FERN 002 - V.A. -(1998) Solutions & Remedies

Tracklist:

01. [Solutions & Remedies #01] Polar - Michiko [6:17]
02. [Solutions & Remedies #02] Should - Collide [4:37]
03. [Solutions & Remedies #03] Auburn Lull - Simca [3:35]
04. [Solutions & Remedies #04] Mahogany - Il Dynamo De Luce [4:40]
05. [Solutions & Remedies #05] Monorail - She Likes To Sail [4:15]
06. [Solutions & Remedies #06] Labioxina - Are You Foam? [5:15]
07. [Solutions & Remedies #01] Polar - Michiko [5:05]
08. [Solutions & Remedies #02] Should - Collide [7:48]
09. [Solutions & Remedies #03] Auburn Lull - Simca [3:45]
10. [Solutions & Remedies #04] Mahogany - Il Dynamo De Luce [4:05]
11. [Solutions & Remedies #05] Monorail - She Likes To Sail [3:47]
12. [Solutions & Remedies #06] Labioxina - Are You Foam? [7:59]

FERN 006 - Polar -(1998) a Future History of the Frigid Polar Night

Tracklist:

01. Polar - [A Future History Of The Frigid Polar Night #01] The Road To Ismalayia [7:30]
02. Polar - [A Future History Of The Frigid Polar Night #02] Pretending You're Here / Opal [8:28]
03. Polar - [A Future History Of The Frigid Polar Night #03] This Dress [6:31]
04. Polar - [A Future History Of The Frigid Polar Night #04] Clairemel Alone [6:10]
05. Polar - [A Future History Of The Frigid Polar Night #05] Tornado [4:38]
06. Polar - [A Future History Of The Frigid Polar Night #06] Firehead [5:50]
07. Polar - [A Future History Of The Frigid Polar Night #07] Unspoken [8:09]
08. Polar - [A Future History Of The Frigid Polar Night #08] Starfish [6:50]
09. Polar - [A Future History Of The Frigid Polar Night #09] She Never Saw [5:57]

FERN 009 - V.A. - Several Bands Galore Volume 1

Tracklist:

001. [Several Bands Galore] Pantone - Away [2:28]
002. [Several Bands Galore] The Curtain Society - Plaster [3:29]
003. [Several Bands Galore] Feedback Loop - Hideaway [5:08]
004. [Several Bands Galore] Pantone - Dream For Hours [1:22]
005. [Several Bands Galore] Never Ever [3:31]
006. [Several Bands Galore] Transit - Line [3:31]
007. [Several Bands Galore] Splinterworld [3:24]
008. [Several Bands Galore] Afterglow Version 2.4 - Bird O [3:42]
009. [Several Bands Galore] Sideband - Sensory Deprivation [4:45]
010. [Several Bands Galore] Hala Star - Wisp (Demo) [3:09]
011. [Several Bands Galore] Wail - Long, Slow And Painful [2:52]
012. [Several Bands Galore] Jeff Ziegler - Time Spent... [3:33]
013. [Several Bands Galore] Lemur - Glacial Shift [3:33]
014. [Several Bands Galore] Flashing Astonishers - Only Go [5:43]
015. [Several Bands Galore] Side Real Day - Blue Fugue [3:34]
016. [Several Bands Galore] Flashing Astonishers - If Irri [2:56]
017. [Several Bands Galore] Smothered In Hugs - Heavy Hand [3:39]
018. [Several Bands Galore] Psychic Hearts - Not This List [3:16]
019. [Several Bands Galore] Myth Mechanic - December 27 [3:31]
020. [Several Bands Galore] Lukewarm - Licorice [3:30]

FERN 011 - V.A. -(2000) Epithalamia

Tracklist:

01. Autocollants - [Clairecords Compilation #01] Send Me Back [3:39]
02. Sandrine - [Clairecords Compilation #02] Stars Can See [6:21]
03. Astrobrite - [Clairecords Compilation #03] Tearjerker [5:31]
04. Masters Of The Hemisphere - [Clairecords Compilation #04] It's What Life Is [3:35]
05. Con Dolore - [Clairecords Compilation #05] Keeper [7:48]
06. Moonbabies - [Clairecords Compilation #06] Princes And Princesses [5:18]
07. Mr. Clay - [Clairecords Compilation #07] Everything That We Could Need [2:40]
08. Isobella - [Clairecords Compilation #08] Slender Loris [6:53]
09. Freezing Butterfly - [Clairecords Compilation #09] Hold Off [6:09]
10. Love Lies Crushing - [Clairecords Compilation #10] Pink Blind [6:21]
11. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa - [Clairecords Compilation #11] Exit (Fake That) [7:49]

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最近重温Clairecords,上几张初期小号的，相对稀罕。不可否认这几张VA中的选曲还是SHOEGAZE风占了一定的主导地位，但也着实不乏氛围，小电甚至实验风格的“跨界”参与（以fern 002与fern 009尤为明显），比如你可以看见windy & carl的名字。其实纵观整个厂牌至今的发行也是如此。或许是shoegaze这个概念本身正随着时间而逐渐模糊。当然风格的界定本就没有拘泥的必要，我想说的是这几张VA都很好听，丰富，多元，别致。其中不少名字我都不识得，网络上也少有其事迹，想是些短命而不得志的，可音乐却相当不俗，令人惊喜。

至于POLAR，其主唱与吉他手重组并同在clairecords的con dolore应当更为人所知。而我更爱polar极地般的冰冷，清澈，孤独与忧伤。 con dolore的配器更为丰富，却少了独到的气质。另外，她们和shoegaze似乎也无太大的联系，要说吉他的回放效果，那结合主唱的声线，倒是让我联想到了DREAMPOP。