What is Post Rock? The Top 10 Examples 什么是后摇？十张专辑

田鼠听音乐很多年了，但真正广泛的听各种类型的音乐却是从新世纪出来，新世纪是一门伟大的音乐类型，无数的新世纪音乐家做出了许许多多让人赞叹不已的音乐。是新世纪让我习惯了弦乐、土著语或者没有调子的音乐。

Post-Rock也就是后摇，以前也只是听过几张Mogwai的专辑，大规模广泛的下载试听，却是在应兔爷（路人甲）的请求，帮她找几张后摇专辑。

田鼠到国外网站一搜，便发现了这篇Blog，The Rock Blogger写的。试听过后，田鼠觉得作者选的专辑都很经典，特意翻译了过来。

但实话说，田鼠的英语也只是马马虎虎，翻译得问题很多，不过大家是来听音乐的，就不用计较那么多了。哈哈哈哈哈，当然，如果有英语高手觉得那几句可以更好的翻译，可以在后面回复。

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　　Post-rock is a popular term thrown around the indie-music world to describe

experimental， instrumental or high-concept music where rock instrumentation is used unconventionally， with a focus on long compositions while often omitting power chords， lyrics and hooks.

　　后摇是一种流行于独立音乐世界中，用来描述实验音乐、器乐和高度概念化的音乐类型，它运用摇滚的乐器来演奏，专注于常常的编曲，省略强力和弦、歌词和叠音，创作出非同与传统摇滚的音乐。

　　While many artists have been labeled as being post-rock， its usage is still controversial among critics who maintain that the term is too broad and outdated. Yet as prominent acts who fit the post-rock ‘profile’ begin to raise in popularity and influence， the term has yet to dissipate. So to help clear some of the confusion as to what this genre is， I thought I ‘d list my favorite albums that I would describe as being post-rock.

　　当许多的艺人被贴上“后摇”的标签时，它的使用一直存在着争议，批评家们认为“后摇”这个概念太宽泛和过时了。但是在杰出的“后摇”艺人更加流行，有了更大的影响力后，这些争论仍未消失。因此，为了帮助清除一些对“后摇”到底是什么类型的困惑，我想我应该列一些我最喜欢的，可以被称为“后摇”音乐的专辑。

#10. Tortoise Millions Now Living will Never Die 1996.

　　One of the most revered and influential works in the genre， Millions is a kinetic and fluid album that features jazz-influenced passages interwoven with tight， fast-paced guitar work， electronic arrangements and boisterous percussion. One of the founding albums of post-rock， the style and pacing of this work would later inspire Do Make Say Think.

　　在后摇中最受尊敬的、最有影响力的组合之一。Millions 是一张充满活力的、灵动的专辑，这张专辑中，爵士与紧张而快节奏的吉他弹奏，电子编曲和喧闹的鼓声交织在一起。这作为早期“后摇”创立之初的一张专辑，他的风格和加速“后摇”的创立在之后赋予了Do Make Say Think以灵感。

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#9. A Silver Mt. Zion. He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms. 2000.

　　A Silver Mt. Zion started off as a side-project of Godspeed You Black Emperor and have since branched out into being a full-fledged band. Their sound， like GYBE is sorrowful and achingly beautiful， relying on swooning strings， bellowing bass lines and little percussion （though additional instrumentation and more vocals were introduced in their later albums）。 This album is the band‘s first and it predominantly features string arrangements and sparse production， often mixing classical elements with bizarre （yet hypnotic） field recordings and jangly guitar lines. A brilliant exercise in melancholy.

　

　 A Silver Mt. Zion从Godspeed You Black Emperor（田鼠注：一个著名后摇团体）的编外计划，单独制作音乐开始，已经成长为一只成熟的后摇乐队。他们的音乐，来自让人心醉的弦声， 怒吼般的贝司线，极少的打击乐器（后期，他们加入和许多额外的乐器和更多人声），像GYBE一样，伤感，悦耳。这张专辑是乐队的首张专辑，它主要由弦乐和稀少的生产？，时常混合古典元素，夹杂着不协调的记录和摩擦吉他。极有才华的第一次试验便充满了哀伤。

　
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#8. Set Fire to Flames. Sings Reign Rebuilder. 2001.

