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Dreams

by Elephant Gym

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mutedcrow
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mutedcrow I love this album because each song gives a different feeling and experience and that's what I love about Elephant Gym. The instrumental mellow and uplifting tunes are always pleasing to listen to. Favorite track: Anima.
rorz
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rorz Hey Elephant Gym!
I think you guys are awesome!
I hope you make more music.
I really love the guitar in Deities Party.
By the way, have you heard of Rush the American band? Favorite track: Deities' Party (feat. Chio Tian Folk Drums and Art Troupe).
riellyzap
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riellyzap This album is stellar. Sounding fantastic, Elephant Gym!
OQ
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OQ Dubbed math rock, it functions as a pop album with classical altruism, which qualifies its artificiality. Defiant yet benign yet spirited. The features seem to honor the band, whose mastery of complex time signatures and chord progressions impresses beyond the Taiwanese musical scene and seems to bespeak its national spirit. Favorite track: Fable.
Chal
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Chal as the title alludes, this entry is dreamy and etherial, a perfect release for a spring day with the morning sun shining down through new growth and blossoms Favorite track: Deities' Party (feat. Chio Tian Folk Drums and Art Troupe).
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phtan90 Exotic yet pleasing, like the best kind of stranger who shows you unexpected kindness and comfort. Favorite track: Witches.
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Anima 02:40
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現在 幾點? 怎麼還是失眠? 靈魂和身體開始分裂 變的不太敏銳 一個我昏昏欲睡 另一個我卻站在 房間 對面 笑得合不攏嘴 笑我太想討好整個世界 會瓦解你的和諧 喔,也是我的和諧 What time already Why am I still awake The spirit splits from my body Does perspicacity still remain A part of me is drowsy The other part standing across the room Wide laugh Laughing me for pleasing the whole planet It would ravel the harmony inside you, oh, my harmony 太多噪音 讓人頭暈目眩 假裝驕傲的自卑 太膚淺 Too many noises make you dizzy Inferiority wrapped in pride, too weak 無關緊要的話題 以為該停留 在他們眼神裡 卻不自覺靠近 裝滿腦海的耳語 已來不及阻擋 刻畫在心裡 成為不可逆的咒語 Pointless topics Trapped in their ways of looking Unaware of getting close To all thoughts of gossip Too late to dodge This unbreakable curse Has carved inside of me 一瞬間的 光 劃破了整個黑夜 劃破了我的臉 還活在夢裡的我 只是你的幻覺 你 用力得張開雙眼 什麼都看不見 只活在夢裡的我 又被留在昨天 An instantaneous light Cut through the dark night Parting my face That self who lives in dreams is another's illusion You try to see clear but nothing is there That self who lives in dreams still left in yesterdays 現在 幾點? 陽光變得刺眼 身體來不及甦醒 靈魂被逼迫到邊界 喝掉了再多咖啡 卻還是感到疲捲 What time is it The sunlight has become too bright The body can’t keep up the waking Spirit forced to step to the edge More coffee and I’m still tired 想再入睡 隔絕這個世界 隔絕所有無聊意見 保護好我的和諧 Want to be back in sleep Away from the world and the senseless talking Guarding the harmony 無關緊要的執迷 原來 一直停留在 他們的風景 忘記可以離去 夢裡一片孤寂 我在這荒土上 看見遙遠的你 一步步走到了 這裡 Unnecessary insistence Been trapped in their movies Forgot that I only need to walk away A dream of loneliness At where I stand on this wasteland Watching you walking towards me Step by step 一瞬間的 光 劃破了整個黑夜 劃破了我的臉 過去活在夢裡的我 只是你的幻覺 你 用力得擋住光線 來到我的面前 抓住快要消失的我 開始奔跑的瞬間 An instantaneous light Cut through the dark night Parting my face That self who lives in dreams is another's illusion Block against the light right in front of my eyes Pulling back the vanishing part of me The moment of us running 穿越整個黑夜 現在活在夢裡的我 不再只是幻覺 用力得擋住光線 來到我的面前 抓住快要消失的我 開始奔跑的瞬間 Go through the dark night That self who lives in dreams is no longer an illusion Block against the light right in front of my eyes Pulling back the vanishing part of me The moment of us running
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Witches 03:51
A poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It’s a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Life’s but a walking shadow, Tomorrow, and tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow, Do not muse at me, my most worthy friends, I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing to those that know me. Come, love and health to all; Give me some wine: fill full To all, and all to all.
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Dreamlike 03:36
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進化した人々よ 解の無い問いを抱いて眠る 忘れ方を知った象の群れ 乱気流宙に舞う北極熊 いま 空は鈍色 惑う十字路 雨に濡れた身体のまま 揺れる波の音 大地の温もり それでもう十分満たされていたはず なぜあなたは遠くの方ばかり見ているの どこに行くかも知れやしないのに 祈りを始めよう 愛したものを信じるために 新世界 ここが最初 そして最後 永遠にあなたの帰りを待つよ さあ 後悔や悲しみを超えたら 恐れず 歩みこそが存在 と告げよう 運命が溶け合い混ざる 形を変え続けながら いつかの様に笑えるさ そう すでに隔たりなんてない 目をつぶり 呼吸する ああ 現在しかここには無くて
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Fable 02:57
​​若準是 董事長來託夢 伊講 伊想欲駛 伊家己生產的彼台車 載厝裡的親人 紡起去草山挽芭樂 若準是 總舖師來託夢 伊會講 紅標的油 毋通用 食了傷身體 彼鼎 閣真歹洗 若準是 作家來託夢 伊會講 小說拍做電影 攏真歹看 結局 閣譀呱呱 若準是 船長來託夢 伊講 海的另外一爿 仝款攏是海 並無新大陸 伊就回頭 佮海豬仔走相逐 我問阿公 阿公 敢有西方極樂世界 阿公 講有 講遐 風景袂歹 毋過 伊頇顢拍牌 高手 閣有夠濟 後來……. 後來 亂鐘仔就喨矣 我去洗面 鑢喙齒 嘛袂記得 阿公 敢有變瘦 抑是變懸 我問阿媽 阿媽 敢有西方極樂世界 阿媽嘛講有 阿媽講 阿公 阿婆 𪜶攏佇遐 佇遐咧 食飯 開講 閣唱歌 看冊 啉酒 閣去紲攤 你若有話 袂赴講 做過啥物代誌 予你感覺後悔 攏會當 等你睏去 去夢中 去夢中 去夢中 才寬寬仔講
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發夢到你 我發夢到你 要去田坵的路上 A dream of you Dream about you Heading to the great grand farm 發夢到你 我發夢到你 燈籠花開紅紅 A dream of you Dream about you Bellflowers ringing in red 你怎麼惦惦不說話 日頭烈烈 你的背影 惦惦 Why you stand in quiet and still Under the heating sun Only quietness lingers Through the view of your back 按久呢? 你還好冇? 敢還有唱歌冇? So long it had been Have you been good and well Do you still sing in loud 寶島曼波 桃花開 丟丟噹 茉莉花 “Formosa Mambo” “Peach Blossom” “Diu Diu Deng” “Jasmine Flower” 你怎恬恬不唱歌 檳榔樹葉 風吹緊灩 你怎惦惦 Why you quiet and not hum Areca leaves shiver sparkling sparks Wonder the silence on your heart

