"A strikingly creative and beautifully executed work that fuses Eastern elegance with contemporary musical innovation."
-------- Review from Future Art & Design Award
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Project description
"The Jade Echo" is a fusion work born from AI empowerment. It blends the charm of traditional Chinese aesthetics with the vitality of modern Western rhythms, aiming to paint a fascinating auditory picture of "Eastern artistic conception meets Western rhythm".
This project was created using Suno v4.5+, which made full use of its powerful generative capabilities to complete the initial version. There are plans to utilize its vocal and accompaniment separation function to export the accompaniment into further multi - tracks (such as separating bass, drum sets, lead instruments, etc.). This move is intended to provide ultimate flexibility for more in - depth Mixing and Mastering processes in the later stage. For example, it allows adjusting the equalization, sound field positioning and dynamics of individual instruments, and even rearranging local sections, so as to ensure that the final work reaches a professional - level standard in terms of listening experience.
In terms of music design and structure, a modern Funk foundation full of vitality is built using jazz drums, punchy bass lines and syncopated rhythm guitars. Chinese traditional instruments such as guzheng (Chinese zither), pipa (Chinese lute), bamboo flute and guqin (ancient Chinese zither) are interspersed throughout, echoing the rhythm of the lyrics. The brass section composed of trombones and trumpets injects tension into the music through the use of bold syncopated rhythms and improvisational elements. Throughout the entire track, the timbres of Eastern and Western instruments constantly overlap and collide, eventually achieving harmony.
The lyrics draw on the gracefulness and philosophical thinking of Song Ci (a form of classical Chinese poetry). With images such as "night breeze", "lonely boat", "rivers and mountains" and "clouds and mists", they depict a moonlit picture filled with melancholy and questioning. The vague question about the brevity and uncertainty of life complements the complex and changeable jazz harmonies and rhythms, forming a dual dialogue between emotion and rhythm.