Set Fire to Flames is a collective of Montreal musicians (again including members of Godspeed) who create haunting and challenging soundscapes. This is a brilliant concept album where the musicians were holed up in a deteriorating house for several days, forced to collaborate on extended jams which feature orchestrated requiems, strange electronic drones and plenty of natural ambient noise, rounding out a work that is both atmospheric and beautiful. A stunning achievement in chamber music.

Set Fire to Flames 是一群蒙特利尔音乐家（同样有一个是Godspeed的一员），他们营造了萦绕的和挑逗的音乐氛围。这是一张天才般的概念专辑，这些音乐人被约束在一间持续恶化的房间里许多天，这迫使他们合作于把弥撒曲，奇怪的电子轰鸣声和许多自然噪音结合起来，整合成一张大气的、悦耳的专辑。一张绝佳的室内音乐！

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#7. Explosions in the Sky. Those who tell the truth will die, those who tell the truth will live forever. 2001.

This album is a dramatic, brooding and lyrical affair, with its dynamic instrumental songs opening with delicate guitar lines that slowly spill over into crunching riffs and martial drumming. EITS always pack an emotional punch, creating masterful mood pieces that shimmer with intensity. While their later albums refined their sound with better production and more cohesive structure, this album (being their second) is the most inspiring, cathartic and uninhibited.

这张专辑是给人印象深刻，悲伤、神秘，蕴含着夸张的情绪。开篇一段动感十足的电子乐紧接着柔和缓慢的吉他弹奏，慢慢过渡到重复的噶咋噶咋声，继而充满了雄伟的鼓点声。Eits一直塞入情绪的冲击，创造出强有力的紧张闪现的情绪片段。当他们之后的专辑用更好的创作和更多的粘合的结构来精炼他们的声音，这张专辑（他们的第二张专辑）是最鼓舞的，发泄情绪的，不受抑制的。

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#6. Slint. Spiderland 1991.

A landmark for the genre, Slint’s schizophrenic dynamics, dark atmosphere, sparse production and skeletal guitar work laid the groundwork for bands like Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky. The songs on Spiderland are hushed, unnerving and strangely beautiful, making edgy and compelling music through the careful creation of atmosphere and tension, rather than working with traditional song structures. The result is an album that is intriguing and gripping, thrusting you across a wide spectrum of emotions.

后摇类型的划时代的专辑，Slint的精神分裂似的力量，黑暗氛围，稀疏的演奏和基础性的吉他弹奏就像Mogwai和Explosions in the Sky一样。Spiderland里的歌曲是缄默的，使人感到灰心的，奇异的美感，通过紧张气氛的建立，制作急促和强迫性的音乐，而不是通过传统的歌曲结构。结果是这张专辑激起了人们的兴趣，吸引了他们，强行插入一段广泛的情绪给他们。

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#5. Labradford. Prazision LP 1993.

The debut album from this Virginia duo was a brilliant melding of ghostly guitar music and striking synthesized ambiance. The songs here are soothing and ethereal without loosing the dark edge provided by the hushed vocals and deliberate guitar work. When listened to in the right context, this album can make for quite a spiritual experience as the songs possess an otherworldly quality to them. Labradford are clearly one of the most underrated bands in existence.

这张来自弗吉尼亚二人组合的专辑混合了幽灵般的吉他音乐和惊人的混合气氛。通过沉默的元声和从容的吉他弹奏，使音乐有镇静的效果？？。当在正确的环境下聆听时，这张专辑能提供安静的精神上的体验，好像这些音乐有不一样的特质。Ladradford是现在最被低估的乐队之一。

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#4. Talk Talk. Laughing Stock. 1991.

Another album that has stood as a watermark for all bands designated as being post-rock, Laughing Stock is mind-bending work that takes swirling jazz elements and complements them with energized percussion, cryptic vocals and psychedelic guitar passages. Expanding beyond the conventions of rock, jazz and ambient traditions, Laughing Stock redefined experimental rock music for the 1990s.