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The 12 songs that constitute "Dreams", the third full-length from the Kaohsiung trio Elephant Gym, explore the deep spacetime continuum that consciousness cannot capture. Beyond the trio’s staple instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drumset, "Dreams" blends in wind instruments, traditional drums, and Taiwanese narrative.

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released May 11, 2022

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執行製作 Executive Producer|邱建鈞 J-Jyun Ciou
歌詞翻譯 Lyrics Translation|廖柚文 Yuwen Liao

母帶後期處理工程師 Mastering Engineer|陳陸泰 A-Tai
母帶後期處理錄音室 Mastering Studio|原艾母帶工程錄音室 Mugwort Mastering

專輯裝幀設計 Album Design|吳建龍 FKWU / 畢展熒 Hitsu Pi @Blob Club
專輯封面陶藝作品 Album Cover Ceramic Art|曾建穎 Cheng

實體專輯代理發行實體代理發行 Physical Distribution|子皿有限公司 In Utero Ltd.
數位代理發行 Digital Distribution|派歌 Packer

日本經紀與發行 Japan Label & Management |WORDS Recordings
美國經紀人 USA Manager|嚴敏 Mia Min Yen
美國發行廠牌 USA Label |Topshelf Records

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Elephant Gym Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Based in Taiwan, siblings KT and Tell were taught classical music by their mother before meeting drummer Chia-Chen in high school through a music club. Shortly after discovering they all shared the same taste in music, they formed Elephant Gym, solidifying their shared affinity for all varieties of math- and post-rock. ... more

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