このアルバムについて
The Oracle Has No Mouth は1968年様式の コンセプト・アルバム 。日常の現実の下にある説明不能な伝達を扱う。その発信源が技術、超自然、地球外、心理のどれに属すかは決して特定されない。重要なのは、空間、時間、知覚、人間、機械が正常に振る舞わなくなる隠れた層への意識が次第に強まることだ。
「The Signal Goes On」は聴き手より古い存在を導入する。「Through the Glass Machine」は隠れた層へ渡り、「The Room Without Corners」は通常の幾何学を取り去り、「Seven Seconds Behind」は音と動きを時間からずらす。「The Engine Sleeps Upright」は出来事の下にある機構を示唆するが、説明はしない。
「Everyone Became Transparent」は異変を内側へ向け、街路、部屋、記憶、口にしなかった言葉が人間の身体の中に見えるようになる。表題曲は先行するモチーフを、七つの窓、七つの扉、鏡、足音、想起された自己をめぐる謎めいた儀式へ集める。最後の言葉「You were not brought here / You were remembered」は何も解決しない。
アーカイブ上の年1968年
公開日
言語英語
曲目
- 1The Signal Goes On6:39
- 2Through the Glass Machine5:58
- 3The Room Without Corners3:27
- 4Seven Seconds Behind5:50
- 5The Engine Sleeps Upright4:23
- 6Everyone Became Transparent5:56
- 7The Oracle Has No Mouth6:06
総収録時間： 38:19
サウンド・パレット
循環するベース音型、fuzzとtremolo guitar、12弦のきらめき、弓で擦る質感、HammondとFarfisa organ、harmonium、electric piano、vibraphone、原始的な発振器、緩い1960年代末の打楽器が、催眠的でありながら意図的に変化する流れを作る。
飽和したテープ、spring reverb、tape echo、phasing、逆回転ギター、feedback、stereoの動き、不安定なテープ速度が、録音を荒々しく人間的に保つ。疎らなmantraは徐々に旋律的な歌、重なる声、神託者の低く予言的な語りへ開いていく。
アーカイブ・ノート
レコードは安心を与える反復で始まり、予言としての反復で終わる。信号は答えなく続き、扉はどこにも通じず、部屋は顔の内側に存在し、機械は目に見える動きなしに作動する。曲を追うごとに、馴染みある世界への信頼が少しずつ薄れる。
曖昧さは意図的だ。神託者の正体、信号の性質、「remembered」される意味は未解決のまま。名のある場所、機械、診断、超自然的説明のどれも回路を閉じない。
歌詞
全7曲の歌詞は英語原文のまま掲載しています。複数の曲に長い器楽部分がありますが、ヴァース、コーラス、制作、演奏を示すラベルは追加していません。
There is a signal Under the sound There is a signal Going around I hear it turning I hear it turn I hear it turning But nothing burns It goes on It goes on It goes on It goes on Out past the color Out past the air Something is moving Something is there No one is speaking No one replies Still it keeps turning Behind my eyes It goes on It goes on It goes on It goes on Closer Closer Closer Closer Round and around Round and around Round and around Round and around There was a signal Before we came There will be a signal After our names Nothing can hold it Nothing can know Still it is turning Still it will go It goes on It goes on It goes on It goes on
Through the glass Through the glass Something moves Something moves Not a face Not a name Only light In the frame Pass through Pass through Pass through Pass through Don't look back Don't look back Every line Bends again Every door Has no end Move inside Move between What is real What is seen Pass through Pass through Pass through Pass through Further Further Further Further Through the glass Through the glass Through the glass Through the glass
No walls No doors No end No floor Turn slow Turn slow I came in I never arrived Still inside Still inside
I heard my footsteps After I had gone I heard the doorway Closing with no one Every sound followed Every shape replied Always seven seconds Seven seconds behind Behind Behind Behind
The engine sleeps upright Under a painted sky No wheel is turning Still we are passing by Keep your hands open Let every number fall Something beneath us Is carrying us all I felt the room lean I watched the shadows climb Nothing was moving Except the shape of time No one was calling No one was standing near Still through the silence Something was drawing us here Turn without turning Move without leaving Wake without waking Breathe without breathing Turn without turning Move without leaving
Everyone became transparent Somewhere after half past three I could see the chairs behind them I could see straight through the street Cars went rolling through their bodies Birds flew through the people too No one seemed to find it strange there No one noticed I could view I can see through everyone I can see through everyone All the colors running through them All the places they have gone I can see through everyone I can see through everyone Mrs. Carter crossed the crossing With the houses in her chest Someone laughed behind a window But the window had no glass Every stranger held a hallway Every face contained a room There were stairways in their fingers There were gardens in their shoes I can see through everyone I can see through everyone All the colors running through them All the places they have gone I can see through everyone I can see through everyone Then somebody looked straight at me And I knew what they could see Every word I never answered Every place I meant to be Every door I closed behind me Every name I tried to lose All of it was hanging in me Like a coat I couldn't choose Evening came without a warning And the walls grew solid first Then the tables, then the people Then the pavement and the birds Soon the whole world looked familiar Every surface back in place But the woman by the station Still had daylight through her face I can see through everyone I can see through everyone Maybe only for a moment Maybe it was never gone I can see through everyone I can see through everyone Through everyone Through everyone Through everyone Through everyone
Do not ask the river Where the water goes Do not ask the doorway What the darkness knows It knows It knows There are seven windows Behind the morning sun Six of them are empty One contains everyone Everyone Everyone When the red bird circles Do not speak your name When the white room opens Do not enter twice the same Not the same Not the same You will hear a footstep Before the foot arrives You will see a shadow That has never been alive You will find a mirror Facing through the wall If it shows you nothing You have seen it all Seen it all Seen it all The first door is silence The second door is sound The third door has no handle The fourth is underground The fifth door is breathing The sixth door knows your face The seventh door is open But it does not lead to a place No place No place When the engine stops Do not move When the voices stop Do not listen When the light goes out Look behind you You were not brought here You were remembered Remembered Remembered Remembered
こんな音楽が好きな方へ
1960年代末のPsychedelic Rockfuzz guitar、vintage organ、緩いドラム、飽和したテープが作る地下的な1968年の空気。
催眠的で儀式的なPsychedelia循環するベース、mantraの歌声、緩やかな展開、親しみから不気味さへ変わる反復。
超現実的なコンセプト・アルバム不可能な部屋、変質した時間、透明な身体、固定された説明を持たない謎めいた交信。
説明のつかない信号が、日常の現実の下へ滑り込む。催眠的なサイケデリック全7曲は、ガラス、不可能な部屋、遅れる時間、透明な身体を通り、最後に口のない神託者が語り出す。
RetroForge知識グラフをたどる
人物、レコード、出来事、思想を結び、このテーマの音楽的背景を深める厳選ルートです。