这是另外一只被认为建立了后摇这个概念的乐队。Laughing Stock令人奇怪的运用了旋转式的爵士元素，用鼓声、神秘的声音和迷幻吉他弹奏作为补充。超出摇滚，爵士和氛围传统乐，Laughing Stock 为90年代重新定义了实验摇滚音乐。

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#3. Sigur Ros Ágætis Byrjun. 1999.

One of the most critically lauded and successful post rock bands is Sigur Ros, famous for their strange yet serene vocals and otherworldy ambiance. The songs here are gorgeous as they slowly build in intensity, as the string arrangements swirl, the guitars jangle and the vocals steeply climb atop the thundering crescendos. An emotional ride that stirs up vivid imagery and memories.

Sigur Ros是最受赞扬和成功的后摇乐队之一，以他们奇异安详的声音和超尘脱俗的氛围营造出名。他们的音乐是灿烂的，他们缓慢营造了激烈的情绪，用漩涡似的弦乐安排，刺耳的吉他和向上爬升的声乐。一段情绪的波动冲击着记忆。

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#2. Mogwai. Young Team. 1997.

Young Team was this Scottish band’s first LP and it offered a blistering example of how dynamic the post rock genre is. From its relaxed and fluid bass lines and cyclical drumming to its calculated and climatic guitar squalls, the epic journeys each one of these songs take are invigorating and immersing. The album’s final track “Mogwai Fear Satan” is a 17 minute maelstrom that never lets up in intensity.

Young Team是这支苏格兰人的第一张LP，它提供了一个极好的关于后摇是如何动感的例子。从它的随意和流动的贝司和循环往复的鼓声，到适当的吉他弹奏，每一段音乐都使我们沉浸与一段音乐的旅行之中。这张专辑的最后一个音规“Mogwai Fear Satan”是一段长达17分钟的不放松紧张情绪的混乱曲。

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#1. Godspeed You Black Emperor. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven. 2000.

The holy grail of post rock albums, GYBE’s second full length is a two disc juggernaut that washes over the listener with its cinematic qualities, wide emotional range and sprawling song structures. Their coveted acopyltic jams are infused with heart-breaking string arrangements, tension-filled guitar, blasting horns and other experimental elements like field recordings and vocal samples.

后摇最神圣的乐队，GYBE的第二段完整的期间是一张主宰世界的2CD，它用电影似的特质，广阔的情绪调动，散乱的音乐结构，使听者感到放松。他们的音乐受到震撼心灵的弦乐，充满紧张感的吉他，爆炸般的喇叭和其他像现场录音和声音元素一样的实验音乐元素的影响。

The album is comprised of four extremely long tracks that take the listener on an incredible trip through the darkest pits of despair to glorious bursts of light, proving themselves to be masters of composition and cohesion (I think there are over 10 people playing at a time on this record).

Orchestral and experimental, this is the soundtrack to the greatest movie never made.

这章专辑包含了四首相当长的音轨，让听众聆听一段不可思议的旅程，从令人绝望的黑夜到辉煌的突然爆发的白昼，使他们成为了作曲与凝聚方面的大师（我认为，在某个时刻，他们有超过十个人在演奏）。管弦乐和实验音乐，这是最伟大的电影都没法提供的声音。

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Well, there you have it, my list of The Best Post Rock Albums. I hope it has been an informative and comprehensive summation of this complex and rewarding genre. For more information on Post Rock and other bands that I did not include on this list, check out Post Rock articles on Wikipedia and Allmusic. Cheers.

好，这些你都听了，我的最佳后摇专辑。我希望它能够充分定位到这种复杂和有价值的音乐类型。如果一些关于后摇或其他乐队我没有提供的信息，可以查阅维基百科和Allmusic. Cheers 上关于后摇这个词条的解释。

来源：http://www.therockblogger.com/what-is-post-rock-the-top-10-examples/