Godspeed You! Black Emperor (CA)

Sunday, 7 December 2025

Part of the first-wave of post-rock pioneers, Montreal’s Godspeed You! Black Emperor remain one of the genre’s most respected and influential acts. Since forming in 1994, the brooding collective have carved out a reputation as the post-rock band’s post-rock band, releasing eight studio albums and gaining a reputation for mesmerising live shows that combine exceptional musicianship with slow-building fury and visceral intensity. Bringing their exceptional show (including live projections) they play Hong Kong for the first time since 2016 on the back of their 2024 album ‘No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead’.

上次 GY!BE 喺麥花臣嗰場你有冇去?仲有冇留住嗰晚投影大佬燒完啲菲林喺屋企?要數我哋自己請過做過最難忘嘅演出之一,2016年嗰晚絕對榜上有名。

來自加拿大滿地可嘅 Godspeed You! Black Emperor,團名來自一套關於七十年代日本暴走族嘅紀錄片《ゴッド‧スピード‧ユー! BLACK EMPEROR》,雖然 GY!BE 嘅作品並唔係下下都好似飛車黨咁風馳電掣,但佢哋由1994年組團以來,一直展現出同樣活生生嘅怒。

然而聽 GY!BE 可以感受到嘅自然遠不止一個怒字,自從1997年首張正式大碟《F♯A♯∞》起,再到奠定佢哋後搖宗師地位嘅《Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven》,已經包含咗空洞愉快暴烈寂靜連綿種種情感意境,由電結他、小中大提琴、軍鼓交織逐步推進至高潮一發不可收拾,仿佛係用搖滾制式演奏嘅交響樂。

由動輒十人以上嘅團隊組成,GY!BE 現場編制除咗會有龐大嘅樂手陣容,以底片為媒介嘅投影師們同樣係核心演出成員,嚟緊喺 Clockenflap 會唔會燒菲林我哋唔敢寫包單,但保證佢哋嘅演出絕對會令香港樂迷嘆為觀止!