SILICA GEL - [POWER ANDRE 99] 2nd Album
SILICA GEL - [POWER ANDRE 99] 2nd Album
Release Date: February 16, 2024
Contents (per version):
- 2 CDs
- 1 Lenticular 3D Card
- 1 Booklet (44 pages)
Depending on versions, contents (cover, photo book, mini book, photo cards, posters, etc.) in the official album package may vary.
All products are officially distributed BRAND NEW and FACTORY SEALED packages.
Your purchase quantity will count towards HANTEO, CIRCLE (GAON) and BILLBOARD Charts.
[Track List]
DISK(CD) 1.
01. On Black
02. Eres Tu
03. Juxtaposition
04. Realize
05. Gosan
06. Andre99
07. Babyface
08. NO PAIN
09. The Rim
10. T
11. Tik Tak Tok (feat. So!YoON!)
12. Budland
13. Ryudejakeiru
14. APEX
15. Ondine
16. Mercurial
17. Machineboy空
18. PH-1004
Description (Translated):
Silica Gel [POWER ANDRE 99]In November 2023, all the songs from the 2nd full-length album [POWER ANDRE 99] were released for the first time at a solo performance of the same name, announcing the release of the regular album in Silica Gel's new way. Even before release, various attempts that went beyond everyone's expectations further amplified public expectations.
In particular, this album is a full-length album released 7 years after the first full-length album [Silica Gel] released in 2016. It contains 18 diverse pieces of music that only Silica Gel can deliver with complete perfection and meets the public's expectations. I will do it. This is an album that makes us look forward to not only the remarkable performance and growth that these people, who have now established themselves as an irreplaceable noun in the band scene, through their second full-length album, but also how they will captivate the public with new and diverse music in the future.
The 2nd full-length album [POWER ANDRE 99] is the final destination of Silica Gel's long journey to find the identity of Machine Boy, which started with the single [Mercurial]. If you listen to the album in order from beginning to end, you will finally find out what Machine Boy was discovered by Silica Gel and what POWER ANDRE 99 is.
I have a long-standing dream of going on an adventure. For example, something like this. One day, while I was leading an ordinary life, a stranger whose face and name I did not know came to me, stretched out his hand, and asked me the truth. 'Would you like to go on an adventure with me?' I had prepared my body and mind all my life to be able to accept that exciting offer at any time, but the opportunity rarely came. Silica Gel's 2nd full-length album [POWER ANDRE 99] is an album like a guide that awakens the souls of former or active adventure wannabes who have grown older, lost their imagination, and have adapted to a stable life. After listening to the first song 'On Black' to the last song 'PH-1004' as if completing a quest, you will soon find yourself standing in the middle of the adventure you dreamed of as a child. Meticulously, fiercely, and above all, bravely. / Yunha Kim (music critic)
Silica Gel once introduced themselves as ‘a team that values sound.’ I personally think this is an expression that resonates deeply with sound engineers and provides positive stimulation, so it is something I personally use as my motto. Silica Gel's second full-length album [POWER ANDRE 99] proves that this statement was not a moment of bravado or an impromptu response. It is an album that feels beautiful in the process of concretizing carefully selected and refined 'sounds' into a 'work', rather than simply vaguely pursuing the clichéd and ambiguous result of 'an album with good sound'. Just as chefs meticulously select ingredients, let's listen carefully to see what fresh and rare sounds they have discovered this time and turned them into their own music. / Jaemin Shin (Sound Engineer)
It's fun to listen to the sound. Rather than the fun of listening to sounds where the relationships between instruments are well organized by frequency, it is fun to listen to the sounds they create by utilizing and arranging each instrument. Also, it's fun to listen to Kim Han-joo's voice. Through his voice, I often feel the complex and clean vibe of youth that I think of. Among Korean-speaking musicians, for me, Silica Gel is usually the team that always makes me feel welcome and supportive. I listened to this album carefully, and if I repeat it, it is fun to listen to. / Hyunjin Baek (musician, sound engineer, artist, director, actor)
Is there anyone who disagrees that Silica Gel’s music is new? What you really need to pay attention to is not how new it is, but how it can be so new. They do not seek newness in exchange for ‘old’ or ‘familiar’. We only sincerely pursue the answer to ‘What do we want?’ Here is music of high purity created by an honest attitude, the result of digging deep with the vision inward. There are unpredictable elements here and there, but these act as interesting milestones rather than obstacles. And in the end, you completely agree why it had to be made this way. It is a powerful originality that conveys the courage of the creator to the listener. / Choi Da-eun (SBS Radio PD)
Description (Original):
Silica Gel [POWER ANDRE 99]2023년 11월, 정규 2집 [POWER ANDRE 99]의 모든 수록곡을 동명의 단독 공연에서 최초로 공개하며 실리카겔만의 새로운 방식으로 정규 앨범 발매 소식을 알렸다. 발매 전부터 모두의 예측을 벗어난 다양한 시도들은 대중의 기대감을 더욱 증폭시켰다.
