China News Service, Kunming, February 6th (Chen Chen and Miao Chao) The Mayuan Poet, a rock band from Yunnan, will appear at the "There is a Life Called Yunnan" 2024 Yunnan Province Spring Festival Gala on the first day of the Lunar New Year in the Year of the Dragon. Through XR technology, Mayuan poets strolled "clouds" among the mountains and rivers of Yunnan, sang rock prose poems based on Yunnan scenery, and created an immersive audio-visual feast for the audience.
The picture shows the poster of the 2024 Yunnan Province Spring Festival Gala. Photo provided by the organizer
In 2023, Mayuan Poet appeared on the music variety show "Summer of the Band" and became a popular band popular among young people. In the same year, they won the "Best Rock Band Award" in the first China New Music Chart and the "Most Popular Rock Band Award of the Year" in the 7th Popular Music Chart. Music critics commented that the lead singer Kuguo "has a particularly sincere clumsiness, but is cool from the heart."
During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, Mayuan Poets will appear in the Yunnan Spring Festival Gala with the song "Now Now" based on the scenery of Xishuangbanna. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time Mayuan Poets have appeared in the Yunnan Spring Festival Gala, and it is also their first time performing in the LED XR immersive virtual studio.
XR technology is the cornerstone of Metaverse technology and is a collection of AR, VR, MR and other technologies. Through the blessing of technology, a great folding of time and space is presented on the stage, where cities and countryside complement each other, and virtuality and reality dance harmoniously. The starry universe turns into an ocean, fish swim in the sky of the ancient city; the dream butterfly is as high as the ancient temple, and the guitar is as high as the mountain; the Mayuan poet plays on the top of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, sings among the stone forests, rests on the Hani terraces, and plays in Xishuangbanna Walking in the firefly forest...
The picture shows the poet Mayuan. Picture provided by the organizer
"I was born and raised in Yunnan, formed a band, and composed music. Now that I have the opportunity to be on the Spring Festival Gala stage in my hometown, it means a lot to me." Kuguo said, "I am very happy that our performance can be performed through XR technology and some The representative elements of Yunnan are blended together."
Kuguo believes that making rock music must have Chinese characteristics and Chinese elements, so in the process of writing lyrics, he will carefully consider the appearance of the lyrics, the presentation of the picture and the conveyance of the artistic conception. The song "Now Now" that was featured in the Spring Festival Gala this time uses phrases such as "Listen to the birds to wake up the morning glow, and listen to the rainforest to wet the midsummer" and other lines to outline the stretching and prosperity of the creatures in Xishuangbanna. It presents a picture of everything in its proper place and conveys the message of living in the world. The call of the moment. In addition, in order to better fit the festive and peaceful festival atmosphere, Mayuan Poets made new adjustments to the arrangement of "Now Now" to make it more dynamic and energetic.
"The spring and autumn passing by are written on you" "All souls that can be together are the most beautiful fireworks"... Many people began to know Mayuan Poets from "Lugu Lake" which detonated the short video platform. This song is woven with rock music. The band of moving prose poems has gone from being unknown to "breaking out of the circle" step by step from Yunnan, and has begun to travel across the country and explore the larger world.
Mayuan poet was founded in Mayuan Village, Kunming City. Lead singer Kuguo recalled that the reason for choosing Mayuan Village was that at that time, Mayuan Village was the location of the Yunnan University of the Arts, where poets and painters gathered, and the cultural atmosphere was strong. At the same time, its consumption level is lower than other areas in Kunming, which can allow the survival and growth of early-stage bands.
"Mayuan" is the reality, and "poet" is the background. "Yunnan is a place where you can experience the poetry of life." Kuguo said, "Many of our songs come from borrowing scenery to create feelings. For example, there is a unique 'daughter country' by the Lugu Lake, where walking marriages are practiced and adult Mosuo men and women gather together. I used dance and singing to express my feelings to the person I love. That kind of simplicity and freedom infected me and made me feel that all disappointment and sadness will pass away, which gave me the inspiration to create "Lugu Lake"."
I keep walking and writing. cease. Currently, Mayon Poet is preparing a new album and plans to tour North America. Rock music, which is embedded in Yunnan’s landscape, humanities and Chinese poetic traditions, is about to embark on a trans-oceanic journey. "What we want to convey is actually very simple, which is to let everyone know that Chinese rock music has the ability to go global. It is very soft and very tolerant." Kuguo said. (End)
