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The Secret Miracle Fountain by Function @Locust music 2006

The red hook overview

當我們大量接觸某種事物：初時會為自己找到其中的脈絡而欣喜不已，然後繼續蒐集、沈醉、耽溺、消化......然後，我們竟然就因為熟悉而開始厭煩。

習慣讓神經線阻塞，像城市的街道以作家的名字命名，它們每天都在提醒著你關於歷史與記憶。記憶突然就變得不再珍貴。麻木於是伴隨著距離的消失而來我們卻不自知。

我們只好繼續蒐尋，期待每一次開啟的那扇門裡頭，會有那麼一朵我們從未見過的花在綻放。或許是顏色上有了微乎其微的轉變，或許是綻放的方式不同。或許是在綻放的過程中，它所存在的那塊土地決定了花瓣紋理的空間處理，以至它被攝入我們的瞳孔時，產生了一種迷人的新鮮的效果。

是的，首先是空間的問題，然後才是感覺。你聽見了嗎？是空間的問題。soundscape。space。evironment。ambience。沈靜。凌空。包圍。眼淚。因為空間的編排所產生的距離感，結合了背後的記憶與感性，麻木溶成一場雨，在城市裡不斷流動。

而我在對街櫥窗的鏡子裡，看見一個人拿著一朵白玫瑰，臉上沒有表情地凝視著遠方。他的影像慢慢擴張至整棟大廈、街道，以至整個城市都被他佔據了。而我漸漸覺得冷，因為我穿上了他的一身蒼白，在那些紋理間細小的空間，我有種被擁抱的感覺。

Artist Description for Function

Matthew L Nicholson is an Australian born musician, composer and sound artist. He has produced works for release by Locust Music, Room 40, Fat Cat, Au-Go-Go, Love & Mercy and numerous soundtracks for documentaries, short films and art installations. His collusion with a geographically vast network of talented friends creates Function;

Often ecstatic experimental songs incorporating sound sources from all over the world, their work has been copiously praised by indie media worldwide since the release of The Secret Miracle Fountain, by Locust Music of Chicago early in 2006.

Function have performed throughout Europe, USA, Japan and Australia in various forms in recent years with such artists as Piano Magic, Fennez, Thalia Zadek, Dreamweapon, Gamelan Son Of Lion, Sir Richard Bishop and Oren Ambarchi. Recently having completed their 3rd US tour in January, Function are gearing up for more US touring in May, preceding European touring in the summer.

Nicholson and composition partner Patrick Liddell have recently been working in an orchestral setting in Chicago, writing and recording material for 2007's Locust release, as well as sound design for Adi Da's exhibition at the Venice Biennale, Italy 2007.

Function members and contributors include Clare Tuckley, Patrick Liddell, Ian Wadley, Milo Mylecharane, Ruth Schoenheimer, Pascal Babare, Dominic Johnson, Felicity Mangan, Edward Nicholson, John Chantler, Pete Nicholson, Aaron Nakagawa, Georgina Ward, Chris Smith, Pat Ridgewell, Shirley Hunt, Anna Steinhoff, Joseph Burkett, Corey Dixon, Natalja Thomen, Gabriel Lewis, Tom Van Acker, Enrico Glerean, Matthew Golombisky, Sara Kraft, in various configurations.

（轉摘自last fm）

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