특히 이번 앨범은 지난 2016년 발매한 정규 1집 [실리카겔] 이후 7년 만에 선보이는 정규 앨범으로, 오직 실리카겔만이 들려줄 수 있는 18개의 다채로운 음악을 완성도 있게 담아냈고 대중이 기대했던 것 이상을 충족시킬 것이다. 이제는 밴드신에서 대체 불가한 고유명사로 자리 잡은 이들이 정규 2집을 통해 보여줄 눈부신 활약과 성장은 물론, 앞으로 얼마나 더 새롭고 다양한 음악으로 대중들을 매료시킬지 기대하게 만드는 앨범이다.
정규 2집 [POWER ANDRE 99]는 싱글 [Mercurial]부터 시작된 Machine Boy의 정체를 찾아 나선 실리카겔의 원대한 여정의 종착지이다. 앨범을 처음부터 끝까지 순서대로 들어본다면 과연 실리카겔이 찾아낸 Machine Boy가 무엇이었는지, POWER ANDRE 99는 무엇인지 마침내 알게 될 것이다.
모험을 떠나고 싶다는 오랜 꿈이 있다. 예를 들면 이런 거다. 평범한 삶을 영위하던 어느 날, 얼굴도 이름도 모르는 낯선 이가 찾아와 손을 내밀며 다짜고짜 묻는다. '나랑 모험을 떠나지 않을래?' 그 설레는 제안을 언제든 받아들일 수 있도록 몸과 마음의 준비를 평생 해왔건만, 기회는 좀처럼 찾아오지 않았다. 실리카겔의 정규 2집 [POWER ANDRE 99]는 이제 나이를 먹어 상상력도 증발하고 안정된 삶에도 적당히 적응해 버린 한때의 혹은 현역 모험 워너비들의 영혼을 하나씩 깨우러 다니는 인도자 같은 앨범이다. 첫 곡 'On Black'부터 마지막 곡 'PH-1004'까지 퀘스트를 깨는 것처럼 듣고 나면, 어느새 어릴 적 꿈꾸던 모험 한복판에 서 있는 나를 발견할 수 있을 것이다. 치밀하고 광폭하게, 무엇보다 용감하게. / 김윤하 (음악 평론가)
실리카겔이 자신들을 '소리를 귀하게 여기는 팀'이라고 소개한 적이 있다. 음향 엔지니어에게 깊은 공감을 자아내고 좋은 자극을 주는 표현이라 생각하여 개인적으로 모토로 삼고 있는 말이기도 하다. 실리카겔의 두 번째 정규 앨범 [POWER ANDRE 99]는 이 발언이 결코 순간의 허세나 즉흥적인 응변으로 나온 것이 아니라는 것을 증명해 보이고 있다. 단순히 '사운드가 좋은 음반'이라는 진부하고 모호한 결과를 막연히 좇는 것이 아니라, 정성스럽게 고르고 다듬은 '소리'들을 하나의 '작품'으로 구체화시켜 나가는 과정이 아름답게 느껴지는 앨범이다. 요리인들이 꼼꼼하게 식재료를 선별하듯 이번에는 어떤 신선하고 진귀한 소리들을 찾아내어 그들만의 음악으로 완성하였는지, 집중해서 들어보자. / 신재민 (음향 엔지니어)
소리 듣는 재미가 있다. 악기 간의 관계가 주파수로 잘 정리된 소리를 듣는 재미라기보다는, 각 악기를 활용하고 배치하는 그들이 만들어낸 소리를 듣는 재미가 있다. 그리고, 김한주의 목소리를 듣는 재미도 있다. 그의 목소리를 통해, 내가 생각하는 청춘의 복잡하고 깨끗한 바이브를 종종 느낀다. 한국어를 사용하는 음악가 중, 나에게 실리카겔은, 보통은 늘 반갑고 응원하는 마음이 생기게 하는 팀이다. 이번 앨범, 잘 들었다, 반복하면, 소리 듣는 재미가 있다. / 백현진 (음악가, 음향 엔지니어, 미술가, 연출가, 배우)
실리카겔의 음악이 새롭다는 것에 이견을 가진 이가 있을까. 진짜 주목해야 하는 점은 얼마나 새로운가보다 어떻게 이렇게 새로울 수 있는가가 아닐는지. 이들은 '헌 것' '익숙한 것'의 반대급부로 새롭기를 추구하지 않는다. 오로지 '우리는 무엇을 원하는가?'에 대한 답을 성실하게 좇을 뿐이다. 시야를 내면에 두고 끝까지 파고들어 얻은 결과물, 정직한 태도가 빚어낸 순도 높은 음악이 여기에 있다. 예측할 수 없는 요소가 곳곳에 있지만 이는 장애물이 아닌 흥미로운 이정표로 작용한다. 그리고 종국에는 왜 이렇게 만들어져야만 했는지 완벽히 동의하게 된다. 만든 사람의 용기가 듣는 사람에게 전이되는 강력한 오리지널리티다. / 최다은 (SBS 라디오 PD)
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