
is history.
But, it's not as if she cares.
'Whatever I'm feeling is probably what you are feeling at the same
time. It's something you can relate to. It's not just about me.'
Jupiter by Tanya Chua will be available at HMV and Borders from Sept
30. Each CD purchase entitles you to a pair of tickets, on a
first-come-first-served basis, to watch her live at the University
Cultural Centre on Oct 11 at 7.30 pm.
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Tanya's takes on Jupiter's tracks:
DROPS OF JUPITER
'A pared-down version of the original by my favourite band, Train. I
made whoever was in the studio that night sing the chorus at the end
while I took over the console.'
TELL ME
'A song about how you are in love but don't know how the other person
feels and how he's just not telling.'
TWO OF US
'Originally found on my Mandarin greatest hits album. It's about a
secret rendezvous and how two people make love. The delayed wah-wah
pedals give it a kinky 1970s porn feel.'
ALL I NEEDED
'Faye Wong recorded a Mandarin version. The English lyrics talk about
being too caught up with not letting down your loved ones.'
YELLOW
'A more mellow, romantic take of the Coldplay hit which we performed
at the Singapore Music Festival in April.'
SANCTUARY OF LOVE
'This is taken from my third Mandarin album, Chong Dong (Impulsive).
(Music & Movement's managing director) Lim Sek liked it so much he
insisted I re-record it.'
JUST LIKE THE MOVIES
'A retro American pop song which describes how you want a fairy-tale
ending where everyone gets what they deserve, just like the movies.'
DAY & NIGHT
'The R&B version on my second Mandarin album was turned into an
acoustic Jonatha Brooke-styled song.'
LOST
'An ambient number about losing love and knowing what you've lost
only after going away.'
ON THIS EARTH
'A fun jazzy track with Christy Smith, who plays bass at Harry's,
giving a 'no bullshit' spoken introduction.'
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黑暗面的宣洩
被之前的唱片公司拋棄後，在感到沮喪的同時，蔡健雅構思出她新的英語
專輯。
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合作者：蔡健雅（左二）和Adam Lee（左起）、黃韻仁、Kenn Chua一起
為這張被她視為宣洩她的黑暗面的專輯Jupiter催生。--How Hwee Young
Samuel Lee／報導
當聊到一個陰鬱的話題時，蔡健雅的放聲大笑是件很怪的事。
在和她的新加坡合作夥伴，黃韻仁、Adam Lee、Kenn Chua（譯註：以下
以黃、李、蔡代表）啜飲幾口咖啡之後，她開始描述她即將發行的英語專輯
，Jupiter，一張宣洩她的黑暗面的專輯。
「事情看起來、進行起來都不是那麼順利，讓我絕望而且感到失落、沮喪
。」二十七歲的蔡健雅說著。
雖然她並沒有說，但是很明顯地可以看出這位創作歌手對於台灣環球唱片
在今年稍早舊約到期後並未和她續新的三張片約感到生氣。
環球唱片新加坡辦公室發言人指出，這是因為前兩張蔡健雅的華語專輯，
記念(2000)和相信(2001)，並沒有在台灣賣超過十萬張的門檻。兩張專輯各
售出大約六萬張。
但她沒有因此而氣餒，反而全心投入製作Jupiter。
「做這張專輯讓我的心情平靜。這張專輯裡我有更多的自主權，尤其是我
知道我完全不用去擔心像『這首歌夠商業化嗎？』之類的壓力或問題，所以
我做的很開心。」她說。
Jupiter是她繼1997年的Bored和1998年的Luck之後的第三張專輯。它將會
在九月三十日由她經紀公司Music & Movement的子公司Yellow Music發行。
黃、李、蔡三位音樂人在不同的曲目中負責編曲、合製以及彈奏吉他。
三十歲的李和二十六歲的黃現在各自在張惠妹及林憶蓮的巡迴演出中擔任
吉他手。三十六歲的蔡是曾參與孫燕姿以及香港歌手如張學友、郭富城、莫
文蔚專輯中歌曲的編曲者。
另外一起擔任製作的還有奧地利籍的音樂人，三十五歲的Bernhard Lupo
Groinig.
他和Tanya是否仍為一對是個禁忌話題。在讀到像是哀悼已逝去的愛的Lost
的歌詞時，她「沒評論」的回答只能讓我們推測他們的遠距離關係已成為歷
史。
但她看起來並不在意。
「我無論感受到什麼都有可能就是你正在感受到的。那是你可以建立起的
聯想。那並不只是關於我而已。」
蔡健雅的Jupiter從九月三十日起可以在HMV和Borders買到。每買一張CD
就送你兩張票，可以觀看十月十一日晚上七點半在大學文化中心的現場演出
。憑票入場，坐滿為止。
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蔡健雅對於Jupiter曲目的介紹
Drops Of Jupiter
「這是個刪減過的版本，原本是由我喜歡的樂團Train演唱。錄音當晚我
被安慰時，我請所有在錄音室裡的人錄製曲末的合聲。」
Tell Me
「關於你在愛情中但卻不知道另一個人的感受，以及他就是不說出他的感受
的一首歌。」
Two Of Us
「原本收錄在默契新歌加精選專輯中。這是有關一個秘密的約會以及兩個
人做愛的歌。遲緩的"哇哇踏板"給人一種有點變態的七○年代色情的感覺。
」
All I Needed
「王菲曾錄製過這首歌的華語版本。（譯註：等等）英語的歌詞是在說關
於太過在意不讓你所愛的人失望的反效果。」
Yellow
「我們四月在新加坡音樂節的演出中唱的一首更香醇、浪漫的Coldplay熱
門曲。」
Sanctuary Of Love
「這原本是第三張華語專輯裡的歌，衝動。（Music & Movement的主管）
Lim Sek很喜歡它，因而堅持我重錄這首歌。」
Just Like the Movies
「一首重新流行的美國歌曲，描述你想要讓童話故事怎麼結尾，每個角色
都得到他所應得的，就像電影一樣。」
Day & Night
「原本在第二張華語專輯中節奏藍調的版本變成一首Jonatha Brooke式的
原始歌曲。」
Lost
「一件周遭的事物，關於失戀以及你只有在離開後才知道失去什麼。」
On This Earth
「一首和Christy Smith一起呈獻的爵士風樂曲。Smith在曲中除了在
Harry's演奏貝斯之外，還做了一段『別說大話』的簡介。」
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小弟英文不好，以上翻譯如有錯誤，歡迎指教。
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