Fielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk
Fielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk. Some Kind of Animal, the latest record from Fielded, jumps from slinky R&B, to neo-soul, to industrial funk.
Fielded 痴迷于诈骗者和疯狂的日本赛博朋克。《Some Kind of Animal》是 Fielded 的最新唱片，风格从柔滑的 R&B 跳跃到新灵魂乐，再到工业放克。
Lindsay Powell, who releases records under the name Fielded, has spent most of her career subverting expectations and genre conventions. According to their Bandcamp page, Fielded started as an experimental noise project before growing into something closer to R&B. But from moment one, her take on the genre was restless, relentlessly playing with what R&B even means.
以 Fielded 为名发行唱片的 Lindsay Powell，其职业生涯的大部分时间都在颠覆人们的期望和流派惯例。根据其 Bandcamp 页面显示，Fielded 最初是一个实验性噪音项目，后来逐渐演变成更接近 R&B 的风格。但从一开始，她对这一流派的诠释就充满了不安分，不断地挑战 R&B 的定义。
Her first album, Ninety-Thirty-Thirty, includes songs heavily indebted to ’80s synth-pop and features multiple saxophone solos. Boy Angel is a quirky electronic exploration with huge saw-wave synths, jittery percussion, and sky-high vocal stacks. While 2020’s Demisexual Lovelace is a slinkier affair, released on underground hip-hop imprint Backwoodz Studioz and features contributions from Billy Woods and Elucid (Armand Hammer).
她的首张专辑《Ninety-Thirty-Thirty》中包含了一些深受 80 年代合成器流行音乐影响的歌曲，并有多次萨克斯独奏。《Boy Angel》则是一次古怪的电子探索，运用了巨大的锯齿波合成器、急促的打击乐和高亢的人声堆叠。而 2020 年的《Demisexual Lovelace》则风格更为柔滑，由地下嘻哈厂牌 Backwoodz Studioz 发行，并有 Billy Woods 和 Elucid (Armand Hammer) 的参与。
Her latest record, Some Kind of Animal, pulls from all of these various versions of Fielded, placing organ-fueled slow jams like “That Bitch” next to a cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” that has strong 2000s neo-soul vibes, as well as the industrial funk of “Heaven,” which includes a guest verse from Pink Siifu. We wanted to know what’s behind Fielded’s genre-defying madness.
她的最新唱片《Some Kind of Animal》汲取了 Fielded 过去各种风格的精髓，将以管风琴为基调的慢歌《That Bitch》与带有浓厚 2000 年代新灵魂乐氛围的九寸钉乐队（Nine Inch Nails）翻唱曲目《Closer》放在一起，还有包含 Pink Siifu 客串说唱的工业放克歌曲《Heaven》。我们想了解 Fielded 这种打破流派的疯狂背后的原因。
What is your most indispensable tool? My most indispensable tool in recording is my Universal Audio Apollo Twin audio interface. I love its ease of function and I love the Universal Audio digital studio plugins. I use them on all of my records during the recording process and beyond. I can mic up and get a professional sound in no time, plus my guitars and synths sound amazing and clear.
你最不可或缺的工具是什么？我在录音时最不可或缺的工具是我的 Universal Audio Apollo Twin 音频接口。我喜欢它简便的功能，也喜欢 Universal Audio 的数字录音室插件。我在所有唱片的录制过程中及后期都会使用它们。我可以迅速架好麦克风并获得专业的声音，而且我的吉他和合成器听起来非常棒且清晰。
What sites do you have pinned to your tab bar? Right now I have a pirated full-length version of the Japanese cyberpunk film 964 Pinocchio pinned to my tab bar for endless sonic and visual inspiration.
你的标签栏里固定了哪些网站？目前，我的标签栏里固定着日本赛博朋克电影《964 Pinocchio》的盗版完整版，它为我提供了源源不断的听觉和视觉灵感。
Which tech trend do you wish would go away? I don’t know if it is a tech trend or a plague, but I deeply wish AI would disappear off of the face of the earth.
你希望哪种科技趋势消失？我不知道这算是一种科技趋势还是一场瘟疫，但我真心希望人工智能能从地球上消失。
What creation are you most proud of? I am most proud of my latest album Some Kind of Animal, specifically the single of the same title, and thank goddess for that; I’d be bummed if my favorite musical output was in the rearview.
你最引以为傲的作品是什么？我最引以为傲的是我的最新专辑《Some Kind of Animal》，特别是同名主打单曲，感谢女神，如果我最喜欢的音乐作品已经成为过去，我会感到很沮丧。
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? The best piece of advice I’ve ever received, throughout my whole life, is to be patient. Everything happens in perfect time; there is no reason to be jealous or envious because our journeys are completely our own and everything happens for a reason. What is meant for us will come for us, and what is not meant for us should be metabolized as a lesson that helps us grow and become exactly who we are meant to be.
你收到过最好的建议是什么？我一生中收到过最好的建议就是保持耐心。一切都会在完美的时机发生；没有理由去嫉妒或羡慕，因为我们的旅程完全属于我们自己，一切发生皆有原因。属于我们的终会到来，而不属于我们的，则应将其转化为帮助我们成长并成为命中注定之人的经验。
What is your current obsession? I am currently obsessed with stories about scammers. All stories about all scammers; big scams, small scams, scams that ended in minor jail time or a blow-out of incredible impact. I love scammers, and I am fascinated by their brains.
你目前沉迷于什么？我目前沉迷于关于诈骗者的故事。所有关于所有诈骗者的故事；大骗局、小骗局，那些以轻微监禁告终的骗局，或是造成巨大影响的惊天骗局。我喜欢诈骗者，我被他们的头脑深深吸引。
What’s the last piece of physical media you bought? The last piece of physical media I bought was Alissa Bennett’s compilation of essays entitled Taxidermist’s Handbook, full of — you guessed it — stories about scammers (amongst other types of criminals).
你最后购买的实体媒介是什么？我最后购买的实体媒介是 Alissa Bennett 的文集《Taxidermist’s Handbook》，里面全是——你猜对了——关于诈骗者（以及其他类型的罪犯）的故事。
What would the tagline for your biopic be? Freak Today, Freak Tomorrow.
如果拍摄你的传记片，标语会是什么？今天怪胎，明天怪胎。